Contents
Chapter1.Aboutthismanual......1
ImportantSafetyInformation..........1
Chapter2.Safetyinformation......3
Generalsafety................3
Electricalsafety...............3
Voltage-selectionswitch............5
Safetyinspectionguide............5
Handlingelectrostaticdischarge-sensitive
devices..................6
Groundingrequirements............6
Safetynotices(multi-lingualtranslations).....6
Chapter3.Generalinformation....29
Specifications...............29
Lenovoprograms.............29
AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows
7operatingsystem...........30
AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows
8orWindows8.1operatingsystem....30
LenovoSupportWebsite..........31
Chapter4.GeneralCheckout.....33
Problemdeterminationtips..........33
Chapter5.Troubleshootingand
diagnostics..............35
Basictroubleshooting............35
AccessingControlPanelontheWindows8or
Windows8.1operatingsystem........36
Troubleshootingprocedure..........36
Troubleshooting..............37
Audioproblems............37
CDproblems.............39
DVDproblems.............40
Intermittentproblems..........41
Harddiskdriveproblems.........41
Keyboard,mouse,orpointingdevice
problems...............42
Monitorproblems............44
Ethernetproblems...........45
Optionproblems............47
Performanceandlockupproblems.....48
Printerproblems............50
Serialconnectorproblems........50
Softwareproblems...........51
USBproblems.............52
Diagnostics................52
LenovoSolutionCenter.........52
UEFIdiagnosticprogram.........53
Chapter6.UsingtheSetupUtility
program................55
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.......55
Viewingandchangingsettings........55
Usingpasswords..............55
Passwordconsiderations.........56
Power-OnPassword..........56
AdministratorPassword.........56
HardDiskPassword...........56
Setting,changing,anddeletingapassword.56
Erasinglostorforgottenpasswords(clearing
CMOS)................57
Enablingordisablingadevice........57
Selectingastartupdevice..........57
Selectingatemporarystartupdevice....58
Selectingorchangingthestartupdevice
sequence...............58
EnablingErPLPScompliancemodeandDeep
Sx...................58
ChangingtheBIOSsettingsbeforeinstallinganew
operatingsystem..............59
ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram.......59
Chapter7.ConfiguringRAID.....61
ConfiguringRAIDwithIntelRSTe.......61
InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives...61
ConfiguringSATAorSASRAIDfunctionality
withtheIntelRSTeconfigurationutility...62
QuickRAIDsetupusingtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOS
configurationutility.............63
InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives...64
EnteringtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOSconfiguration
utility.................64
CreatingRAIDvolumesusingtheLSI
MegaRAIDBIOSconfigurationutility....65
DeletingRAIDvolumesusingtheLSI
MegaRAIDBIOSconfigurationutility....65
Settingthehotspareharddiskdrive....66
Chapter8.Symptom-to-FRUIndex..67
Harddiskdrivebooterror..........67
PowerSupplyProblems...........67
Beepsymptoms..............67
POSTerrorcodes.............68
Miscellaneouserrormessages........69
Undeterminedproblems...........71
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