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
LenovoThinkVantageTools.........29
LenovoSolutionCenter...........29
LenovoWelcome..............29
ProductRecovery.............29
SimpleTap................29
ThinkVantageRescueandRecovery......30
Additionalinformationresources.......30
Specications...............30
Chapter4.GeneralCheckout.....33
Problemdeterminationtips..........33
Chapter5.Troubleshootingand
diagnostics..............35
Basictroubleshooting............35
Troubleshootingprocedure..........36
Troubleshooting..............36
Audioproblems............37
CDproblems.............38
DVDproblems.............39
Intermittentproblems..........40
Harddiskdriveproblems.........41
Keyboard,mouse,orpointingdevice
problems...............42
Monitorproblems............43
Networkingproblems..........45
Optionproblems............47
Performanceandlockupproblems.....48
Printerproblems............50
Serialportproblems...........50
Softwareproblems...........51
USBproblems.............51
Diagnostics................52
LenovoSolutionCenter.........52
Chapter6.UsingtheSetupUtility
program................53
StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.......53
Viewingandchangingsettings........53
Usingpasswords..............53
Passwordconsiderations.........54
Power-OnPassword..........54
AdministratorPassword.........54
HardDiskPassword...........54
Setting,changing,anddeletingapassword.54
Erasinglostorforgottenpasswords(clearing
CMOS)................55
Enablingordisablingadevice........55
Selectingastartupdevice..........55
Selectingatemporarystartupdevice....56
Selectingorchangingthestartupdevice
sequence...............56
EnablingErPcompliancemodeandDeepSx..56
ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram.......57
Chapter7.ConguringRAID.....59
ConguringRAIDwithIntelRSTe.......59
InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives...59
ConguringSATAorSASRAIDfunctionalitywith
theIntelRSTecongurationutility.......60
EnteringtheIntelRSTecongurationutility..60
QuickRAIDsetupusingtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOS
congurationutility.............61
InstallingSATAorSASharddiskdrives...62
EnteringtheLSIMegaRAIDBIOSconguration
utility.................62
CreatingRAIDvolumesusingtheLSI
MegaRAIDBIOScongurationutility....63
DeletingRAIDvolumesusingtheLSI
MegaRAIDBIOScongurationutility....63
Settingthehotspareharddiskdrive....64
Chapter8.Symptom-to-FRUIndex..65
Harddiskdrivebooterror..........65
PowerSupplyProblems...........65
Beepsymptoms..............65
POSTerrorcodes.............66
Miscellaneouserrormessages........67
Undeterminedproblems...........69
Chapter9.Locations.........71
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