Lenovo IdeaPad U300e - Manual (Page 4)

Notice on deleting data from your hard disk drive
or solid state drive . . . . . . . . . . . . .
66
Using and understanding firewalls . . . . . . . 66
Protecting data against viruses . . . . . . . . 67
Chapter 5. Recovery overview . . . . 69
Creating and using recovery media . . . . . . 69
Creating recovery media . . . . . . . . . 70
Using recovery media . . . . . . . . . . 70
Performing backup and recovery operations . . . 70
Performing a backup operation . . . . . . 70
Performing a recovery operation . . . . . . 71
Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace . . . 71
Creating and using a rescue medium . . . . . . 72
Creating a rescue medium . . . . . . . . 72
Using a rescue medium . . . . . . . . . 72
Reinstalling preinstalled applications and device
drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
73
Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . . . 74
Chapter 6. Replacing devices . . . . . 75
Static electricity prevention . . . . . . . . . . 75
Before replacing CRU . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Replacing the hard disk drive or solid state drive . 76
Replacing the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Replacing the memory module . . . . . . . . 81
Replacing the PCI Express Mini Card for wireless
LAN/WiMAX connection . . . . . . . . . . .
83
Installing and replacing the PCI Express Mini Card
for wireless WAN connection . . . . . . . . .
85
Installing and replacing the mSATA solid state
drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
87
Replacing the backup battery . . . . . . . . . 89
Replacing the SIM card . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Chapter 7. Enhancing your
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
93
Finding ThinkPad options . . . . . . . . . . 93
ThinkPad Battery 39+ (6-cell slice battery) . . . . 93
ThinkPad Battery 39+ top view . . . . . . 93
ThinkPad Battery 39+ bottom view . . . . . 94
Attaching a ThinkPad Battery 39+ . . . . . 94
Detaching a ThinkPad Battery 39+ . . . . . 96
Charging a ThinkPad Battery 39+ . . . . . 97
Chapter 8. Advanced configuration . . 99
Installing a new operating system . . . . . . . 99
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Installing Windows 7 . . . . . . . . . . 100
Installing device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Installing the driver for the 4-in-1 Media Card
Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
101
Installing the driver for USB 3.0 . . . . . . 101
Installing ThinkPad Monitor File for Windows
2000/XP/Vista/7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
101
Installing Intel Chipset Support for Windows
2000/XP/Vista/7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
102
Installing other device drivers . . . . . . . 102
ThinkPad Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Config menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Date/Time menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Security menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Startup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Restart menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
ThinkPad Setup items . . . . . . . . . . 107
Updating your system UEFI BIOS . . . . . 115
Using system management. . . . . . . . . . 116
System management . . . . . . . . . . 116
Setting management features . . . . . . . 117
Chapter 9. Preventing problems . . 119
General tips for preventing problems . . . . . . 119
Making sure device drivers are current . . . . . 120
Getting the latest drivers from the Web site . . 120
Getting the latest drivers using System
Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
120
Taking care of your computer . . . . . . . . . 121
Cleaning the cover of your computer . . . . 122
Chapter 10. Troubleshooting
computer problems . . . . . . . . .
125
Diagnosing problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Computer stops responding . . . . . . . 126
Spills on the keyboard . . . . . . . . . . 126
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Errors without messages . . . . . . . . . 129
Beep errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Memory problems . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Keyboard and other pointing devices . . . . 133
Display and multimedia devices . . . . . . 133
Fingerprint reader problems. . . . . . . . 138
Battery and power . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Drives and other storage devices . . . . . 142
Software problems . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Ports and connectors . . . . . . . . . . 143
Chapter 11. Getting support . . . . 145
Before you contact Lenovo . . . . . . . . . . 145
Registering your computer . . . . . . . . 145
Downloading system updates . . . . . . . 145
Recording information . . . . . . . . . . 145
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