User's Manual

Introduction

ThisThinkStationUserGuidecontainsthefollowinginformation:

•Chapter1“Importantsafetyinformation”onpage1

providesinformationaboutwheretondsafety

informationforthisproduct.

•Chapter2“Arrangingyourworkspace”onpage3providesinformationaboutsettingupyourcomputerfor

comfortandtheimpactoflightsources,aircirculation,andelectricaloutlets.

•Chapter3“Settingupyourcomputer”onpage5providesinformationaboutsettingupyourcomputer,

andalsoinstallingtheoperatingsystemandothersoftware.

•Chapter4“Softwareoverview”onpage15providesinformationontheoperatingsystemandsoftware

applicationsthatmightbepreloadedonyourcomputer.

•Chapter5“UsingtheSetupUtility”onpage17providesinstructionsonhowtoviewandchangethe

congurationsettingsofyourcomputer.

•Chapter7“Updatingsystemprograms”onpage25providesinformationaboutupdatingPOST/BIOSand

howtorecoverfromaPOST/BIOSupdatefailure.

•Chapter8“Troubleshootinganddiagnostics”onpage27

providesinformationaboutbasictroubleshooting

anddiagnostictoolsforyourcomputer.

•Chapter9“Recoveryinformation”onpage33providesinstructionsonhowtousetheThinkVantage

RescueandRecovery

programtocreateproductrecoverydiscs,backupdata,recoversoftware,and

restoretheentirecontentsofyourharddiskdrivetoapreviouslysavedstate.

•Chapter10“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage39providesinformationaboutthewide

varietyofhelpfulresourcesavailablefromLenovo

•AppendixA“Manualmodemcommands”onpage43providescommandsformanuallyprogramming

yourmodem.

•AppendixB“Systemmemoryspeed”onpage49providesinformationonthesupportedsystemmemory

speedforyourcomputermodel.

•AppendixC“Notices”onpage51providesnoticesandtrademarkinformation.

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