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User Manual: Lenovo L440 L540 Ug En (English) User Guide - ThinkPad L440 and L540 L440 Laptop (ThinkPad) - Type 20AT ThinkPad L440, 20AT
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- Read this first
- Chapter 1. Product overview
- Chapter 2. Using your computer
- Registering your computer
- Frequently asked questions
- Getting help about the Windows operating system
- Special keys
- Using the ThinkPad pointing device
- Power management
- Connecting to the network
- Using an external display
- Using the NVIDIA Optimus Graphics feature
- Using audio features
- Using the camera
- Using the optical drive
- Using an ExpressCard, a flash media card, or a smart card
- Chapter 3. Enhancing your computer
- Chapter 4. You and your computer
- Chapter 5. Security
- Chapter 6. Advanced configuration
- Chapter 7. Preventing problems
- Chapter 8. Troubleshooting computer problems
- Diagnosing problems
- Troubleshooting
- Computer stops responding
- Spills on the keyboard
- Error messages
- Errors without messages
- Beep errors
- Memory module problems
- Networking problems
- Problems with the keyboard and other pointing devices
- Problems with the display and multimedia devices
- Fingerprint reader problems
- Battery and power problems
- Problems with drives and other storage devices
- A software problem
- Problems with ports and connectors
- Chapter 9. Recovery overview
- Chapter 10. Replacing devices
- Static electricity prevention
- Replacing the battery pack
- Installing or replacing the SIM card
- Replacing the hard disk drive or solid-state drive
- Replacing a memory module
- Installing or replacing the M.2 wireless-LAN card
- Installing or replacing the M.2 wireless-WAN card
- Replacing the Ultrabay device
- Replacing the keyboard
- Replacing the coin-cell battery
- Chapter 11. Getting support
- Appendix A. Regulatory Information
- Wireless related information
- Certification related information
- Export classification notice
- Electronic emission notices
- Federal Communications Commission Declaration of Conformity
- Industry Canada Class B emission compliance statement
- European Union - Compliance to the Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive
- German Class B compliance statement
- Korea Class B compliance statement
- Japan VCCI Class B compliance statement
- Japan compliance statement for products which connect to the power mains with rated current less than or equal to 20 A per phase
- Japan notice for ac power cord
- Lenovo product service information for Taiwan
- Eurasian compliance mark
- Brazil audio notice
- Appendix B. WEEE and recycling statements
- Appendix C. Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS)
- Appendix D. ENERGY STAR model information
- Appendix E. Notices
UserGuide
ThinkPadL440andL540
Note:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthefollowing:
•Safety,Warranty,andSetupGuide
•RegulatoryNotice
•“Importantsafetyinformation”onpagevi
•AppendixE“Notices”onpage167
ThelatestSafety,Warranty,andSetupGuideandtheRegulatoryNoticeareavailableontheLenovoSupport
Websiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals
EighthEdition(July2015)
©CopyrightLenovo2013,2015.
LIMITEDANDRESTRICTEDRIGHTSNOTICE:IfdataorsoftwareisdeliveredpursuantaGeneralServicesAdministration
“GSA”contract,use,reproduction,ordisclosureissubjecttorestrictionssetforthinContractNo.GS-35F-05925.
Contents
Readthisfirst..............v
Importantsafetyinformation..........vi
Conditionsthatrequireimmediateaction..vii
Safetyguidelines............vii
Chapter1.Productoverview......1
Locatingcomputercontrols,connectors,and
indicators..................1
ThinkPadL440frontview..........1
ThinkPadL440right-sideview........2
ThinkPadL440left-sideview........4
ThinkPadL440bottomview........5
ThinkPadL440rearview..........6
ThinkPadL540frontview..........7
ThinkPadL540right-sideview........8
ThinkPadL540left-sideview........9
ThinkPadL540bottomview.......10
ThinkPadL540rearview.........11
Statusindicators............13
Locatingimportantproductinformation.....14
Machinetypeandmodelinformation....14
FCCIDandICCertificationinformation...14
LabelsfortheWindowsoperatingsystems..15
Features.................16
Specifications...............17
Operatingenvironment...........18
Lenovoprograms.............19
AccessingLenovoprograms.......19
AnintroductiontoLenovoprograms....19
Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer...23
Registeringyourcomputer..........23
Frequentlyaskedquestions.........23
GettinghelpabouttheWindowsoperating
system..................25
Specialkeys...............26
Functionkeysandkeycombinations....26
Windowskey.............27
UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice......28
Powermanagement............32
Checkingthebatterystatus........32
Usingtheacpoweradapter........33
Chargingthebattery..........34
Maximizingthebatterylife........34
Managingthebatterypower.......34
Power-savingmodes..........34
Connectingtothenetwork..........35
Ethernetconnections..........35
Wirelessconnections..........35
Usinganexternaldisplay..........38
Connectinganexternaldisplay......39
Choosingadisplaymode........39
Changingdisplaysettings........39
UsingtheNVIDIAOptimusGraphicsfeature...39
Usingaudiofeatures............40
Usingthecamera.............40
Usingtheopticaldrive...........41
UsinganExpressCard,aflashmediacard,ora
smartcard................41
Chapter3.Enhancingyour
computer...............43
FindingThinkPadoptions..........43
ThinkPaddockingstations..........43
Locatingcontrolsandconnectorsonthe
ThinkPaddockingstations........43
AttachingaThinkPaddockingstation....49
DetachingaThinkPaddockingstation...50
Guidelinesonconnectingmultipleexternal
displaystoadockingstation.......50
Securityfeatures............52
Chapter4.Youandyourcomputer..53
Accessibilityandcomfort..........53
Ergonomicinformation..........53
Comfort...............54
Accessibilityinformation.........54
Travelingwithyourcomputer.........57
Traveltips...............57
Travelaccessories...........57
Chapter5.Security..........59
Usingpasswords..............59
Typingpasswords...........59
Power-onpassword...........59
Supervisorpassword..........60
Harddiskpasswords..........61
Harddisksecurity.............63
Settingthesecuritychip...........64
Usingthefingerprintreader..........65
Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdrive
orsolid-statedrive.............67
Usingfirewalls...............68
Protectingdataagainstviruses........68
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Chapter6.Advancedconfiguration..69
Installinganewoperatingsystem.......69
InstallingtheWindows7operatingsystem..69
InstallingtheWindows8,Windows8.1,or
Windows10operatingsystem.......70
Installingdevicedrivers...........71
UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram......71
Mainmenu..............72
Configmenu..............72
DateandTimemenu..........77
Securitymenu.............78
Startupmenu.............81
Restartmenu.............82
UpdatingtheUEFIBIOS.........83
Usingsystemmanagement..........83
Settingmanagementfeatures.......84
Chapter7.Preventingproblems...87
Generaltipsforpreventingproblems......87
Makingsuredevicedriversareup-to-date....88
Takingcareofyourcomputer.........89
Cleaningthecoverofyourcomputer....90
Chapter8.Troubleshootingcomputer
problems...............93
Diagnosingproblems............93
Troubleshooting..............93
Computerstopsresponding.......93
Spillsonthekeyboard..........94
Errormessages............94
Errorswithoutmessages.........96
Beeperrors..............97
Memorymoduleproblems........97
Networkingproblems..........97
Problemswiththekeyboardandotherpointing
devices................99
Problemswiththedisplayandmultimedia
devices................100
Fingerprintreaderproblems........104
Batteryandpowerproblems.......104
Problemswithdrivesandotherstorage
devices................107
Asoftwareproblem...........108
Problemswithportsandconnectors....109
Chapter9.Recoveryoverview...111
RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows7operating
system..................111
Creatingandusingrecoverymedia.....111
Performingbackupandrecovery
operations..............112
UsingtheRescueandRecovery
workspace..............113
Creatingandusingarescuemedium....114
Reinstallingpreinstalledprogramsanddevice
drivers................115
Solvingrecoveryproblems........115
RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows8and
Windows8.1operatingsystems........116
Refreshingyourcomputer........116
Resettingyourcomputertothefactorydefault
settings................116
Usingtheadvancedstartupoptions....117
RecoveringyouroperatingsystemifWindows
8orWindows8.1failstostart.......117
Creatingandusingrecoverymedia.....118
RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows10operating
system..................119
Resettingyourcomputer.........119
Usingadvancedstartupoptions......119
RecoveringyouroperatingsystemifWindows
10failstostart.............120
CreatingandusingarecoveryUSBdrive..120
Chapter10.Replacingdevices...121
Staticelectricityprevention..........121
Replacingthebatterypack..........121
InstallingorreplacingtheSIMcard.......123
Replacingtheharddiskdriveorsolid-state
drive...................124
Replacingamemorymodule.........126
InstallingorreplacingtheM.2wireless-LAN
card...................128
InstallingorreplacingtheM.2wireless-WAN
card...................132
ReplacingtheUltrabaydevice........135
Replacingthekeyboard...........138
Replacingthecoin-cellbattery........143
Chapter11.Gettingsupport....147
BeforeyoucontactLenovo..........147
Gettinghelpandservice...........147
Usingdiagnosticprograms........148
LenovoSupportWebsite.........148
CallingLenovo.............148
Purchasingadditionalservices........149
AppendixA.Regulatory
Information.............151
Wirelessrelatedinformation.........151
LocationsoftheUltraConnect™wireless
antennas...............152
Wireless-radiocomplianceinformation...153
Locatingwirelessregulatorynotices....153
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Certificationrelatedinformation........153
Exportclassificationnotice..........153
Electronicemissionnotices..........153
FederalCommunicationsCommission
DeclarationofConformity........153
IndustryCanadaClassBemissioncompliance
statement...............154
EuropeanUnion-Compliancetothe
ElectromagneticCompatibilityDirective...154
GermanClassBcompliancestatement...154
KoreaClassBcompliancestatement....155
JapanVCCIClassBcompliancestatement..155
Japancompliancestatementforproducts
whichconnecttothepowermainswith
ratedcurrentlessthanorequalto20Aper
phase................155
Japannoticeforacpowercord......155
Lenovoproductserviceinformationfor
Taiwan................156
Eurasiancompliancemark..........156
Brazilaudionotice.............156
AppendixB.WEEEandrecycling
statements.............157
ImportantWEEEinformation.........157
RecyclinginformationforJapan........157
RecyclinginformationforChina........158
RecyclinginformationforBrazil........158
BatteryrecyclinginformationforTaiwan.....159
BatteryrecyclinginformationfortheEuropean
Union..................159
BatteryrecyclinginformationfortheUnitedStates
andCanada................159
AppendixC.RestrictionofHazardous
SubstancesDirective(RoHS)....161
EuropeanUnionRoHS...........161
ChinaRoHS................162
IndiaRoHS................162
TurkishRoHS...............163
UkraineRoHS...............163
AppendixD.ENERGYSTARmodel
information.............165
AppendixE.Notices.........167
Trademarks................168
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Readthisfirst
Besuretofollowtheimportanttipsgivenheretogetthemostuseandenjoymentoutofyourcomputer.
Failuretodosomightleadtodiscomfortorinjury,orcauseyourcomputertofail.
Protectyourselffromtheheatthatyourcomputergenerates.
Whenyourcomputeristurnedonorthebatteryischarging,thebase,thepalm
rest,andsomeotherpartsmaybecomehot.Thetemperaturetheyreach
dependsontheamountofsystemactivityandthelevelofchargeinthebattery.
Extendedcontactwithyourbody,eventhroughclothing,couldcause
discomfortorevenaskinburn.
•Avoidkeepingyourhands,yourlap,oranyotherpartofyourbodyin
contactwithahotsectionofthecomputerforanyextendedtime.
•Periodicallytakehandsfromusingthekeyboardbyliftingyourhandsfrom
thepalmrest.
Protectyourselffromtheheatgeneratedbytheacpoweradapter.
Whentheacpoweradapterisconnectedtoanelectricaloutletandyour
computer,itgeneratesheat.
Extendedcontactwithyourbody,eventhroughclothing,maycauseaskin
burn.
•Donotplacetheacpoweradapterincontactwithanypartofyourbody
whileitisinuse.
•Neveruseittowarmyourbody.
Preventyourcomputerfromgettingwet.
Toavoidspillsandthedangerofelectricalshock,keepliquidsawayfromyour
computer.
Protectthecablesfrombeingdamaged.
Applyingstrongforcetocablesmaydamageorbreakthem.
Routecommunicationlines,orthecablesofanacpoweradapter,amouse,a
keyboard,aprinter,oranyotherelectronicdevice,sothattheycannotbewalked
on,trippedover,pinchedbyyourcomputerorotherobjects,orinanyway
subjectedtotreatmentthatcouldinterferewiththeoperationofyourcomputer.
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Protectyourcomputeranddatawhenmovingit.
Beforemovingacomputerequippedwithaharddiskdrive,dooneofthe
following,andmakesurethatthepowerbuttonisofforisblinking:
•Turnitoff.
•Putitinsleepmode.
•Putitinhibernationmode.
Thiswillhelptopreventdamagetothecomputer,andpossiblelossofdata.
Handleyourcomputergently.
Donotdrop,bump,scratch,twist,hit,vibrate,push,orplaceheavyobjectson
yourcomputer,display,orexternaldevices.
Carryyourcomputercarefully.
•Useaqualitycarryingcasethatprovidesadequatecushioningandprotection.
•Donotpackyourcomputerinatightlypackedsuitcaseorbag.
•Beforeputtingyourcomputerinacarryingcase,makesurethatitisoff,insleep
mode,orinhibernationmode.Donotputacomputerinacarryingcasewhileit
isturnedon.
Importantsafetyinformation
Note:Readtheimportantsafetyinformationfirst.
