Lenovo ThinkStation P300 - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Read this first: Important safety
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Service and upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Static electricity prevention . . . . . . . . . . . v
Power cords and power adapters . . . . . . . . vi
Extension cords and related devices . . . . . . . vi
Plugs and outlets. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
vii
External devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Heat and product ventilation . . . . . . . . . vii
Operating environment . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Laser compliance statement . . . . . . . . . viii
Power supply statement . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Cleaning and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Chapter 1. Product overview . . . . . . 1
Locations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Locating connectors, controls, and indicators
on the front of your computer . . . . . . . .
2
Locating connectors on the rear of your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Locating components . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Locating parts on the system board . . . . . 6
Locating internal drives . . . . . . . . . . 7
Machine type and model label . . . . . . . . 8
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Lenovo programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Accessing Lenovo programs on the Windows
7 operating system . . . . . . . . . . .
12
Accessing Lenovo programs on the Windows
8.1 operating system . . . . . . . . . .
13
An introduction to Lenovo programs . . . . 14
Chapter 2. Using your computer . . . 17
Registering your computer . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the fingerprint reader. . . . . . . . . . 17
Using the wheel mouse . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting the computer volume . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting the volume from the desktop . . . . 19
Setting the volume from Control Panel . . . 19
Using a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using the optical drive . . . . . . . . . . 19
Handling and storing a disc . . . . . . . . 20
Playing and removing a disc . . . . . . . 20
Recording a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Navigating among screens on the Windows 8.1
operating system. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21
Accessing Control Panel on the Windows 8.1
operating system. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
22
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 3. You and your computer . . 25
Accessibility and comfort . . . . . . . . . . 25
Arranging your workspace . . . . . . . . 25
Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Glare and lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Air circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Electrical outlets and cable lengths . . . . . 26
Accessibility information . . . . . . . . . 26
Moving your computer to another country or
region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30
Chapter 4. Security . . . . . . . . . . 31
Security features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Locking the computer cover . . . . . . . . . 31
Attaching a Kensington-style cable lock. . . . . 33
Attaching a cable lock. . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Using passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
BIOS passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Windows passwords . . . . . . . . . . 35
Configuring the fingerprint reader . . . . . . . 35
Using and understanding firewalls . . . . . . . 35
Protecting data against viruses . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter 5. Advanced configuration . . 37
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 37
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . 37
Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . 37
Using BIOS passwords . . . . . . . . . 38
Enabling or disabling a device . . . . . . . 39
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . 40
Enabling ErP LPS compliance mode . . . . 40
ICE performance mode . . . . . . . . . 41
ICE thermal alert . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Exiting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . 42
Configuring RAID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
RAID Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Configuring the system BIOS to enable SATA
RAID functionality. . . . . . . . . . . .
42
Creating RAID volumes . . . . . . . . . 43
Deleting RAID volumes . . . . . . . . . 43
Resetting disks to non-RAID . . . . . . . 43
Updating or recovering the BIOS . . . . . . . 44
Using system programs . . . . . . . . . 44
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