Lenovo ThinkCentre A62 - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
Important safety information . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Product overview . . . . . . 1
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Software overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Software provided with your Windows operating
system .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Antivirus software . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Locating connectors on the front of your computer 8
Locating connectors on the rear of your computer
9
Locating components . . . . . . . . . . 11
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . 12
Locating internal drives . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 2. Installing or replacing
hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . 15
Installing or replacing hardware . . . . . . . 15
Installing external options . . . . . . . . 15
Removing the computer cover . . . . . . . 16
Removing and reinstalling the front bezel . . . 18
Installing or replacing a PCI card . . . . . . 18
Installing or replacing a memory module . . . 21
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . 22
Replacing the power supply assembly . . . . 24
Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly . . . 25
Replacing the primary hard disk drive . . . . 27
Replacing the secondary hard disk drive . . . 30
Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . . 33
Replacing the diskette drive or card reader . . . 35
Replacing the front fan assembly . . . . . . 37
Replacing the rear fan assembly . . . . . . 38
Replacing the front audio and USB assembly . . 40
Replacing the internal speaker . . . . . . . 42
Replacing the keyboard . . . . . . . . . 43
Replacing the mouse . . . . . . . . . . 45
Completing the parts replacement . . . . . . 45
Installing security features . . . . . . . . . 46
Integrated cable lock . . . . . . . . . . 47
Padlock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Password protection . . . . . . . . . . 48
Erasing lost or forgotten passwords (clearing
CMOS) .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 3. Recovery information . . . 51
Creating and using recovery media . . . . . . 51
Creating recovery media . . . . . . . . . 51
Using recovery media . . . . . . . . . . 52
Performing backup and recovery operations . . . 53
Performing a backup operation . . . . . . . 53
Performing a recovery operation . . . . . . 53
Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace . . . . 54
Creating and using rescue media . . . . . . . 55
Creating rescue media . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using rescue media. . . . . . . . . . . 56
Creating and using a recovery repair diskette . . . 56
Creating a recovery repair diskette . . . . . 57
Using a recovery repair diskette . . . . . . 57
Installing or reinstalling device drivers . . . . . 57
Setting a rescue device in the startup sequence . . 58
Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 4. Using the Setup Utility . . . 59
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 59
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . . 59
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Password considerations . . . . . . . . . 60
User Password . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 60
Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . . 60
Enabling or disabling a device . . . . . . . . 60
Selecting a startup device. . . . . . . . . . 61
Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 61
Selecting or changing the startup device sequence 62
Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . . 62
Chapter 5. Updating system programs 63
Using system programs . . . . . . . . . . 63
Updating (flashing) the BIOS from a diskette or disc 63
Updating (flashing) the BIOS from your operating
system .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . . 64
Chapter 6. Troubleshooting and
diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox . . . . . . . 68
Lenovo System Toolbox . . . . . . . . . 69
PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery . . . . . 69
PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cleaning the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Optical mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Non-optical mouse . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Chapter 7. Getting information, help,
and service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Information resources . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Online Books folder . . . . . . . . . . 73
Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools . . . . . . . . 73
ThinkVantage Productivity Center . . . . . . 74
Lenovo Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Access Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Safety and Warranty . . . . . . . . . . 74
Lenovo Web site (http://www.lenovo.com). . . 74
Help and service . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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