Thisinformationcanhelpyousafelyuseyournotebookcomputer.Followandretainallinformationincluded
withyourcomputer.Theinformationinthisdocumentdoesnotalterthetermsofyourpurchaseagreement
ortheLenovo®LimitedWarranty.Formoreinformation,see“WarrantyInformation”intheSafety,Warranty,
andSetupGuidethatcomeswithyourcomputer.
Customersafetyisimportant.Ourproductsaredevelopedtobesafeandeffective.However,personal
computersareelectronicdevices.Powercords,poweradapters,andotherfeaturescancreatepotential
safetyrisksthatcanresultinphysicalinjuryorpropertydamage,especiallyifmisused.Toreducethese
risks,followtheinstructionsincludedwithyourproduct,observeallwarningsontheproductandinthe
operatinginstructions,andreviewtheinformationincludedinthisdocumentcarefully.Bycarefullyfollowing
theinformationcontainedinthisdocumentandprovidedwithyourproduct,youcanhelpprotectyourself
fromhazardsandcreateasafercomputerworkenvironment.
Note:Thisinformationincludesreferencestopoweradaptersandbatteries.Inadditiontonotebook
computers,someproducts(suchasspeakersandmonitors)shipwithexternalpoweradapters.Ifyouhave
suchaproduct,thisinformationappliestoyourproduct.Inaddition,computerproductscontainacoin-sized
internalbatterythatprovidespowertothesystemclockevenwhenthecomputerisunplugged,sothe
batterysafetyinformationappliestoallcomputerproducts.
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Conditionsthatrequireimmediateaction
Productscanbecomedamagedduetomisuseorneglect.Someproductdamageisseriousenough
thattheproductshouldnotbeusedagainuntilithasbeeninspectedand,ifnecessary,repairedby
anauthorizedservicer.
Aswithanyelectronicdevice,paycloseattentiontotheproductwhenitisturnedon.Onveryrare
occasions,youmightnoticeanodororseeapuffofsmokeorsparksventfromyourproduct.Oryou
mighthearsoundslikepopping,crackingorhissing.Theseconditionsmightmerelymeanthatan
internalelectroniccomponenthasfailedinasafeandcontrolledmanner.Or,theymightindicate
apotentialsafetyissue.However,donottakerisksorattempttodiagnosethesituationyourself.
ContacttheCustomerSupportCenterforfurtherguidance.ForalistofServiceandSupportphone
numbers,seethefollowingWebsite:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/phone
Frequentlyinspectyourcomputeranditscomponentsfordamageorwearorsignsofdanger.
Ifyouhaveanyquestionabouttheconditionofacomponent,donotusetheproduct.Contact
theCustomerSupportCenterortheproductmanufacturerforinstructionsonhowtoinspectthe
productandhaveitrepaired,ifnecessary.
Intheunlikelyeventthatyounoticeanyofthefollowingconditions,orifyouhaveanysafety
concernswithyourproduct,stopusingtheproductandunplugitfromthepowersourceand
telecommunicationlinesuntilyoucanspeaktotheCustomerSupportCenterforfurtherguidance.
•Powercords,plugs,poweradapters,extensioncords,surgeprotectors,orpowersuppliesthatare
cracked,broken,ordamaged.
•Signsofoverheating,smoke,sparks,orfire.
•Damagetoabattery(suchascracks,dents,orcreases),dischargefromabattery,orabuildupofforeign
substancesonthebattery.
•Acracking,hissingorpoppingsound,orstrongodorthatcomesfromtheproduct.
•Signsthatliquidhasbeenspilledoranobjecthasfallenontothecomputerproduct,thepowercordor
poweradapter.
•Thecomputerproduct,powercord,orpoweradapterhasbeenexposedtowater.
•Theproducthasbeendroppedordamagedinanyway.
•Theproductdoesnotoperatenormallywhenyoufollowtheoperatinginstructions.
Note:Ifyounoticetheseconditionswithaproduct(suchasanextensioncord)thatisnotmanufacturedfor
orbyLenovo,stopusingthatproductuntilyoucancontacttheproductmanufacturerforfurtherinstructions,
oruntilyougetasuitablereplacement.
Safetyguidelines
Alwaysobservethefollowingprecautionstoreducetheriskofinjuryandpropertydamage.
Serviceandupgrades
DonotattempttoserviceaproductyourselfunlessinstructedtodosobytheCustomerSupportCenteror
yourdocumentation.OnlyuseaServiceProviderwhoisapprovedtorepairyourparticularproduct.
Note:Somecomputerpartscanbeupgradedorreplacedbythecustomer.Upgradestypicallyare
referredtoasoptions.ReplacementpartsapprovedforcustomerinstallationarereferredtoasCustomer
ReplaceableUnits,orCRUs.Lenovoprovidesdocumentationwithinstructionswhenitisappropriatefor
customerstoinstalloptionsorreplaceCRUs.Youmustcloselyfollowallinstructionswheninstallingor
replacingparts.TheOffstateofapowerindicatordoesnotnecessarilymeanthatvoltagelevelsinsidea
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productarezero.Beforeyouremovethecoversfromaproductequippedwithapowercord,alwaysmake
surethatthepoweristurnedoffandthattheproductisunpluggedfromanypowersource.Ifyouhave
anyquestionsorconcerns,contacttheCustomerSupportCenter.
Althoughtherearenomovingpartsinyourcomputerafterthepowercordhasbeendisconnected,the
followingwarningsarerequiredforyoursafety.
CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepfingersandotherbodypartsaway.
CAUTION:
BeforereplacinganyCRUs,turnoffthecomputerandwaitthreetofiveminutestoletthecomputer
coolbeforeopeningthecover.
Powercordsandpoweradapters
DANGER
Useonlythepowercordsandpoweradapterssuppliedbytheproductmanufacturer.
Thepowercordsshallbesafetyapproved.ForGermany,itshallbeH05VV-F,3G,0.75mm2,or
better.Forothercountries,thesuitabletypesshallbeusedaccordingly.
Neverwrapapowercordaroundapoweradapterorotherobject.Doingsocanstressthecordin
waysthatcancausethecordtofray,crack,orcrimp.Thiscanpresentasafetyhazard.
Alwaysroutepowercordssothattheywillnotbewalkedon,trippedover,orpinchedbyobjects.
Protectpowercordsandpoweradaptersfromliquids.Forinstance,donotleaveyourpowercord
orpoweradapternearsinks,tubs,toilets,oronfloorsthatarecleanedwithliquidcleansers.
Liquidscancauseashortcircuit,particularlyifthepowercordorpoweradapterhasbeenstressed
bymisuse.Liquidsalsocancausegradualcorrosionofpowercordterminalsand/ortheconnector
terminalsonapoweradapter,whichcaneventuallyresultinoverheating.
Alwaysconnectpowercordsandsignalcablesinthecorrectorderandensurethatallpowercord
connectorsaresecurelyandcompletelypluggedintoreceptacles.
Donotuseanypoweradapterthatshowscorrosionattheacinputpinsorshowssignsof
overheating(suchasdeformedplastic)attheacinputpinsoranywhereonthepoweradapter.
Donotuseanypowercordswheretheelectricalcontactsoneitherendshowsignsofcorrosionor
overheatingorwherethepowercordappearstohavebeendamagedinanyway.
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Topreventpossibleoverheating,donotcoverthepoweradapterwithclothingorotherobjects
whenthepoweradapterispluggedintoanelectricaloutlet.
Extensioncordsandrelateddevices
Ensurethatextensioncords,surgeprotectors,uninterruptiblepowersupplies,andpowerstripsthatyouuse
areratedtohandletheelectricalrequirementsoftheproduct.Neveroverloadthesedevices.Ifpowerstrips
areused,theloadshouldnotexceedthepowerstripinputrating.Consultanelectricianformoreinformation
ifyouhavequestionsaboutpowerloads,powerrequirements,andinputratings.
Plugsandoutlets
DANGER
Ifareceptacle(poweroutlet)thatyouintendtousewithyourcomputerequipmentappearstobe
damagedorcorroded,donotusetheoutletuntilitisreplacedbyaqualifiedelectrician.
Donotbendormodifytheplug.Iftheplugisdamaged,contactthemanufacturertoobtain
areplacement.
Donotshareanelectricaloutletwithotherhomeorcommercialappliancesthatdrawlargeamounts
ofelectricity;otherwise,unstablevoltagemightdamageyourcomputer,data,orattacheddevices.
Someproductsareequippedwithathree-prongedplug.Thisplugfitsonlyintoagrounded
electricaloutlet.Thisisasafetyfeature.Donotdefeatthissafetyfeaturebytryingtoinsertitinto
anon-groundedoutlet.Ifyoucannotinserttheplugintotheoutlet,contactanelectricianforan
approvedoutletadapterortoreplacetheoutletwithonethatenablesthissafetyfeature.Never
overloadanelectricaloutlet.Theoverallsystemloadshouldnotexceed80percentofthebranch
circuitrating.Consultanelectricianformoreinformationifyouhavequestionsaboutpowerloads
andbranchcircuitratings.
Besurethatthepoweroutletyouareusingisproperlywired,easilyaccessible,andlocatedclose
totheequipment.Donotfullyextendpowercordsinawaythatwillstressthecords.
Besurethatthepoweroutletprovidesthecorrectvoltageandcurrentfortheproductyouare
installing.
Carefullyconnectanddisconnecttheequipmentfromtheelectricaloutlet.
Powersupplystatement
DANGER
Neverremovethecoveronapowersupplyoranypartthathasthefollowinglabelattached.
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Hazardousvoltage,current,andenergylevelsarepresentinsideanycomponentthathasthislabel
attached.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethesecomponents.Ifyoususpectaproblemwith
oneoftheseparts,contactaservicetechnician.
Externaldevices
CAUTION:
DonotconnectordisconnectanyexternaldevicecablesotherthanUSBcableswhilethecomputer
powerison;otherwise,youmightdamageyourcomputer.T oavoidpossibledamagetoattached
devices,waitatleastfivesecondsafterthecomputerisshutdowntodisconnectexternaldevices.
Generalbatterynotice
DANGER
PersonalcomputersmanufacturedbyLenovocontainacoin-cellbatterytoprovidepowerto
thesystemclock.Inaddition,manymobileproducts,suchasnotebookcomputers,utilizea
rechargeablebatterypacktoprovidesystempowerwheninportablemode.Batteriessuppliedby
Lenovoforusewithyourproducthavebeentestedforcompatibilityandshouldonlybereplaced
withapprovedparts.
Neverattempttoopenorserviceanybattery.Donotcrush,puncture,orincineratebatteriesor
shortcircuitthemetalcontacts.Donotexposethebatterytowaterorotherliquids.Onlyrecharge
thebatterypackstrictlyaccordingtoinstructionsincludedintheproductdocumentation.
Batteryabuseormishandlingcancausethebatterytooverheat,whichcancausegassesorflame
to“vent”fromthebatterypackorcoincell.Ifyourbatteryisdamaged,orifyounoticeany
dischargefromyourbatteryorthebuildupofforeignmaterialsonthebatteryleads,stopusingthe
batteryandobtainareplacementfromthebatterymanufacturer.
Batteriescandegradewhentheyareleftunusedforlongperiodsoftime.Forsomerechargeable
batteries(particularlyLithiumIonbatteries),leavingabatteryunusedinadischargedstatecould
increasetheriskofabatteryshortcircuit,whichcouldshortenthelifeofthebatteryandalsocan
poseasafetyhazard.DonotletrechargeableLithium-Ionbatteriescompletelydischargeorstore
thesebatteriesinadischargedstate.
Noticeforlithiumcoin-cellbattery
DANGER
Dangerofexplosionifbatteryisincorrectlyreplaced.
Donot:
•Throworimmerseintowater
•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)
•Repairordisassemble
Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.
ThefollowingstatementappliestousersinthestateofCalifornia,U.S.A.
CaliforniaPerchlorateInformation:
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Productscontainingmanganesedioxidelithiumcoincellbatteriesmaycontainperchlorate.
PerchlorateMaterial-specialhandlingmayapply,See
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate
Rechargeablebatterynotice
DANGER
Donotattempttodisassembleormodifythebatterypack.Attemptingtodosocancausean
explosion,orliquidleakagefromthebatterypack.Abatterypackotherthantheonespecifiedby
Lenovo,oradisassembledormodifiedbatterypackisnotcoveredbythewarranty.
Iftherechargeablebatterypackisincorrectlyreplaced,thereisdangerofanexplosion.Thebattery
packcontainsasmallamountofharmfulsubstances.Toavoidpossibleinjury:
•ReplaceonlywithabatteryofthetyperecommendedbyLenovo.
•Keepthebatterypackawayfromfire.
•Donotexposeittowaterorrain.
•Donotattempttodisassembleit.
•Donotshort-circuitit.
•Keepitawayfromchildren.
•Donotdropthebatterypack.
Donotputthebatterypackintrashthatisdisposedofinlandfills.Whendisposingofthebattery,
complywithlocalordinancesorregulations.
Thebatterypackshouldbestoredatroomtemperature,chargedtoapproximately30to50%
ofcapacity.Werecommendthatbatterypackbechargedaboutonceperyeartoprevent
overdischarge.
Heatandproductventilation
DANGER
Computers,acpoweradapters,andmanyaccessoriescangenerateheatwhenturnedonandwhen
batteriesarecharging.Notebookcomputerscangenerateasignificantamountofheatduetotheir
compactsize.Alwaysfollowthesebasicprecautions:
•Whenyourcomputeristurnedonorthebatteryischarging,thebase,thepalmrest,andsome
otherpartsmaybecomehot.Avoidkeepingyourhands,yourlap,oranyotherpartofyour
bodyincontactwithahotsectionofthecomputerforanyextendedlengthoftime.Whenyou
usethekeyboard,avoidkeepingyourpalmsonthepalmrestforaprolongedperiodoftime.
Yourcomputergeneratessomeheatduringnormaloperation.Theamountofheatdependson
theamountofsystemactivityandthebatterychargelevel.Extendedcontactwithyourbody,
eventhroughclothing,couldcausediscomfortorevenaskinburn.Periodicallytakebreaks
fromusingthekeyboardbyliftingyourhandsfromthepalmrest;andbecarefulnottouse
thekeyboardforanyextendedlengthoftime.
•Donotoperateyourcomputerorchargethebatterynearflammablematerialsorinexplosive
environments.
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•Ventilationslots,fansand/orheatsinksareprovidedwiththeproductforsafety,comfort,and
reliableoperation.Thesefeaturesmightinadvertentlybecomeblockedbyplacingtheproducton
abed,sofa,carpet,orotherflexiblesurface.Neverblock,cover,ordisablethesefeatures.
•Whentheacpoweradapterisconnectedtoanelectricaloutletandyourcomputer,itgenerates
heat.Donotplacetheadapterincontactwithanypartofyourbodywhileusingit.Neverusethe
acpoweradaptertowarmyourbody.Extendedcontactwithyourbody,eventhroughclothing,
maycauseaskinburn.
Foryoursafety,alwaysfollowthesebasicprecautionswithyourcomputer:
•Keepthecoverclosedwheneverthecomputerispluggedin.
•Regularlyinspecttheoutsideofthecomputerfordustaccumulation.
•Removedustfromventsandanyperforationsinthebezel.Morefrequentcleaningsmightbe
requiredforcomputersindustyorhigh-trafficareas.
•Donotrestrictorblockanyventilationopenings.
•Donotoperateyourcomputerinsidefurniture,asthismightincreasetheriskofoverheating.
•Airflowtemperaturesintothecomputershouldnotexceed35°C(95°F).
Electricalcurrentsafetyinformation
DANGER
Electriccurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.
Toavoidashockhazard:
•Donotuseyourcomputerduringalightningstorm.
•Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orreconfiguration
ofthisproductduringanelectricalstorm.
•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.
•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.
•Wheneverpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.
•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceoffire,water,orstructuraldamage.
•Donotuseyourcomputeruntilallinternalpartsenclosuresarefastenedintoplace.Neveruse
thecomputerwheninternalpartsandcircuitsareexposed.
DANGER
Connectanddisconnectcablesasdescribedinthefollowingprocedureswheninstalling,moving,
oropeningcoversonthisproductorattacheddevices.
Toconnect:
1.TurneverythingOFF.
2.First,attachallcablestodevices.
3.Attachsignalcablestoconnectors.
4.Attachpowercordstooutlets.
5.TurndevicesON.
Todisconnect:
1.TurneverythingOFF.
2.First,removepowercordsfromoutlets.
3.Removesignalcablesfromconnectors.
4.Removeallcablesfromdevices.
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Thepowercordmustbedisconnectedfromthewalloutletorreceptaclebeforeinstallingallother
electricalcablesconnectedtothecomputer.
Thepowercordmaybereconnectedtothewalloutletorreceptacleonlyafterallotherelectrical
cableshavebeenconnectedtothecomputer.
DANGER
Duringelectricalstorms,donotperformanyreplacementanddonotconnectthetelephonecable
toordisconnectitfromthetelephoneoutletonthewall.
Lasercompliancestatement
CAUTION:
Whenlaserproducts(suchasCD-ROMs,DVDdrives,fiberopticdevices,ortransmitters)are
installed,notethefollowing:
•Donotremovethecovers.Removingthecoversofthelaserproductcouldresultinexposureto
hazardouslaserradiation.Therearenoserviceablepartsinsidethedevice.
•Useofcontrolsoradjustmentsorperformanceofproceduresotherthanthosespecifiedherein
mightresultinhazardousradiationexposure.
DANGER
SomelaserproductscontainanembeddedClass3AorClass3Blaserdiode.Notethefollowing:
Laserradiationwhenopen.Donotstareintothebeam,donotviewdirectlywithoptical
instruments,andavoiddirectexposuretothebeam.
Liquidcrystaldisplay(LCD)notice
CAUTION:
Theliquidcrystaldisplay(LCD)ismadeofglass,androughhandlingordroppingthecomputercan
causetheLCDtobreak.IftheLCDbreaksandtheinternalfluidgetsintoyoureyesoronyour
hands,immediatelywashtheaffectedareaswithwaterforatleast15minutes;ifanysymptomsare
presentafterwashing,getmedicalcare.
Note:Forproductswithmercury-containingfluorescentlamps(forexample,non-LED),thefluorescentlamp
intheliquidcrystaldisplay(LCD)containsmercury;disposeofaccordingtolocal,state,orfederallaws.
Usingheadphonesorearphones
Ifyourcomputerhasbothaheadphoneconnectorandanaudio-outconnector,alwaysusetheheadphone
connectorforheadphones(alsocalledaheadset)orearphones.
CAUTION:
Excessivesoundpressurefromearphonesandheadphonescancausehearingloss.Adjustmentof
theequalizertomaximumincreasestheearphoneandheadphoneoutputvoltageandthesound
pressurelevel.Therefore,toprotectyourhearing,adjusttheequalizertoanappropriatelevel.
Excessiveuseofheadphonesorearphonesforalongperiodoftimeathighvolumecanbedangerousifthe
outputoftheheadphoneorearphoneconnectorsdonotcomplywithspecificationsofEN50332-2.The
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headphoneoutputconnectorofyourcomputercomplieswithEN50332-2Subclause7.Thisspecification
limitsthecomputer’smaximumwidebandtrueRMSoutputvoltageto150mV.Tohelpprotectagainst
hearingloss,ensurethattheheadphonesorearphonesyouusealsocomplywithEN50332-2(Clause7
limits)forawidebandcharacteristicvoltageof75mV.UsingheadphonesthatdonotcomplywithEN
50332-2canbedangerousduetoexcessivesoundpressurelevels.
IfyourLenovocomputercamewithheadphonesorearphonesinthepackage,asaset,thecombinationof
theheadphonesorearphonesandthecomputeralreadycomplieswiththespecificationsofEN50332-1.
Ifdifferentheadphonesorearphonesareused,ensurethattheycomplywithEN50332-1(Clause6.5
LimitationValues).UsingheadphonesthatdonotcomplywithEN50332-1canbedangerousdueto
excessivesoundpressurelevels.
Additionalsafetyinformation
Plasticbagnotice
DANGER
Plasticbagscanbedangerous.Keepplasticbagsawayfrombabiesandchildrentoavoiddanger
ofsuffocation.
Glasspartsnotice
CAUTION:
Somepartsofyourproductmaybemadeofglass.Thisglasscouldbreakiftheproductisdropped
onahardsurfaceorreceivesasubstantialimpact.Ifglassbreaks,donottouchorattempttoremove
it.Stopusingyourproductuntiltheglassisreplacedbytrainedservicepersonnel.
PolyvinylChloride(PVC)cableandcordnotice
Manypersonalcomputerproductsandaccessoriescontaincords,cablesorwires,suchaspowercordsor
cordstoconnecttheaccessorytoapersonalcomputer.Ifthisproducthassuchacord,cableorwire,then
thefollowingwarningapplies:
WARNING:Handlingthecordonthisproductorcordsassociatedwithaccessoriessoldwiththisproduct
willexposeyoutolead,achemicalknowntotheStateofCaliforniatocausecancer,andbirthdefectsor
otherreproductiveharm.Washhandsafterhandling.
Savetheseinstructions.
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Chapter1.Productoverview
Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutthelocationsofconnectors,locationsofimportantproductlabels,
computerfeatures,specifications,operatingenvironment,andpreinstalledprograms.
•“Locatingcomputercontrols,connectors,andindicators”onpage1
•“Locatingimportantproductinformation”onpage14
•“Features”onpage16
•“Specifications”onpage17
•“Operatingenvironment”onpage18
•“Lenovoprograms”onpage19
Locatingcomputercontrols,connectors,andindicators
Thissectionintroducesthecomputerhardwarefeaturestogiveyouthebasicinformationyouwillneed
tostartusingthecomputer.
ThinkPadL440frontview
Figure1.ThinkPadL440frontview
1Camera(onsomemodels)4Fingerprintreader(onsomemodels)
2Microphones(onsomemodels)5TrackPoint®pointingstick
3Powerbutton6ThinkPad®trackpad
1Camera(onsomemodels)
Usethecameratotakepicturesorholdavideoconference.Formoreinformation,see“Usingthecamera”
onpage40.
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2Microphones(onsomemodels)
Themicrophonescapturesoundandvoicewhenusedwithaprogramcapableofhandlingaudio.
3Powerbutton
Pressthepowerbuttontoturnonthecomputerorputthecomputerintosleepmode.Forhowtoturnoffthe
computer,see“Frequentlyaskedquestions”onpage23.
Ifyourcomputerstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerbuttonforfour
secondsormore.Ifthecomputerstillisnotresponding,removetheacpoweradapterandthebattery
toresetthecomputer.
Youalsocanprogramthepowerbuttonsothatbypressingthepowerbuttonyoucanturnoffthecomputer
orputthecomputerintosleeporhibernationmode.Toachievethis,youneedtochangeyourpowerplan
settings.Toaccesspowerplansettings,dothefollowing:
1.GotoControlPanel,thenchangetheviewofControlPanelfromCategorytoLargeiconsorSmallicons.
2.ClickPowerOptions➙Choosewhatthepowerbuttonsdo.
3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
4Fingerprintreader(onsomemodels)
Fingerprintauthenticationtechnologyprovidessimpleandsecureuseraccessbyassociatingyourfingerprint
withpasswords.Formoreinformation,see“Usingthefingerprintreader”onpage65.
ThinkPadpointingdevice
5TrackPointpointingstick
6ThinkPadtrackpad
ThekeyboardcontainstheLenovouniqueThinkPadpointingdevices.Pointing,selecting,anddraggingare
allpartofasingleprocessthatyoucanperformwithoutmovingyourfingersfromatypingposition.For
moreinformation,see“UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice”onpage28.
ThinkPadL440right-sideview
Figure2.ThinkPadL440right-sideview
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1Audioconnector4SerialUltrabay™Enhancedbay
2Media-card-readerslot5Security-lockslot
3USB2.0connectors
1Audioconnector
Connectheadphonesoraheadsetthathasa3.5-mm(0.14-inch)4-poleplugtotheaudioconnectorto
listentothesoundfromthecomputer.
Ifyouareusingaheadsetwithafunctionswitch,donotpressthisswitchwhileusingtheheadset.Ifyou
presstheswitch,theheadsetmicrophoneisdisabled,andtheintegratedmicrophonesonthecomputeris
enabledinstead.
Note:Theaudioconnectordoesnotsupportaconventionalmicrophone.Formoreinformation,see“Using
audiofeatures”onpage40.
2Media-card-readerslot
Insertyourflashmediacardintothisslottoreadthedataonthecard.
3USB2.0connectors
TheUniversalSerialBus2.0(USB2.0)connectorsareusedforconnectingUSB-compatibledevices,
suchasaUSBprinteroradigitalcamera.
Attention:WhenyouattachaUSBcabletothisconnector,ensurethattheUSBmarkisfacingupward.
Otherwisetheconnectormightbedamaged.
4SerialUltrabayEnhancedbay
YourcomputerhasabayforSerialUltrabayEnhanceddevices.Forsomemodels,anopticaldriveisinstalled
inthebay.Forcertainmodels,asecondaryharddiskdriveisinstalled.
5Security-lockslot
Toprotectyourcomputerfromtheft,youcanpurchaseasecuritycablelockthatfitsthesecurity-lock
slottolockthecomputertoastationaryobject.
Note:Youareresponsibleforevaluating,selecting,andimplementingthelockingdeviceandsecurity
feature.Lenovomakesnocomments,judgments,orwarrantiesaboutthefunction,quality,orperformance
ofthelockingdeviceandsecurityfeature.
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ThinkPadL440left-sideview
Figure3.ThinkPadL440left-sideview
1Fanlouvers4AlwaysOnUSB3.0connector
2VGAconnector5USB2.0connector
3MiniDisplayPort®connector6ExpressCardslotorsmartcardslot(onsomemodels)
1Fanlouvers
Thefanlouversandinternalfanenableairtocirculateinthecomputerandtoensurepropercooling,
especiallythecoolingofthemicroprocessor.
Note:Toensureproperairflow,donotplaceanyobstaclesinfrontofthefanlouvers.
2VGAconnector
Usethevideographicsarray(VGA)connectortoconnectthecomputertoaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,
suchasaVGAmonitor.
Note:Ifyouattachthecomputertoadockingstation,usetheVGAconnectoronthedockingstation,
nottheoneonthecomputer.
Formoreinformation,see“Connectinganexternaldisplay”onpage39.
3MiniDisplayPortconnector
UsetheminiDisplayPortconnectortoconnectyourcomputertoacompatibleprojector,externalmonitor,or
high-definitiontelevision.Formoreinformation,see“Choosingadisplaymode”onpage39.
4AlwaysOnUSB3.0connector
TheAlwaysOnUSB3.0connectorisusedforconnectingUSB-compatibledevices,suchasaUSBprinteror
adigitalcamera.
Bydefault,theAlwaysOnUSB3.0connectorenablesyoutochargesomemobiledigitaldevicesand
smartphonesinthefollowingsituations:
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•Whenyourcomputerisonorinsleepmode
•Whenyourcomputerisinhibernationmodeoristurnedoff,butconnectedtoacpower
Ifyouwanttochargethesedeviceswhenthecomputerisinhibernationmodeoristurnedoff,andthe
computerisnotconnectedtoacpower,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows®7:StartthePowerManagerprogram,clicktheGlobalPowerSettingstab,andthen
followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
•ForWindows8,Windows8.1,andWindows10:StarttheLenovoSettingsprogram,clickPower,
andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Attention:WhenyouattachaUSBcabletothisconnector,ensurethattheUSBmarkisfacingupward.
Otherwisetheconnectormightbedamaged.
5USB2.0connector
TheUSB2.0connectorisusedforconnectingUSB-compatibledevices,suchasaUSBprinteroradigital
camera.
Attention:WhenyouattachaUSBcabletothisconnector,ensurethattheUSBmarkisfacingupward.
Otherwisetheconnectormightbedamaged.
6ExpressCardslotorsmartcardslot(onsomemodels)
YourcomputermighthaveanExpressCardslotorasmartcardslot.
ThinkPadL440bottomview
Figure4.ThinkPadL440bottomview
1Batterypack4Speakers
2Dockingstationconnector(onsomemodels)5Keyboarddrainageholes
3SIM-cardslot
1Batterypack
Usethecomputerwiththebatterypowerwheneveracpowerisunavailable.
YoucanusethePowerManagerprogramtoadjustyourpowersettingsasneeded.Fordetailedinformation,
seethehelpinformationsystemofthePowerManagerprogram.
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2Dockingstationconnector(onsomemodels)
Youcanusetheconnectortoconnectthecomputertoasupporteddockingstationtoextendthecomputer
capabilitieswhenyouareattheofficeorathome.Formoreinformationaboutthesupporteddocking
stations,see“ThinkPaddockingstations”onpage43.
3SIM-cardslot
IfyourcomputersupportsthewirelessWideAreaNetwork(wireless-WAN)feature,aSubscriberIdentification
Module(SIM)cardmightberequiredtoestablishwireless-WANconnections.Dependingonthecountryor
regionofdelivery,theSIMcardmightbealreadyinstalledintheSIM-cardslot.Formoreinformation,see
“InstallingorreplacingtheSIMcard”onpage123.
4Keyboarddrainageholes
Thekeyboarddrainageholescanhelpdrainoutliquidfromyourcomputerifyouaccidentallyspillwateror
drinkoverthekeyboard.
5Speakers
Yourcomputerisequippedwithapairofstereospeakers.
ThinkPadL440rearview
Figure5.ThinkPadL440rearview
1Powerconnector2Ethernetconnector
1Powerconnector
Connecttheacpoweradaptertothepowerconnectortoprovideacpowertothecomputerandcharge
thebattery.
2Ethernetconnector
Connectthecomputertoalocalareanetwork(LAN)withtheEthernetconnector.
DANGER
Toavoidtheriskofelectricalshock,donotconnectthetelephonecabletotheEthernetconnector.
YoucanonlyconnectanEthernetcabletothisconnector.
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TheEthernetconnectorhastwoindicatorsthatshowthestatusofthenetworkconnection.Whenthetop-left
indicatorissolidgreen,itindicatesthatthecomputerconnectstoaLANandasessionwiththenetworkis
available.Whenthetop-rightindicatorblinksyellow,itindicatesthatdataisbeingtransmitted.
Note:Ifyouattachthecomputertoadockingstation,usetheEthernetconnectoronthedockingstationto
connecttoaLAN,nottheoneonthecomputer.
ThinkPadL540frontview
Figure6.ThinkPadL540frontview
1Camera(onsomemodels)5Fingerprintreader(onsomemodels)
2Microphones(onsomemodels)6TrackPointpointingstick
3Powerbutton7ThinkPadtrackpad
4Numerickeypad
1Camera(onsomemodels)
Usethecameratotakepicturesorholdavideoconference.Formoreinformation,see“Usingthecamera”
onpage40.
2Microphones(onsomemodels)
Themicrophonescapturesoundandvoicewhenusedwithaprogramcapableofhandlingaudio.
3Powerbutton
Pressthepowerbuttontoturnonthecomputerorputthecomputerintosleepmode.Forhowtoturnoffthe
computer,see“Frequentlyaskedquestions”onpage23.
Ifyourcomputerstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerbuttonforfour
secondsormore.Ifthecomputerstillisnotresponding,removetheacpoweradapterandthebattery
toresetthecomputer.
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Youalsocanprogramthepowerbuttonsothatbypressingthepowerbuttonyoucanturnoffthecomputer
orputthecomputerintosleeporhibernationmode.Toachievethis,youneedtochangeyourpowerplan
settings.Toaccesspowerplansettings,dothefollowing:
1.GotoControlPanel,thenchangetheviewofControlPanelfromCategorytoLargeiconsorSmallicons.
2.ClickPowerOptions➙Choosewhatthepowerbuttonsdo.
3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
4Numerickeypad
Yourcomputerhasanumerickeypadthatcanbeusedtoquicklyinputnumbers.
5Fingerprintreader(onsomemodels)
Fingerprintauthenticationtechnologyprovidessimpleandsecureuseraccessbyassociatingyourfingerprint
withpasswords.Formoreinformation,see“Usingthefingerprintreader”onpage65.
ThinkPadpointingdevice
6TrackPointpointingstick
7ThinkPadtrackpad
ThekeyboardcontainstheLenovouniqueThinkPadpointingdevices.Pointing,selecting,anddraggingare
allpartofasingleprocessthatyoucanperformwithoutmovingyourfingersfromatypingposition.For
moreinformation,see“UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice”onpage28.
ThinkPadL540right-sideview
Figure7.ThinkPadL540right-sideview
1Audioconnector3USB2.0connectors
2Media-card-readerslot4SerialUltrabayEnhancedbay
1Audioconnector
Connectheadphonesoraheadsetthathasa3.5-mm(0.14-inch),4-poleplugtotheaudioconnectorto
listentothesoundfromthecomputer.
Notes:
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•Ifyouareusingaheadsetwithafunctionswitch,forexample,aheadsetforaniPhonemobiledigital
device,donotpressthisswitchwhileusingtheheadset.Ifyoupresstheswitch,theheadsetmicrophone
willbedisabled,andtheintegratedmicrophonesonthecomputerwillbeenabledinstead.
•Theaudioconnectordoesnotsupportaconventionalmicrophone.Formoreinformation,see“Using
audiofeatures”onpage40.
2Media-card-readerslot
Insertyourflashmediacardintothisslottoreadthedataonthecard.
3USB2.0connectors
TheUSB2.0connectorsareusedforconnectingUSB-compatibledevices,suchasaUSBprinteror
adigitalcamera.
Attention:WhenyouattachaUSBcabletothisconnector,ensurethattheUSBmarkisfacingupward.
Otherwisetheconnectormightbedamaged.
4SerialUltrabayEnhancedbay
YourcomputerhasabayforSerialUltrabayEnhanceddevices.Forsomemodels,anopticaldriveisinstalled
inthebay.Forcertainmodels,asecondaryharddiskdriveisinstalled.
ThinkPadL540left-sideview
Figure8.ThinkPadL540left-sideview
1Fanlouvers4AlwaysOnUSB3.0connector
2VGAconnector5ExpressCardslotorsmartcardslot(onsomemodels)
3MiniDisplayPortconnector
1Fanlouvers
Thefanlouversandinternalfanenableairtocirculateinthecomputerandtoensurepropercooling,
especiallythecoolingofthemicroprocessor.
Note:Toensureproperairflow,donotplaceanyobstaclesinfrontofthefanlouvers.
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2VGAconnector
UsetheVGAconnectortoconnectthecomputertoaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,suchasaVGAmonitor.
Note:Ifyouattachthecomputertoadockingstation,usetheVGAconnectoronthedockingstation,
nottheoneonthecomputer.
Formoreinformation,see“Connectinganexternaldisplay”onpage39.
3MiniDisplayPortconnector
UsetheminiDisplayPortconnectortoconnectyourcomputertoacompatibleprojector,externalmonitor,or
high-definitiontelevision.Formoreinformation,see“Choosingadisplaymode”onpage39.
4AlwaysOnUSB3.0connector
TheAlwaysOnUSB3.0connectorisusedforconnectingUSB-compatibledevices,suchasaUSBprinteror
adigitalcamera.
Bydefault,theAlwaysOnUSB3.0connectorenablesyoutochargesomemobiledigitaldevicesand
smartphonesinthefollowingsituations:
•Whenyourcomputerisonorinsleepmode
•Whenyourcomputerisinhibernationmodeoristurnedoff,butconnectedtoacpower
Ifyouwanttochargethesedeviceswhenthecomputerisinhibernationmodeoristurnedoff,andthe
computerisnotconnectedtoacpower,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows®7:StartthePowerManagerprogram,clicktheGlobalPowerSettingstab,andthen
followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
•ForWindows8,Windows8.1,andWindows10:StarttheLenovoSettingsprogram,clickPower,
andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Attention:WhenyouattachaUSBcabletothisconnector,ensurethattheUSBmarkisfacingupward.
Otherwisetheconnectormightbedamaged.
5ExpressCardslotorsmartcardreaderslot(onsomemodels)
YourcomputermighthaveanExpressCardslotorasmartcardreaderslot.
ThinkPadL540bottomview
Figure9.ThinkPadL540bottomview
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1Batterypack4Speakers
2Dockingstationconnector(onsomemodels)5Keyboarddrainageholes
3SIM-cardslot
1Batterypack
Usethecomputerwiththebatterypowerwheneveracpowerisunavailable.
YoucanusethePowerManagerprogramtoadjustyourpowersettingsasneeded.Fordetailedinformation,
seethehelpinformationsystemofthePowerManagerprogram.
2Dockingstationconnector(onsomemodels)
Youcanusetheconnectortoconnectthecomputertoasupporteddockingstationtoextendthecomputer
capabilitieswhenyouareattheofficeorathome.Formoreinformationaboutthesupporteddocking
stations,see“ThinkPaddockingstations”onpage43.
3SIM-cardslot
Ifyourcomputerhasawireless-WANfeature,aSIMcardmightberequiredtoestablishwireless-WAN
connections.Dependingonthecountryofdelivery,theSIMcardmightbealreadyinstalledintheSIM-card
slot.Formoreinformation,see“InstallingorreplacingtheSIMcard”onpage123.
4Keyboarddrainageholes
Thekeyboarddrainageholescanhelpdrainoutliquidfromyourcomputerifyouaccidentallyspillwateror
drinkoverthekeyboard.
5Speakers
Yourcomputerisequippedwithapairofstereospeakers.
ThinkPadL540rearview
Figure10.ThinkPadL540rearview
1Powerconnector3USB2.0connector
2Ethernetconnector4Security-lockslot
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1Powerconnector
Connecttheacpoweradaptertothepowerconnectortoprovideacpowertothecomputerandcharge
thebattery.
2Ethernetconnector
ConnectthecomputertoalocalLANwiththeEthernetconnector.
DANGER
Toavoidtheriskofelectricalshock,donotconnectthetelephonecabletotheEthernetconnector.
YoucanonlyconnectanEthernetcabletothisconnector.
TheEthernetconnectorhastwoindicatorsthatshowthestatusofthenetworkconnection.Whenthetop-left
indicatorissolidgreen,itindicatesthatthecomputerconnectstoaLANandasessionwiththenetworkis
available.Whenthetop-rightindicatorblinksyellow,itindicatesthatdataisbeingtransmitted.
Note:Ifyouattachthecomputertoadockingstation,usetheEthernetconnectoronthedockingstationto
connecttoaLAN,nottheoneonthecomputer.
3USB2.0connector
TheUSB2.0connectorisusedforconnectingUSB-compatibledevices,suchasaUSBprinteroradigital
camera.
Attention:WhenyouattachaUSBcabletothisconnector,ensurethattheUSBmarkisfacingupward.
Otherwisetheconnectormightbedamaged.
4Security-lockslot
Toprotectyourcomputerfromtheft,youcanpurchaseasecuritycablelockthatfitsthesecurity-lock
slottolockthecomputertoastationaryobject.
Note:Youareresponsibleforevaluating,selecting,andimplementingthelockingdeviceandsecurity
feature.Lenovomakesnocomments,judgments,orwarrantiesaboutthefunction,quality,orperformance
ofthelockingdeviceandsecurityfeature.
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Statusindicators
Thestatusindicatorsshowthecurrentstatusofyourcomputer.
1FnLockindicator
TheFnLockindicatorshowsthestatusofFnLockfunction.Formoreinformation,see“Specialkeys”
onpage26.
2Speaker-muteindicator
Whenthespeaker-muteindicatorison,thespeakersaremuted.
3Microphone-muteindicator
Whenthemicrophone-muteindicatorison,themicrophonesaremuted.
4Camera-statusindicator
Whenthecamera-statusindicatorison,thecameraisinuse.
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TheindicatorintheThinkPadlogoandtheindicatorinthecenterofthepowerbuttonshowthesystem
statusofthecomputer.
•Blinksforthreetimes:Thecomputerisinitiallyconnectedtopower.
•On:Thecomputerison(innormalmode).
•Blinksfast:Thecomputerisenteringsleeporhibernationmode.
•Blinksslowly:Thecomputerisinsleepmode.
•Off:Thecomputerisofforinhibernationmode.
Locatingimportantproductinformation
Thissectionprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocatethemachinetypeandmodellabel,theFCCIDandIC
Certificationlabel,theWindowsCertificateofAuthenticitylabel,andtheGenuineMicrosoft®label.
Machinetypeandmodelinformation
Themachinetypeandmodellabelidentifiesyourcomputer.WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,themachine
typeandmodelinformationhelpssupporttechnicianstoidentifyyourcomputerandprovidefasterservice.
Thefollowingfigureshowsthelocationofthemachinetypeandmodelofyourcomputer.
