Operation Manual

Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer

Thischapterprovidesinformationonusingsomeofthecomputercomponents.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

•“Registeringyourcomputer”onpage17

•“Frequentlyaskedquestions”onpage17

•“Specialkeys”onpage19

•“ThinkPadpointingdevice”onpage22

•“Powermanagement”onpage29

•“Connectingtothenetwork”onpage33

•“Usinganexternaldisplay”onpage37

•“UsingtheNVIDIAOptimusGraphicsfeature”onpage39

•“Usingthecolorsensor”onpage39

•“Usingaudiofeatures”onpage40

•“Usingthecamera”onpage40

•“Usingtheopticaldrive”onpage41

•“UsinganExpressCard,aﬂashmediacard,orasmartcard”onpage41

Registeringyourcomputer

Whenyouregisteryourcomputer,informationisenteredintoadatabase,whichenablesLenovotocontact

youincaseofarecallorothersevereproblem.Inaddition,somelocationsofferextendedprivilegesand

servicestoregisteredusers.

WhenyouregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,youalsowillreceivethefollowingbeneﬁts:

•QuickerservicewhenyoucallLenovoforhelp

•Automaticnotiﬁcationoffreesoftwareandspecialpromotionaloffers

ToregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/registerandfollowtheinstructionson

thescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

IfyouareusingaWindows7operatingsystem,youalsocanregisteryourcomputerthroughthepreinstalled

LenovoProductRegistrationprogram.Theprogramlaunchesautomaticallyafteryouhaveusedyour

computerforaperiodoftime.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

Frequentlyaskedquestions

ThistopicprovidesafewtipsthatwillhelpyouoptimizetheuseofyourThinkPadnotebookcomputers.

Toensurethatyoureceivethebestperformancefromyourcomputer,gotothefollowingWebpagetoﬁnd

informationsuchasaidsfortroubleshootingandanswerstofrequentlyaskedquestions:

http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq