Lenovo ThinkStation P920 Tower Workstation - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Read this first: Important safety
information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Before using this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Service and upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Static electricity prevention . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Power cords and power adapters . . . . . . . . . iv
Extension cords and related devices. . . . . . . . v
Plugs and outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
External devices
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Heat and product ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . v
Computer placement notices . . . . . . . . . . vi
Operating environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Laser compliance statement . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Hazardous energy statement
. . . . . . . . . . vii
Lithium coin-cell battery notice . . . . . . . . . . vii
Using earphones, headphones, or a headset . . . viii
Cleaning and maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Chapter 1. Product overview . . . . . . 1
Hardware locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Computer components . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Parts on the system board . . . . . . . . . . 8
Internal storage drives . . . . . . . . . . 10
Machine type and model label . . . . . . . 12
Computer features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Computer specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Accessing a program on your computer . . . 16
An introduction to Lenovo programs . . . . . 16
Chapter 2. Using your computer . . . 19
Registering your computer . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting the computer volume
. . . . . . . . . 19
Using a disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Guidelines about using the optical drive . . . 19
Handling and storing a disc . . . . . . . . 19
Playing and removing a disc . . . . . . . . 20
Recording a disc
. . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Connecting to a network . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 3. You and your computer . . 23
Arranging your workspace . . . . . . . . . . 23
Glare and lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Air circulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Electrical outlet locations and cable lengths . . 23
Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Accessibility information . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Cleaning your computer . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Basic maintenance tips . . . . . . . . . . 27
Good maintenance practices . . . . . . . . 27
Keeping your computer current . . . . . . . 28
Moving your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 4. Security . . . . . . . . . . 29
Locking your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Locking the computer cover . . . . . . . . 29
Attaching a Kensington-style cable lock . . . 30
Viewing and changing security settings in the
Setup Utility program
. . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using passwords and Windows accounts . . . . 31
Using fingerprint authentication . . . . . . . . 31
Using the cover presence switch . . . . . . . . 31
Using firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Protecting data against viruses . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Smart USB Protection function . . . . . 32
Computrace Agent software embedded in
firmware (for selected models) . . . . . . . . . 32
Trusted Platform Module (TPM). . . . . . . . . 32
Intel BIOS guard
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 5. Advanced
configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Using the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . . 35
Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . 35
Changing the display mode of the Setup Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Changing the display language of the Setup
Utility program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Enabling or disabling a device . . . . . . . 36
Enabling or disabling the automatic power-on
of your computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Enabling or disabling the ErP LPS compliance
mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Enabling or disabling the configuration change
detection
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Change BIOS settings before installing a new
operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using BIOS passwords . . . . . . . . . . 38
Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . 39
Changing the fan speed level . . . . . . . . 40
Exiting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . 40
Updating and recovering the BIOS . . . . . . . 40
Configuring RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
An Introduction to RAID . . . . . . . . . . 42
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