User's Manual

Contents
Read this first . . . . . . . . . . . v
Chapter 1. Finding information . . . . . 1
This guide and other publications . . . . . 1
Finding information with the ThinkVantage
button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 2. Taking care of your ThinkPad
computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Important tips. . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Be careful about where and how you work 3
Be gentle with your computer . . . . . 4
Register your computer . . . . . . . 4
Carry your computer properly . . . . . 4
Connect the internal modem correctly. . . 4
Handle storage media and drives properly 4
Be sure not to modify your computer . . . 5
Take care in setting passwords . . . . . 5
Care for the fingerprint reader . . . . . 5
Cleaning the cover of your computer . . . 5
Cleaning your computer keyboard . . . . 6
Cleaning your computer display . . . . 6
Chapter 3. Solving computer problems . . 7
Frequently asked questions . . . . . . . 7
Entering the BIOS Setup Utility . . . . . . 8
Diagnosing problems . . . . . . . . . 9
HDD diagnostic program . . . . . . . 9
Diagnosing problems using PC-Doctor
from the service partition . . . . . . 10
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . 10
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . 11
Errors without messages . . . . . . . 16
Memory problems . . . . . . . . . 18
Password problems . . . . . . . . 18
Keyboard problems . . . . . . . . 19
Pointing device problems . . . . . . 19
Sleep (standby) or hibernation problems 20
Computer screen problems . . . . . . 22
Battery problems . . . . . . . . . 25
AC adapter problems . . . . . . . . 25
Hard disk drive (HDD) or solid state drive
(SSD) problems . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fingerprint reader problems . . . . . 28
Startup problems . . . . . . . . . 28
RAID problems . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 4. Recovery options . . . . . . 33
Introducing Rescue and Recovery . . . . . 33
Solid state drive (SSD) . . . . . . . 33
Restoring the factory contents . . . . . . 34
Recovering data. . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter 5. Upgrading and replacing
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . 37
Upgrading the hard disk drive or solid state
drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Replacing memory . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 6. Getting help and service . . . 49
Getting help and service . . . . . . . . 49
Getting help on the Web . . . . . . . . 49
Calling the Customer Support Center . . . 49
Getting help around the world . . . . . . 51
Worldwide telephone list. . . . . . . . 51
Appendix A. Warranty information . . . . 57
Types of warranty service . . . . . . . 58
Appendix B. Customer Replaceable Units
(CRUs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Appendix C. Features and Specifications 63
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Appendix D. Notices. . . . . . . . . 67
Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Export classification notice . . . . . . 68
Electronic emissions notices . . . . . . . 68
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) Statement . . . . . . . . . 68
Industry Canada Class B emission
compliance statement . . . . . . . . 69
Avis de conformité à la réglementation
d’Industrie Canada. . . . . . . . . 69
European Union EMC Directive
conformance statement . . . . . . . 69
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