FCCIDandICCertificationinformation
ThereisnoFCCIDorICCertificationnumberforthewirelesscommunicationcardsshownontheenclosure
ofthecomputer.TheFCCIDandICCertificationnumberlabelisaffixedonthecardinstalledinthe
wireless-communication-cardslotofthecomputer.Lenovoprovidesyoutheinformationaboutthelocation
oftheFCCIDandICCertificationnumberlabelonthecomputerbackcoverassembly.
ThefollowingfigureshowstheinformationaboutthelocationsoftheFCCIDandICCertificationnumber
labels.
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TheFCCIDandICCertificationnumberlabelsareaffixedonthewireless-LANcard1andwireless-WAN
card2installedinyourcomputer.
Note:UseonlyLenovo-authorizedwirelesscommunicationcardsforthecomputer.Ifyouinstallan
unauthorizedwirelesscommunicationcardthatisnotapprovedforuseinyourcomputer,anerrormessage
willbedisplayedandthecomputerwillbeepwhenyouturnonthecomputer.
LabelsfortheWindowsoperatingsystems
Windows7CertificateofAuthenticity:ComputermodelspreinstalledwiththeWindows7operating
systemhaveaCertificateofAuthenticitylabelaffixedtothecomputercoverorinsidethebattery
compartment.TheCertificateofAuthenticityisyourindicationthatthecomputerislicensedforaWindows7
productandispreinstalledwithaWindows7genuineversion.Insomecases,anearlierWindowsversion
mightbepreinstalledunderthetermsoftheWindows7Professionallicensedowngraderights.Printedon
theCertificateofAuthenticityistheWindows7versionforwhichthecomputerislicensedandtheProduct
ID.TheProductIDisimportantincaseyouneedtoreinstalltheWindows7operatingsystemfromasource
otherthanaLenovoproductrecoverydiscset.
Windows8,Windows8.1,andWindows10GenuineMicrosoftlabel:Dependingonyourgeographic
location,thedatewhenyourcomputerwasmanufactured,andtheversionofWindows8,Windows8.1,
orWindows10thatispreinstalled,yourcomputermighthaveaGenuineMicrosoftlabelaffixedtoits
cover.Seehttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/howtotell/Hardware.aspxforillustrationsofthevarioustypes
ofGenuineMicrosoftlabels.
•InthePeople’sRepublicofChina,theGenuineMicrosoftlabelisrequiredonallcomputermodels
preinstalledwithanyversionofWindows8,Windows8.1,orWindows10.
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•Inothercountriesandregions,theGenuineMicrosoftlabelisrequiredonlyoncomputermodelslicensed
forWindows8Pro,Windows8.1Pro,orWindows10Pro.
TheabsenceofaGenuineMicrosoftlabeldoesnotindicatethatthepreinstalledWindowsversionisnot
genuine.FordetailsonhowtotellwhetheryourpreinstalledWindowsproductisgenuine,refertothe
informationprovidedbyMicrosoftathttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/howtotell/default.aspx.
UnlikeWindows7products,therearenoexternal,visualindicatorsoftheProductIDorWindowsversionfor
whichthecomputerislicensed.Instead,theProductIDisrecordedinthecomputerfirmware.Whenevera
Windows8,Windows8.1,orWindows10productisinstalled,theinstallationprogramchecksthecomputer
firmwareforavalid,matchingProductIDtocompletetheactivation.
Insomecases,anearlierWindowsversionmightbepreinstalledunderthetermsoftheWindows8Pro,
Windows8.1Pro,orWindows10Prolicensedowngraderights.
Features
Thistopicprovidesinformationaboutthecomputerfeatures.
Microprocessor
•Toviewthemicroprocessorinformationofyourcomputer,dothefollowing:
–ForWindows7:OpentheStartmenu,right-clickComputer,andthenclickProperties.
–ForWindows8andWindows8.1:Gotothedesktopscreen,andthenmovethepointertothe
top-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.ThenclickSettings➙PCinfo.
–ForWindows10:doeitherofthefollowing:
–OpentheStartmenuandclickSettings.IfSettingsisnotdisplayed,clickAllappstodisplayall
programs.ThenclickSettings➙System➙About.
–Right-clicktheStartbutton.ThenselectSystem.
Memory
•Doubledatarate3lowvoltagesynchronousdynamicrandomaccessmemory(DDR3LVSDRAM)
Storagedevice
Dependingonthemodel:
•2.5-inchformfactor,9.5-mmheightharddiskdrive
•2.5-inchformfactor,7-mmheightharddiskdrive
•2.5-inchformfactor,7-mmheightsolid-statedrive
•M.2solid-statedriveforcachingonly
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Display
•Displaysize
–ForThinkPadL440:355.6mm(14inches)
–ForThinkPadL540:396.2mm(15.6inches)
•Displayresolution:1600-by-900
•Colordisplaywiththethin-filmtransistor(TFT)technology
•Brightnesscontrol
•Camera(onsomemodels)
•Microphones(onsomemodels)
Keyboard
•6-rowkeyboard
•Functionkeys
•ThinkPadpointingdevice
Interface
•4-in-1mediacardreader
•Audioconnector
•AlwaysOnUSB3.0connector
•Dockingstationconnector(onsomemodels)
•Ethernetconnector
•ExpressCardslot(onsomemodels)
•MiniDisplayPortconnector
•SerialUltrabayEnhancedbay
•Smartcardreader(onsomemodels)
•ThreeUSB2.0connectors
•VGAconnector
GPSandwirelessfeatures
•GlobalPositioningSystem(GPS)satellitereceiver(onsomemodels)
•Bluetooth(onsomemodels)
•Wireless-LAN(onsomemodels)
•Wireless-WAN(onsomemodels)
Securityfeature
•Fingerprintreader(onsomemodels)
Specifications
Size
•ForThinkPadL440
–Width:344mm(13.5inches)
–Depth:239mm(9.4inches)
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–Height:37.15mm(1.47inches)
•ForThinkPadL540
–Width:377mm(14.8inches)
–Depth:247mm(9.7inches)
–Height:37.05mmor39.25mm(1.45inchesor1.54inches)
Heatoutput
•65W(222Btu/hr)maximum
•90W(307Btu/hr)maximum
Powersource(acpoweradapter)
•Sine-waveinputat50to60Hz
•Inputratingoftheacpoweradapter:100to240Vac,50to60Hz
Batterystatus
•Forthepercentageofthebatterypowerremaining,checkthebattery-statusiconintheWindows
notificationarea.
Operatingenvironment
Thissectionprovidesinformationabouttheoperatingenvironmentofthecomputer.
Environment
•Maximumaltitudewithoutpressurization:3048m(10000ft)
•Temperature
–Ataltitudesupto2438m(8000ft)
–Operating:5.0°Cto35.0°C(41°Fto95°F)
–Storage:5.0°Cto43.0°C(41°Fto109°F)
–Ataltitudesabove2438m(8000ft)
Maximumtemperaturewhenoperatingundertheunpressurizedcondition:31.3°C(88°F)
Note:Whenyouchargethebattery,itstemperaturemustbeatleast10°C(50°F).
•Relativehumidity:
–Operating:8%to95%atwetbulb:23℃(73℉)
–Storage:5%to95%atwetbulb:27℃(81℉)
Ifpossible,placeyourcomputerinawell-ventilatedanddryareawithoutdirectexposuretosunshine.
Attention:Keepelectricalappliancessuchasanelectricfan,radio,high-poweredspeakers,airconditioner,
andmicrowaveovenawayfromyourcomputer.Thestrongmagneticfieldsgeneratedbyelectrical
appliancescandamagethemotoranddataontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.
Donotplaceanybeveragesontopoforbesidethecomputerorotherattacheddevices.Ifliquidisspilledon
orinthecomputeroranattacheddevice,ashortcircuitorotherdamagemightoccur.
Donoteatorsmokeoveryourkeyboard.Particlesthatfallintoyourkeyboardcancausedamage.
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Lenovoprograms
YourcomputercomeswithLenovoprogramstohelpyouworkeasilyandsecurely.Theavailableprograms
mightvarydependingonthepreinstalledWindowsoperatingsystem.
TolearnmoreabouttheprogramsandothercomputingsolutionsofferedbyLenovo,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support.
AccessingLenovoprograms
•ForWindows7andWindows10:
1.ClicktheStartbuttontoopentheStartmenu.Locateaprogrambytheprogramname.
2.IftheprogramisnotdisplayedontheStartmenu,clickAllprogramsorAllappstodisplayall
programs.
3.Ifyoustilldonotfindtheprogramintheprogramlist,searchfortheprograminthesearchbox.
•ForWindows8andWindows8.1:
1.PresstheWindowskeytoopentheStartscreen.Locateaprogrambytheprogramname.
2.IftheprogramisnotdisplayedontheStartscreen,gototheAppsscreenandlocatetheprogram.
3.IfyoustilldonotfindtheprogramontheAppsscreen,searchfortheprograminthesearchbox.
SomeLenovoprogramsarereadytobeinstalled.Youcannotfindtheseprogramsthroughtheabove
methodsunlessyouhaveinstalledthemfirst.ToinstalltheseLenovoprograms,gotoLenovoPC
Experience➙LenovoToolsandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
AnintroductiontoLenovoprograms
ThistopicprovidesabriefintroductiontoLenovoprograms.Dependingonyourcomputermodel,someof
theprogramsmightnotbeavailable.
AccessConnections™
(Windows7)
TheAccessConnectionsprogramisaconnectivityassistantprogramfor
creatingandmanaginglocationprofiles.Eachlocationprofilestoresallthe
networkandInternetconfigurationsettingsneededforconnectingtoanetwork
infrastructurefromaspecificlocationsuchasahomeoranoffice.
Byswitchingbetweenlocationprofilesasyoumoveyourcomputerfromplace
toplace,youcanquicklyandeasilyconnecttoanetworkwithnoneedto
manuallyreconfigureyoursettingsandrestartthecomputereachtime.
ActiveProtectionSystem™
(Windows7,Windows8,Windows
8.1,andWindows10)
TheActiveProtectionSystemprogramprotectsyourinternalstoragedrive(such
asharddiskdrive)whentheshocksensorinsideyourcomputerdetectsa
conditionthatcoulddamagethedrive,suchassystemtilt,excessivevibration,
orshock.
Theinternalstoragedriveislessvulnerabletodamagewhenitisnotoperating.
Thisisbecausewhentheinternalstoragedriveisnotoperating,thesystem
stopsitfromspinning,andmightalsomovethereadandwriteheadsofthe
drivetoareasthatdonotcontaindata.
Assoonastheshocksensorsensesthattheenvironmentisstableagain
(minimalchangeinsystemtilt,vibration,orshock),itturnsontheinternal
storagedrive.
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Auto Scroll Utility
(Windows 7, Windows 8.1)
Thisprogramenhancesyourexperiencewithwindowoperation.Thewindow
positionofaforegroundapplicationisautomaticallyadjusted.Thescrollbaron
auserinterfaceisalsoautomaticallyadjusted.
CommunicationsUtility
(Windows7)
TheCommunicationsUtilityprogramenablesyoutoconfiguresettingsforthe
integratedcameraandaudiodevices.
FingerprintManagerPro,
LenovoFingerprintManager,or
TouchFingerprintManager
(Windows7,Windows8,and
Windows8.1)
Ifyourcomputercomeswithafingerprintreader,theFingerprintManagerPro
program,LenovoFingerprintManagerprogram,orTouchFingerprintManager
programenablesyoutoenrollyourfingerprintandassociateitwithyour
passwords.Asaresult,fingerprintauthenticationcanreplaceyourpasswords
andenablesimpleandsecureuseraccess.
HotkeyFeaturesIntegration
(Windows7,Windows8.1,and
Windows10)
HotkeyFeaturesIntegrationisautilitypackagethatenablesyoutoselectand
installutilityprogramsspecificallyforthespecialkeysandbuttonsonyour
computer.Thespecialkeysandbuttonsaredesignedtomeetaccessibilityand
usabilityrequirements.Installingrelatedutilityprogramsenablesfullfunctionality
ofthespecialkeysandbuttons.
LenovoCompanion
(Windows8,Windows8.1,and
Windows10)
Yoursystem’sbestfeaturesshouldbeeasytoaccessandunderstand.With
Companion,theyare.
UseCompaniontoregisteryourcomputer,accessyourusermanual,manage
systemhealthandupdate,checkthewarrantystatus,andseeaccessories
customizedforyourcomputer.Youalsocanreadhintsandtips,exploreLenovo
forums,andstayup-to-dateontechnologynewswitharticlesandblogsfrom
trustedsources.ThisappisfilledwithexclusiveLenovocontenttohelpyou
learnaboutyournewsystem.
LenovoPCExperience
(Windows7,Windows8,Windows
8.1,andWindows10)
TheLenovoPCExperienceprogramhelpsyouworkmoreeasilyandsecurelyby
providingeasyaccesstovariousprograms,suchasActiveProtectionSystem
andLenovoSolutionCenter.
LenovoSettings
(Windows8,Windows8.1,and
Windows10)
TheLenovoSettingsprogramenablesyoutoenhanceyourcomputing
experiencebyturningyourcomputerintoaportablehotspot,configuring
cameraandaudiosettings,optimizingyourpowersettings,andcreatingand
managingmultiplenetworkprofiles.
LenovoSolutionCenter
(Windows7,Windows8,Windows
8.1,andWindows10)
TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolve
computerproblems.Itcombinesdiagnostictests,systeminformationcollection,
securitystatus,andsupportinformation,alongwithhintsandtipsforoptimal
systemperformance.
MobileBroadbandConnect
(Windows7andWindows10)
TheMobileBroadbandConnectprogramenablesyoutoconnectthecomputer
tothemobilebroadbandnetworkthroughasupportedwireless-WANcard.
