Lenovo ThinkCentre A61 - Manual (Page 5)

Contents
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Chapter 1. Important safety information 1
Chapter 2. Overview . . . . . . . . . 3
Additional information resources . . . . . . . 3
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . 3
Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Locating controls and connectors on the front of
your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Locating connectors on the rear of your computer 5
Locating components . . . . . . . . . . 6
Identifying parts on the system board . . . . . 7
Chapter 3. Installing options and
replacing hardware . . . . . . . . . . 9
Tools required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installing external options . . . . . . . . . . 9
Removing the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Accessing system board components and drives . . 10
Installing internal options . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing memory . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing PCI adapters . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing internal drives . . . . . . . . . 14
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Replacing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . . 20
Replacing the diskette drive . . . . . . . . . 22
Replacing an optical drive . . . . . . . . . 23
Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly . . . . 24
Replacing the system fan assembly . . . . . . 26
Replacing a memory module . . . . . . . . 27
Replacing a PCI adapter . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacing a keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Replacing a mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 4. Completing the parts
replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Obtaining device drivers . . . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 5. Security features . . . . . 33
Integrated cable lock . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Padlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Password protection . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Erasing a lost or forgotten password (clearing
CMOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Appendix. Notices . . . . . . . . . . 37
Television output notice . . . . . . . . . . 38
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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