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
Specications...............29
Softwareoverview.............29
AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows
7operatingsystem...........30
AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows
8operatingsystem...........30
LenovoSolutionCenter...........31
LenovoWelcome..............31
SimpleTap................31
ThinkVantageRescueandRecovery......32
Gettinginformation,help,andservice.....32
Chapter4.GeneralCheckout.....33
Problemdeterminationtips..........33
Chapter5.Troubleshootingand
diagnostics..............35
Basictroubleshooting............35
AccessingControlPanelontheWindows8
operatingsystem..............36
Troubleshootingprocedure..........36
Troubleshooting..............37
Audioproblems............37
CDproblems.............39
DVDproblems.............40
Intermittentproblems..........41
Harddiskdriveproblems.........41
Keyboard,mouse,orpointingdevice
problems...............42
Monitorproblems............44
Networkingproblems..........46
Optionproblems............48
Performanceandlockupproblems.....49
Printerproblems............51
Serialportproblems...........51
Softwareproblems...........52
USBproblems.............53
Diagnostics................53
LenovoSolutionCenter.........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
EnablingErPcompliancemodeandDeepSx..58
ChangingtheBIOSsettingsbeforeinstallinganew
operatingsystem..............59
ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram.......59
Chapter7.ConguringRAID.....61
ConguringRAIDwithIntelRSTe.......61
InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives...61
ConguringSATAorSASRAIDfunctionality
withtheIntelRSTecongurationutility...62
QuickRAIDsetupusingtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOS
congurationutility.............63
InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives...64
EnteringtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOSconguration
utility.................65
CreatingRAIDvolumesusingtheLSI
MegaRAIDBIOScongurationutility....65
DeletingRAIDvolumesusingtheLSI
MegaRAIDBIOScongurationutility....66
Settingthehotspareharddiskdrive....66
Chapter8.Symptom-to-FRUIndex..67
Harddiskdrivebooterror..........67
PowerSupplyProblems...........67
Beepsymptoms..............67
POSTerrorcodes.............68
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