MessageCenterPlus
(Windows7)
TheMessageCenterPlusprogramautomaticallydisplaysmessagestoinform
youaboutimportantnoticesfromLenovo,suchasalertsonsystemupdates
andalertsonconditionsthatrequireyourattention.
PasswordManager
(Windows7,Windows8,and
Windows8.1)
ThePasswordManagerprogramautomaticallycapturesandfillsin
authenticationinformationforWindowsprogramsandWebsites.
PowerManager
(Windows7)
ThePowerManagerprogramprovidesconvenient,flexible,andcompletepower
managementforthecomputer.Itenablesyoutoadjustyourcomputerpower
settingstoachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving.
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REACHit
(Windows7,Windows8.1,and
Windows10)
REACHitenablesyoutomanageallyourfiles,nomatterwheretheyarestored,
insideonesingleapp.Connectyourdevicesalongwithmultiplecloudstorage
accountsforaneasierandfasterwaytoaccessyourstuff.
RecoveryMedia
(Windows7andWindows10)
TheRecoveryMediaprogramenablesyoutorestorethecontentsofthehard
diskdrivetothefactorydefaultsettings.
RescueandRecovery®
(Windows7)
TheRescueandRecoveryprogramisaone-buttonrecoveryandrestore
solution.Itincludesasetofself-recoverytoolstohelpyoudiagnosecomputer
problems,gethelp,andrecoverfromsystemcrashes,evenifyoucannotstart
theWindowsoperatingsystem.
SHAREit
(Windows7,Windows8,Windows
8.1,andWindows10)
TheSHAREitprogramenablesyoutosharefileseasilyandrapidlyacross
devicessuchascomputersandsmartphones,evenwithoutanyInternet
connection.Youcanconnecttoyourfriendsandsendphotos,folders,and
otherfilesthroughSHAREit.Everysharingisquickandsimple.
SystemUpdate
(Windows7,Windows8,and
Windows8.1)
TheSystemUpdateprogramenablesyoutokeepthesoftwareonthecomputer
up-to-datebydownloadingandinstallingsoftwarepackages,includingdevice
drivers,UnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)basicinput/outputsystem
(BIOS)updates,andotherthird-partyprograms.
WRITEit
(Windows8.1andWindows10)
WRITEitgivesyouinstanthandwritinginputwhereveryouneedit.Youcanwrite
directlyinanyappandtextfield,edittextinreal-time,seeyourfullscreen,and
convertyourhandwritingintodigitaltext.
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Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer
Thischapterprovidesinformationonusingsomeofthecomputercomponents.
•“Registeringyourcomputer”onpage23
•“Frequentlyaskedquestions”onpage23
•“Specialkeys”onpage26
•“UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice”onpage28
•“Powermanagement”onpage32
•“Connectingtothenetwork”onpage35
•“Usinganexternaldisplay”onpage38
•“Usingaudiofeatures”onpage40
•“Usingthecamera”onpage40
•“UsinganExpressCard,aflashmediacard,orasmartcard”onpage41
Registeringyourcomputer
Whenyouregisteryourcomputer,informationisenteredintoadatabase,whichenablesLenovotocontact
youifthereisarecallorothersevereproblem.Inaddition,somelocationsofferextendedprivilegesand
servicestoregisteredusers.
WhenyouregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,youalsowillreceivethefollowingbenefits:
•QuickerservicewhenyoucallLenovoforhelp
•Automaticnotificationoffreesoftwareandspecialpromotionaloffers
ToregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/registerandfollowtheinstructionson
thescreentoregisteryourcomputer.
IfyouareusingaWindows7operatingsystem,youalsocanregisteryourcomputerthroughthepreinstalled
LenovoProductRegistrationprogram.Theprogramlaunchesautomaticallyafteryouhaveusedyour
computerforaperiodoftime.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.
Frequentlyaskedquestions
ThistopicprovidesafewtipsthatwillhelpyouoptimizetheuseofyourThinkPadnotebookcomputers.
Toensurethatyoureceivethebestperformancefromyourcomputer,browsethefollowingWebpagetofind
informationsuchasaidsfortroubleshootingandanswerstofrequentlyaskedquestions:
http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq
CanIgetmyuserguideinanotherlanguage?
•Todownloadtheuserguideinanotherlanguage,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadUserGuides
Howtoturnoffmycomputer?
•ForWindows7:OpentheStartmenu,thenclickShutdown.
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•ForWindows8andWindows8.1:Dooneofthefollowing:Moveyourpointertothetop-rightor
bottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.ThenclickSettings➙Power➙Shutdown.
Note:YoualsocanopentheSettingscharmbypressingthesettingskey.
•ForWindows10:OpentheStartmenu,clickPower,andthenclickShutdown.
HowdoIaccessControlPanel?
•ForWindows7:OpentheStartmenu,thenclickControlPanel.
•ForWindows8andWindows8.1:PresstheWindowskeytoopentheStartscreen,opentheApps
screen,andthenclickControlPanel.
•ForWindows10:Right-clicktheStartbutton,thenclickControlPanel.
CanIchangetheWindows8.1startupbehaviortoopeneitherthedesktoportheStartscreen?
OntheWindows8.1operatingsystem,youcansetthecomputertoopeneitherthedesktoportheStart
screenbydefault.Tosetthedefaultstartupscreen,dothefollowing:
1.Onthedesktop,moveyourpointertothetaskbaratthebottomofthescreenandright-clickonthe
taskbar.
2.ClickProperties.TheTaskbarandNavigationpropertieswindowisdisplayed.
3.OntheNavigationtab,locatetheStartscreensection,andthendooneofthefollowing:
•Tosetthedesktopasyourdefaultstartupscreen,selectWhenIsigninorcloseallappsona
screen,gotothedesktopinsteadofStartsoacheckisvisible.
•TosettheStartscreenasyourdefaultstartupscreen,removethecheckfromtheWhenIsigninor
closeallappsonascreen,gotothedesktopinsteadofStartcheckbox.
4.ClickOKtosavethenewsetting.
ThisfeatureisnotavailableontheWindows8operatingsystem.
HowdoIusebatterypowermoreeffectivelywhenIamonthego?
•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingprogramsorsavingfiles,see“Power-saving
modes”onpage34.
•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,changepowerplansettings.
See“Managingthebatterypower”onpage34.
•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,youcanpreventbatterypowerfrom
drainingbyremovingthebattery.
HowdoIsecurelydisposeofdatastoredontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive?
•StudyChapter5“Security”onpage59tofindouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand
unauthorizeduse.
•UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.Fordetails,seethe
helpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorthesolid-statedrive,besuretoreadthetopic
“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage67.
Ihavebeenusingthecomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower.WhatshouldIdo?
•Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage87.
•Diagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.See“Diagnosingproblems”
onpage93.
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•Recoverytoolalsoisprovidedonyourcomputerharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.Formoreinformation,
seeChapter9“Recoveryoverview”onpage111.
Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthis
onlinehelpwhennecessary.
•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage69
•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage93
•“Powerproblems”onpage105
GettinghelpabouttheWindowsoperatingsystem
TheWindowshelpinformationsystemprovidesyouwithdetailedinformationaboutusingtheWindows
operatingsystemtohelpyougetthemostofyourcomputer.ToaccesstheWindowshelpinformation
system,dooneofthefollowing:
•ForWindows7:OpentheStartmenu,andthenclickHelpandSupport.
•ForWindows8.1:Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplay
thecharms.ThenclickSettings➙Help.Additionally,theWindows8.1operatingsystemprovidesa
Help+TipsapplicationthatyoucanopenfromtheStartscreenorAppsscreen.
•ForWindows10:OpentheStartmenu,andthenclickGetstartedfromtherightpanel.Additionally,you
canuseCortana®personalassistanttosearchforhelp,apps,files,settings,andsoon.
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Specialkeys
Yourcomputerhasseveralspecialkeystohelpyouworkeasilyandeffectively.
Functionkeysandkeycombinations
Thekeyboardhasseveralfunctionkeys,whichconsistoftheFnkey1andthefunctionkeys2.
YoucanconfiguretheFnkeyandfunctionkeysintheKeyboardPropertieswindowbydoingthefollowing:
1.GotoControlPanel,thenchangetheviewofControlPanelfromCategorytoLargeiconsorSmallicons.
2.ClickKeyboard.IntheKeyboardPropertieswindow,clicktheFnandfunctionkeysorThinkPad
F1–F12keystab.
3.Selecttheoptionsofyourpreference.
•+EnablesordisablestheFnLockfunction.
WhentheFnLockfunctionisenabled:TheFnLockindicatorison.ToinputF1–F12,pressthefunction
keysdirectly.Toinitiatethespecialfunctionprintedasanicononeachkey,presstheFnkeyandthe
correspondingfunctionkey.
WhentheFnLockfunctionisdisabled:TheFnLockindicatorisoff.Toinitiatethespecialfunction
printedasanicononeachkey,pressthefunctionkeysdirectly.ToinputF1–F12,presstheFnkey
andthecorrespondingfunctionkey.
•Mutesorunmutesthespeakers.Whenthespeakersaremuted,theindicatorontheF1keyison.
Ifyoumutethesoundandturnoffyourcomputer,thesoundwillremainmutedwhenyouturnonyour
computeragain.Toturnonthesound,pressF2orF3.
•Decreasesthespeakervolume.
•Increasesthespeakervolume.
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•Mutesorunmutesthemicrophones.Whenthemicrophonesaremuted,theindicatorontheF4
keyison.
•Darkensthedisplay.
•Brightensthedisplay.
•Managesexternaldisplays.
•Enablesordisablesthewirelessfeatures.
•
–Windows7:OpensControlPanel.
–Windows8andWindows8.1:OpenstheSettingscharm.
–Windows10:OpenstheSettingswindow.
•
–Windows7:OpensWindowsSearch.
–Windows8andWindows8.1:OpenstheSearchcharm.
–Windows10:OpenstheCortana®searchbox.
•Viewsalltheprogramsthatyouhaveopened.
•
–Windows7:OpensComputer.
–Windows8,Windows8.1,andWindows10:Viewsalltheprograms.
•Fn+B:HasthesamefunctionastheBreakkeyonaconventionalkeyboard.
•Fn+K:HasthesamefunctionastheScrLKkeyontheconventionalkeyboard.
•Fn+P:HasthesamefunctionasthePausekeyontheconventionalkeyboard.
•Fn+S:HasthesamefunctionastheSysRqkeyontheconventionalkeyboard.
•Fn+4:Putsyourcomputerintosleepmode.Toreturntonormaloperation,presstheFnkeyonly.
Windowskey
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ForWindows7andWindows10:PresstheWindowskeytoopentheStartmenu.
ForWindows8andWindows8.1:PresstheWindowskeytoswitchbetweenthecurrentworkspaceand
theStartscreen.
YoualsocanusetheWindowskeytogetherwithanotherkeytoachieveotherfunctions.Formore
information,refertothehelpinformationsystemoftheWindowsoperatingsystem.
UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice
TheThinkPadpointingdeviceenablesyoutoperformallthefunctionsofatraditionalmouse,suchas
movingthepointer,left-clicking,right-clicking,andscrolling.WiththeThinkPadpointingdevice,youalso
canperformavarietyoftouchgestures,suchasrotatingandzoominginorout.
TheThinkPadpointingdeviceconsistsofthefollowingcomponents:
1Pointingstick
2Trackpad
Dependingonyourpreference,youcanusetheThinkPadpointingdeviceinoneofthefollowingmodes:
•TrackPointmode
•Trackpadmode
•ClassicTrackPointmode
TochangeamodefortheThinkPadpointingdevice,see“CustomizingtheThinkPadpointingdevice”
onpage32.
Note:Bydefault,theTrackPointmodeandtheTrackpadmodearebothenabled.Youcanuseeither
oneofthem.
TrackPointmode
IntheTrackPointmode,usethepointingsticktomovethepointer,andusethetrackpadtoperformother
actionssuchasleft-click,right-click,andscroll.Youalsocanusethetrackpadtoperformavarietyof
touchgestures.
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Forinformationaboutusingtouchgestures,see“Trackpadtouchgestures”onpage30.
1Point
Usethepointingsticktomovethepointeronthescreen.
Tousethepointingstick,applypressuretothepointing
sticknonslipcapinanydirectionparalleltothekeyboard.
Thepointermovesaccordinglybutthepointingstickitself
doesnotmove.Thespeedatwhichthepointermoves
dependsontheamountofpressureyouapplytothe
pointingstick.
2Scroll
Pressandholdthedottedscrollingbarwhileapplying
pressuretothepointingstickintheverticalorhorizontal
direction.Thenyoucanscrollthroughthedocument,
Website,orapps.
3Right-click
Presstheright-clickzonetodisplayashortcutmenu.
4Left-click
Presstheleft-clickzonetoselectoropenanitem.
Trackpadmode
IntheTrackpadmode,usethetrackpadtoperformalltheactions,suchaspoint,left-click,right-click,and
scroll.Youalsocanusethetrackpadtoperformavarietyoftouchgestures.
Forinformationaboutusingtouchgestures,see“Trackpadtouchgestures”onpage30.
Point
Slideonefingeracrossthesurfaceofthetrackpadto
movethepointeraccordingly.
Scroll
Puttwofingersonthetrackpadandmovetheminthe
verticalorhorizontaldirection.Thenyoucanscroll
throughthedocument,Website,orapps.Ensurethatyou
positionyourtwofingersslightlyapartfromeachother.
1Left-click
Presstheleft-clickzonetoselectoropenanitem.
2Right-click
Presstheright-clickzonetodisplayashortcutmenu.
ClassicTrackPointmode
IntheClassicTrackPointmode,usethepointingsticktomovethepointer,andusethetrackpadtoperform
otheractionssuchasleft-click,right-click,andscroll.
