Operation Manual
1Securitykeyhole
Purchaseasecuritycablelockthattsthiskeyholetolockyourcomputertoastationaryobjecttoprotect
yourcomputerfromtheft.
2Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive
Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermighthavealarge-capacity,customer-upgradableharddisk
drivethatcanmeetavarietyofstoragedemands.
Somemodelsareequippedwithasolidstatedrivefordatastorage,makingyourcomputerlighter,smaller,
andfaster.
Note:Thehiddenservicepartitionisthereasonwhythereislessfreespacethanexpectedonyourhard
diskdriveorsolidstatedrive.Thisreductionismorenoticeableonthesolidstatedrivebecauseofits
smallercapacity.
3Comboaudiojack
Tolistentothesoundfromyourcomputer,connectaheadphoneoraheadsetthathasa3.5mm4-pole
plugtothecomboaudiojack.
Notes:
•Ifyouareusingaheadsetwithafunctionswitch,forexample,aheadsetforaniPhone
®
mobiledigital
device,donotpressthisswitchwhileusingtheheadset.Ifyoupressit,theheadsetmicrophonewillbe
disabled,andtheintegratedmicrophonesonthecomputerwillbeenabledinstead.
•Thecomboaudiojackdoesnotsupportaconventionalmicrophone.Formoreinformation,see“Using
audiofeatures”onpage40
.
4Ethernetconnector
ConnectyourcomputertoaLANwiththeEthernetconnector.
DANGER
Toavoidtheriskofelectricalshock,donotconnectthetelephonecabletotheEthernetconnector.
YoucanonlyconnectanEthernetcabletothisconnector.
Twoindicators,totheupperrightandleftoftheconnector,showthestatusofthenetworkconnection.
WhenyourcomputerconnectstoaLANandasessionwiththenetworkisavailable,theupperleftindicator
issteadygreen.Whiledataisbeingtransmitted,theupperrightindicatorblinksyellow.
Note:IfyouattachyourcomputertoaThinkPadUltrabase,dockingstation,orreplicator,usetheEthernet
connectorontheUltrabase,dockingstation,orreplicatortoconnecttoaLAN,nottheoneonthecomputer.
5AlwaysOnUSBconnector
Bydefault,theAlwaysOnUSBconnectorenablesyoutochargesomedevices,suchasiPod
®
,iPhone,and
BlackBerry
®
smartphoneswhenyourcomputerisinsleeporhibernationmode.
Ifyouwanttochargethesedeviceswhenyourcomputeristurnedoff,youneedtoconnectthecomputer
toacpowersupplyandchangetheAlwaysOnUSBsettingsinThinkPadSetupandthePowerManager
program.Formoreinformation,see“Congmenu”onpage109.
4UserGuide