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Note:ComparedwiththeTrackPointmode,theClassicTrackPointmodeenlargestheright-clickzoneso
thattheright-andleft-clickzonesonthetrackpadaredividedequally.However,thetouchgesturesare
disabledandcannotbeusedintheClassicTrackPointmode.
1Point
Usethepointingsticktomovethepointer.Tousethe
pointingstick,applypressuretothenonslipcaponthe
pointingstickinanydirectionparalleltothekeyboard.
Thepointermovesaccordinglybutthepointingstickitself
doesnotmove.Thespeedatwhichthepointermoves
dependsontheamountofpressureyouapplytothe
pointingstick.
2Scroll
Pressandholdthedottedscrollingbarwhileapplying
pressuretothepointingstickintheverticalorhorizontal
direction.Thenyoucanscrollthroughthedocument,
Website,orapps.
3Left-click
Presstheleft-clickzonetoselectoropenanitem.
4Right-click
Presstheright-clickzonetodisplayashortcutmenu.
Trackpadtouchgestures
Theentiretrackpadsurfaceissensitivetofingertouchandmovement.Youcanusethetrackpadtoperform
thesamepointandclickactionsasyouwouldusingatraditionalmouse.Youalsocanusethetrackpad
toperformavarietyoftouchgestures.
Thefollowingsectionintroducessomefrequentlyusedtouchgesturessuchastapping,dragging,and
scrolling.Formoregestures,seethehelpinformationsystemoftheThinkPadpointingdevice.
Notes:
•Whenusingtwoormorefingers,ensurethatyoupositionyourfingersslightlyapart.
•SomegesturesarenotavailableifthelastactionwasdonefromtheTrackPointpointingdevice.
•Somegesturesareonlyavailablewhenyouareusingcertainapps.
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Tap
Tapanywhereonthetrackpad
withonefingertoselectoropen
anitem.
Two-fingertap
Tapanywhereonthetrackpadwith
twofingerstodisplayashortcut
menu.
Two-fingerscroll
Puttwofingersonthetrackpad
andmovethemintheverticalor
horizontaldirection.Thisaction
enablesyoutoscrollthroughthe
document,Website,orapps.
Two-fingerzoomout
Puttwofingersonthetrackpadand
movethemclosertogethertozoom
out.
Two-fingerzoomin
Puttwofingersonthetrackpad
andmovethemfartherapartto
zoomin.
ThefollowingsectionintroducessometouchgesturesontheWindows8andWindows8.1operatingsystem.
Swipefromthetopedge
FromtheStartscreenorthe
currentapp,swipeinfrom
thetopedgeofthetrackpad
withonefingertodisplaythe
commandmenu.
Swipefromthetoptothebottom
edge
Swipefromthetoptothebottom
edgeofthetrackpadwithone
fingertoclosethecurrentapp.
Performingthisgestureonthe
desktopclosesthedesktopand
displaystheStartscreen.
Swipefromtherightedge
Swipeinfromtherightedgeof
thetrackpadwithonefingerto
displaythecharms.
Swipefromtheleftedge
Swipeinfromtheleftedgeofthe
trackpadwithonefingertoshow
thepreviouslyusedapp.
Swipeinandoutfromtheright
edge
Swipeinandoutfromtheright
edgeofthetrackpadwithone
fingertohidethecharms.
Swipeinandoutfromtheleft
edge
Swipeinandoutfromtheleftedge
ofthetrackpadwithonefingerto
displayallthecharms.
ThefollowingsectionintroducessometouchgesturesontheWindows10operatingsystem.
Swipethreefingersup
Putthreefingersonthetrackpad
andmovethemuptoopenthe
taskviewtoseeallyouropen
windows.
Swipethreefingersdown
Putthreefingersonthetrackpad
andmovethemdowntoshowthe
desktop.
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CustomizingtheThinkPadpointingdevice
YoucancustomizetheThinkPadpointingdevicesoyoucanuseitmorecomfortablyandefficiently.For
example,youcanchooseyourpreferredmodetousetheThinkPadpointingdevice.Youalsocanconfigure
thetouchgesturesintheTrackPointmodeortheTrackpadmodeaccordingtoyourneeds.
TocustomizetheThinkPadpointingdevice,dothefollowing:
1.GotoControlPanel.
2.ClickHardwareandSound➙Mouse.TheMousePropertieswindowisdisplayed.
3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Replacingthecap
Thecap1ontheendofthepointingstickisremovable.Afteryouusethecapforaperiodoftime,you
mightconsiderreplacingthecapwithanewone.
Note:Ensurethatyouuseacapwithgroovesaasshowninthefollowingillustration.
Powermanagement
Whenyouneedtouseyourcomputerawayfromelectricaloutlets,youdependonbatterypowertokeep
yourcomputerrunning.Differentcomputercomponentsconsumepoweratdifferentrates.Themoreyou
usethepower-intensivecomponents,thefasteryouconsumebatterypower.
SpendmoretimeunpluggedwithThinkPadbatteries.Mobilityhasrevolutionizedbusinessbyenabling
youtotakeyourworkwhereveryougo.WithThinkPadbatteries,youwillbeabletoworklongerwithout
beingtiedtoanelectricaloutlet.
Checkingthebatterystatus
Moveyourpointertothebattery-statusiconintheWindowsnotificationareatocheckthebatterystatus.
Thebattery-statusicondisplaysthepercentageofbatterypowerremainingandhowlongyoucanuse
yourcomputerbeforeyoumustchargethebattery.
Therateatwhichyouusebatterypowerdetermineshowlongyoucanusethebatteryofyourcomputer
betweencharges.Becauseofdifferentuserhabitsandneeds,itisdifficulttopredicthowlongabattery
chargewilllast.Therearetwomainfactors:
•Howmuchenergyisstoredinthebatterywhenyoubegintowork.
•Thewayyouuseyourcomputer.Forexample:
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–Howoftenyouaccesstheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.
–Howbrightyoumakethecomputerdisplay.
–Howoftenyouusethewirelessfeatures.
EnablingthebatteryalarmontheWindows7operatingsystem
FortheWindows7operatingsystem,youcanprogramyourcomputersothatwhenthebatterypowerfalls
belowacertainlevel,threeeventsoccur:thealarmgoesoff,amessageisdisplayed,andtheLCDis
turnedoff.
Toenablethebatteryalarm,dothefollowing:
1.StartthePowerManagerprogram.
2.ClicktheGlobalPowerSettingstab.
3.ForLowbatteryalarmorCriticallylowbatteryalarm,setthepercentageofthepowerlevelandset
theaction.
Note:Ifyourcomputerenterssleeporhibernationmodewhenthebatteryislow,butthealarmmessage
hasnotyetbeendisplayed,themessagewillbedisplayedwhenthecomputerresumes.Toresumenormal
operation,whenthemessageisdisplayed,clickOK.
Usingtheacpoweradapter
Thepowertorunyourcomputercancomeeitherfromthelithium-ion(Li-ion)battery,orfromacpower
throughtheacpoweradapter.Whileyouuseacpower,thebatterychargesautomatically.
Theacpoweradapterthatcomeswithyourcomputerhastwobasiccomponents:
•Thetransformerpackthatconvertsacpowerforusewiththecomputer.
•Thepowercordthatplugsintotheacoutletandintothetransformerpack.
Attention:Usinganimproperpowercordmightcauseseveredamagetoyourcomputer.
Connectingtheacpoweradapter
Toconnecttheacpoweradapter,dothefollowing:
Note:Ensurethatyouperformtheactionsintheorderinwhichtheyarelisted.
1.Connectthepowercordtothetransformerpack.
2.Connecttheacpoweradaptertotheacpowerconnectorofthecomputer.
3.Plugtheacpoweradapterintoanelectricaloutlet.
Tipsforusingtheacpoweradapter
•Whentheacpoweradapterisnotinuse,disconnectitfromtheelectricaloutlet.
•Donotbindthepowercordtightlyaroundtheacpoweradaptertransformerpackwhenitisconnectedto
thetransformer.
•Beforeyouchargethebattery,makesurethatitstemperatureisatleast10°C(50°F).
•Youcanchargethebatterywhentheacpoweradapterisconnectedtothecomputer.Youneedto
chargethebatteryinanyofthefollowingsituations:
–WhenthebatteryiconintheWindowsnotificationareashowsalowpercentageofbatterypower
remaining.
–Whenthebatteryhasnotbeenusedforalongtime
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Chargingthebattery
Whenyoucheckbatterystatusandfindthatthepercentageofpowerremainingisloworwhenthepower
alarmalertsyouthattheremainingpowerislow,youneedtochargeyourbattery.
Ifanacoutletisconvenient,plugtheacpoweradapterintoit,andthenconnecttheacpoweradaptertothe
computer.Thebatterywillbefullychargedinaboutthreetosixhours.Thechargingtimeisaffectedbythe
batterysizeandthephysicalenvironment.Youcancheckthebatterychargingstatusatanytimethroughthe
battery-statusiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.
Note:Tomaximizethelifeofthebattery,thecomputerdoesnotstartrechargingthebatteryiftheremaining
powerisgreaterthan95%.
Maximizingthebatterylife
Tomaximizethelifeofthebattery,dothefollowing:
•Usethebatteryuntilthechargeiscompletelydepleted.
•Rechargethebatterycompletelybeforeusingit.Youcanseewhetherthebatteryisfullychargedfromthe
battery-statusiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.
•Alwaysusepower-savingmodes,suchassleepmode,andhibernationmode.
Managingthebatterypower
Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,adjustyourpowerplansettings
bydoingthefollowing:
1.GotoControlPanel,thenchangetheviewofControlPanelfromCategorytoLargeiconsorSmallicons.
2.ClickPowerOptions.
3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Formoreinformation,refertothehelpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
Power-savingmodes
Thereareseveralmodesthatyoucanuseatanytimetoconservepower.Thissectionintroduceseach
modeandgivestipsontheeffectiveuseofbatterypower.
•Screenblankmode(forWindows7only)
Thecomputerdisplayrequiresconsiderablebatterypower.Toturnoffthepowertothedisplayandmake
thecomputerenterscreenblankmode,right-clickthebatterygaugeiconinthewindowsnotificationarea
andselectPoweroffdisplay.
•Sleepmode
Insleepmode,yourworkissavedtomemory,andthenthesolid-statedriveortheharddiskdriveandthe
computerdisplayareturnedoff.Whenyourcomputerwakesup,yourworkisrestoredwithinseconds.
Toputyourcomputerintosleepmode,pressFn+4ordothefollowing:
–ForWindows7:OpentheStartmenu,thenclickthearrownexttotheShutdownbutton.Click
Sleepfromthemenudisplayed.
–ForWindows8:Movethepointertothebottomrightcornerofthescreentobringupthecharms.
ThenclickSettings➙Power➙Sleep.
–ForWindows8.1:GototheStartscreenbypressingtheWindowskey,clickthepowericon
,thenclickSleep.
–ForWindows10:OpentheStartmenu,clickPower,andthenclickSleep.
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•Hibernationmode
Byusingthismode,youcanturnoffyourcomputercompletelywithoutsavingfilesorexitingfromany
programsthatarerunning.Whenthecomputerentershibernationmode,allopenprograms,folders,and
filesaresavedtotheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,andthenthecomputerturnsoff.
Toputthecomputerintohibernationmode,changeyourpowerplansettingsbydoingthefollowing:
–ForWindows7:OpentheStartmenu,thenclickthearrownexttotheShutdownbutton.Click
Hibernatefromthemenudisplayed.
–ForWindows8,Windows8.1andWindows10:Definewhatthepowerbuttondoesfirst,thenpress
thepowerbuttontoputthecomputerintohibernationmode.Formoreinformation,see“ThinkPad
L440frontview”onpage1.
Ifyouputyourcomputerintohibernationmodewiththewake-upfunctiondisabled,thecomputerdoes
notconsumeanypower.Thewake-upfunctionisdisabledbydefault.Ifyouputyourcomputerinto
hibernationmodewiththewake-upfunctionenabled,thecomputerconsumesasmallamountofpower.
Toenablethewake-upfunction,dothefollowing:
1.GotoControlPanelandclickSystemandSecurity.
2.ClickAdministrativeTools.
3.ClickTaskScheduler.Ifyouarepromptedforanadministratorpasswordorconfirmation,typethe
passwordorprovideconfirmation.
4.Fromtheleftpane,selectthetaskfolderforwhichyouwanttoenablethewake-upfunction.The
scheduledtasksaredisplayed.
5.Clickascheduledtask,andthenclicktheConditionstab.
6.InthePowersection,selectthecheckboxforWakethecomputertorunthistask.
•Wirelessoff
Whenyouarenotusingthewirelessfeatures,suchasBluetoothorwireless-LAN,turnthemoff.This
willhelpconservepower.Toturnoffthewirelessfeatures,pressF8.
Connectingtothenetwork
YourcomputerhasoneormorenetworkcardsthatenableyoutoconnectyourcomputertotheInternet
orothernetworkconnections.
Ethernetconnections
Youcanconnectyourcomputertoalocalnetworkorabroadbandconnectionbyusingthebuilt-inEthernet
featureofthecomputer.
DANGER
YourcomputerhasanEthernetconnector.Toavoidtheriskofelectricalshock,donotconnect
thetelephonecabletotheEthernetconnector.
Wirelessconnections
Wirelessconnectionisthetransferofdatawithouttheuseofcablesbutbymeansofradiowavesonly.
Dependingonthewirelessdevicesinstalledonyourcomputer,youmightbeabletousethefollowing
wirelessnetworks:
•Wireless-LANconnection
•Wireless-WANconnection
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•Bluetoothconnection
Usingthewireless-LANconnection
Awirelesslocalareanetwork(LAN)coversarelativelysmallgeographicarea,suchasanofficebuildingora
house.Devicesbasedonthe802.11standardscanconnecttothistypeofnetwork.
Toestablishawireless-LANconnection,dothefollowing:
1.Clickthewireless-network-connection-statusiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.Alistofavailable
wirelessnetworksisdisplayed.
2.Double-clickanetworktoconnecttoit.Providerequiredinformationifneeded.
Thecomputerautomaticallyconnectstoanavailablewirelessnetworkwhenthelocationchanges.Open
NetworkandSharingCentertomanagemultiplenetworkprofiles.Formoreinformation,refertothe
Windowshelpinformationsystem.
Tipsforusingthewireless-LANfeature
Toachievethebestconnection,usethefollowingguidelines:
•Placeyourcomputersothatthereareasfewobstaclesaspossiblebetweenthewireless-LANaccess
pointandthecomputer.
•Openyourcomputerlidtoanangleofslightlymorethan90degrees.
•Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standards)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywithaBluetooth
option,thedatatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeaturecanbe
degraded.
Checkingthewireless-LANconnectionstatus
Youcancheckthewireless-LANconnectionstatusthroughthewireless-network-connection-statusiconin
theWindowsnotificationarea.Themorebarsencompassed,thebetterthesignalis.
FortheWindows7operatingsystem,youalsocanchecktheAccessConnectionsgauge,theAccess
Connectionsstatusicon,ortheAccessConnectionswirelessstatusiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.
AccessConnectionsgauge:
•Powertothewirelessradioisoffornosignal.
•Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionispoor.To
improvesignalstrength,moveyourcomputerclosertothewirelessaccesspoint.
•Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnection
ismarginal.
•Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnection
isexcellent.
AccessConnectionsstatusicon:
•Nolocationprofileisactiveornoneexists.
•Currentlocationprofileisdisconnected.
•Currentlocationprofileisconnected.
AccessConnectionswirelessstatusicon:
•Powertothewirelessradioisoff.
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•Powertothewirelessradioison.Noassociation.
•Powertothewirelessradioison.Nosignal.
•Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionisexcellent.
•Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionismarginal.
•Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionispoor.Toimprove
signalstrength,moveyourcomputerclosertothewirelessaccesspoint.
Usingthewireless-WANconnection
Wirelesswideareanetwork(WAN),whichusescellularnetworksfordatatransmission,enablesyou
toestablishwirelessconnectionsoverremotepublicorprivatenetworks.Theseconnectionscanbe
maintainedoveralargegeographicalarea,suchasacityoranentirecountry,byuseofmultipleantenna
sitesorsatellitesystemsmaintainedbywirelessserviceproviders.
SomeThinkPadnotebookcomputerscomewithabuilt-inwireless-WANcardintegratedwithsome
wireless-WANtechnologies,suchas1xEV-DO,HSPA,3G,GPRS,orLTE.Byusingthebuilt-inwireless-WAN
cardandtheconfigurationutilitythatcomeswithyourcomputer,youcanestablishwireless-WAN
connectionsandmonitortheconnectionstatus.
Note:Thewireless-WANserviceisprovidedbyauthorizedserviceprovidersinsomecountries.
Tipsforusingthewireless-WANfeature
Toachievethebestconnection,usethefollowingguidelines:
•Keepyourcomputerawayfromyourbody.
•Placeyourcomputeronaflatsurfaceandopenyourcomputerlidtoanangleofslightlymorethan
90degrees.
•Placeyourcomputerawayfromconcreteorbrickwallsthatmightdampencellularsignals.
•Bestreceptionwillbeavailablenearwindowsandotherlocationswherecellularphonereceptionisthe
strongest.
Checkingthewireless-WANconnectionstatus
Youcancheckthewireless-WANconnectionstatusthroughthewireless-network-connection-statusiconin
theWindowsnotificationarea.Themorebarsencompassed,thebetterthesignalis.
FortheWindows7operatingsystem,youalsocanchecktheAccessConnectionsgauge,theAccess
Connectionsstatusicon,ortheAccessConnectionswirelessstatusiconintheWindowsnotificationarea.
AccessConnectionsgauge:
•Nosignal
•Weaksignal
•Mediumsignal
•Strongsignal
AccessConnectionsstatusicon:
•Nolocationprofileisactiveornoneexists.
•Currentlocationprofileisdisconnected.
•Currentlocationprofileisconnected.
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AccessConnectionswirelessstatusicon:
•PowertotheWANradioisoff
•Noassociation
•Nosignal
•Weaksignal
•Mediumsignal
•Strongsignal
UsingtheBluetoothconnection
Bluetoothcanconnectdevicesashortdistancefromoneanother,andiscommonlyusedforconnecting
peripheraldevicestoacomputer,transferringdatabetweenhand-helddevicesandapersonalcomputer,or
remotelycontrollingandcommunicatingwithdevicessuchasmobilephones.
Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermightsupporttheBluetoothfeature.Totransferdatathrough
theBluetoothfeature,dothefollowing:
Note:Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standards)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywitha
Bluetoothoption,thedatatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeature
canbedegraded.
1.EnsurethattheBluetoothfeatureisenabled.
•ForWindows7:Pressthewireless-radioscontrolkeyandturnontheBluetoothfeature.
•ForWindows8andWindows8.1:
a.Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.
b.ClickSettings➙ChangePCsettings➙PCanddevices➙Bluetooth.
c.TurnontheBluetoothfeature.
•ForWindows10:Dooneofthefollowing:
–OpentheStartmenuandclickSettings.IfSettingsisnotdisplayed,clickAllappstodisplayall
programs.ThenclickSettings➙Devices➙Bluetooth.TurnontheBluetoothfeature.
–OpentheStartmenuandclickSettings.IfSettingsisnotdisplayed,clickAllappstodisplayall
programs.ThenclickSettings➙Network&Internet➙Airplanemode.TurnontheBluetooth
feature.
2.Right-clickthedatathatyouwanttosend.
3.SelectSendTo➙BluetoothDevices.
4.SelectaBluetoothdevice,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Formoreinformation,refertotheWindowshelpinformationsystemandtheBluetoothhelpinformation
system.
Usinganexternaldisplay
Youcanuseanexternaldisplaysuchasaprojectororamonitortogivepresentationsortoexpandyour
workspace.Thistopicintroduceshowtoconnectanexternaldisplay,choosedisplaymodes,andchange
displaysettings.
Yourcomputersupportsthefollowingvideoresolution,iftheexternalmonitoralsosupportsthatresolution.
•upto2048x1536,withanexternaldisplayconnectedtotheVGAconnector
•Upto2560x1600,withanexternaldisplayconnectedtotheminiDisplayPortconnector
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Formoreinformationabouttheexternaldisplay,refertothemanualsprovidedwithit.
Connectinganexternaldisplay
YoucanconnectanexternaldisplaytotheVGAorminiDisplayPortconnectorbyacable.
Note:Whenyouconnectanexternalmonitor,avideointerfacecablewithaferritecoreisrequired.
1.Connecttheexternaldisplaytoanappropriatevideoconnectoronyourcomputer,suchastheVGA
connectororminiDisplayPortconnector.
2.Connecttheexternaldisplaytoanelectricaloutlet.
3.Turnontheexternaldisplay.
Choosingadisplaymode
Youcandisplayyourdesktopandappsonthecomputerdisplay,theexternaldisplay,orboth.Tochoose
howtodisplaythevideooutput,pressthedisplay-modeswitchingkeyandthenselectadisplay
modeyouprefer.
Therearefourdisplaymodes:
•Disconnect:Displaysthevideooutputonlyonyourcomputerscreen.
Note:Dependingonthesituation,youmightseeDisconnect,PCscreenonly,Computeronly,or
Disconnectprojector.
•Duplicate:Displaysthesamevideooutputonbothyourcomputerscreenandanexternaldisplay.
•Extend:Extendsthevideooutputfromyourcomputerdisplaytoanexternaldisplay.Youcandragand
moveitemsbetweenthetwodisplays.
•Projectoronly:Showsthevideooutputonlyonanexternaldisplay.
Note:Dependingonthesituation,youmightseeProjectoronlyorSecondscreenonly.
Note:IfyoushowDOSorprogramsusingDirectDraworDirect3D®infull-screenmode,onlythemain
displayshowsthevideooutput.
Changingdisplaysettings
Youcanchangethesettingsforboththecomputerdisplayandtheexternaldisplay.Forexample,you
candefinewhichoneisthemaindisplayandwhichoneisthesecondarydisplay.Youalsocanchange
theresolutionandorientation.
Tochangedisplaysettings,dothefollowing:
1.Right-clickonthedesktopandselectScreenResolutionorDisplaysettings.
2.Selectthedisplaythatyouwanttoconfigure.
3.Changedisplaysettingsasyouwant.
Note:Ifyousetahigherresolutionforthecomputerdisplaythantheexternaldisplay,onlypartofthescreen
canbeshownontheexternaldisplay.
UsingtheNVIDIAOptimusGraphicsfeature
SomeThinkPadnotebookcomputerssupportNVIDIAOptimusGraphics.
Toachievethebestbalancebetweenthecomputerperformanceandalongbatterylife,dependingonthe
graphicsqualitydemandoftherunningprogramandpowerplansettingsthatyouuse,theNVIDIAOptimus
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GraphicsfeatureautomaticallyswitchesbetweenHighPerformanceGraphicsandEnergySavingGraphics,
withnoneedtorestartyourcomputer,closeprograms,orintervenemanually.
Usingaudiofeatures
Yourcomputerisequippedwiththefollowing:
•Microphone
•Speakers
•Comboaudioconnector,3.5mm(0.14inch)indiameter
Yourcomputeralsohasanaudiochipthatenablesyoutoenjoyvariousmultimediaaudiofeatures,such
asthefollowing:
•CompliantwithIntelHighDefinitionAudio
•PlaybackofMusicalInstrumentDigitalInterface(MIDI)andMovingPictureExpertsGroupAudioLayer-3
(MP3)files
•Recordingandplaybackofpulse-codemodulation(PCM)andWaveformAudioFileFormat(WAV)files
•Recordingfromvarioussoundsources,suchasaheadsetattached
Note:Thecomboaudioconnectordoesnotsupportaconventionalmicrophone.
Thefollowingtableshowswhichfunctionsoftheaudiodevicesattachedtotheconnectorsonyourcomputer
orthesupportedThinkPadOneLinkDockaresupported.
Table1.Audiofeaturelist
ConnectorHeadsetwitha3.5mm
(0.14–inch),4-poleplug
Conventional
headphone
Conventional
microphone
ComboaudioconnectorHeadphoneand
microphonefunctions
supported
Headphonefunction
supported
Notsupported
Toconfigurethemicrophoneforoptimalsoundrecording,usetheRealtekHDAudioManagerprogram.To
starttheprogram,gotoControlPanelandclickHardwareandSound➙RealtekHDAudioManager.
Usingthecamera
Ifyourcomputerhasacamera,youcanusethecameratopreviewyourvideoimageandtakeasnapshot
ofyourcurrentimage.
Tostartthecamera,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:StarttheCommunicationsUtilityprogram.See“AccessingLenovoprograms”onpage19.
•ForWindows8andWindows8.1:ClickCamerafromtheStartscreen.
•ForWindows10:OpentheStartmenu,andclickCamerafromtheallappslist.
Whenthecameraisstarted,thegreencamera-in-useindicatorturnson.
Youalsocanusetheintegratedcamerawithotherprogramsthatprovidefeaturessuchasphotographing,
videocapturing,andvideoconferencing.Tousetheintegratedcamerawithotherprograms,openoneofthe
programsandstartthephotographing,videocapturing,orvideoconferencingfunction.Then,thecamera
willstartautomaticallyandthegreencamera-in-useindicatorwillturnon.Formoreinformationaboutusing
thecamerawithaprogram,refertothehelpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
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Configuringcamerasettings
Youcanconfigurethecamerasettingstomeetyourneeds,suchasadjustingthequalityofthevideooutput.
Toconfigurethecamerasettings,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:StarttheCommunicationsUtilityprogramandconfigurethecamerasettingsasdesired.
•ForWindows8andWindows8.1,dooneofthefollowing:
–Configurethecamerasettingsdirectlyfromtheprogramthatisusingthecamera.Fordetails,seethe
helpinformationsystemoftheprogram.
–ClickLenovoSettingsfromtheStartscreen.ThenclickCamera.Followtheinstructionsonthe
screentoconfigurethecamerasettingsasdesired.
•ForWindows10:Dooneofthefollowing:
–OpentheCameraapp,clickthesettingsiconintheupper-rightcorner.Followtheinstructionsonthe
screentoconfigurethecamerasettingsasdesired.
–ClickLenovoSettingsfromtheStartmenu.ThenclickCamera.Followtheinstructionsonthe
screentoconfigurethecamerasettingsasdesired.
Usingtheopticaldrive
Note:YourcomputersupportsDVD-ROMDriveandMultiBurnerDrive.
DVD-ROMDrive
ThisdrivecanreadDVD-ROMdiscsandalltypesofCDs,suchasCD-ROMdiscs,CD-RWdiscs,CD-R
discs,andaudioCDs.Thisdrivehasnorecordingcapability.
MultiBurnerdrive
ThisdrivecanreadDVD-ROMdiscs,DVD-Rdiscs,DVD-RAMdiscs,DVD-RWdiscs,andalltypesofCDs,
suchasCD-ROMdiscs,CD-RWdiscs,CD-Rdiscs,andaudioCDs.Inaddition,itcanrecordonDVD-R
discs,DVD-RWdiscs,typeIIDVD-RAMdiscs,CD-RWstandardandhighspeeddiscs,andCD-Rdiscs.
UsinganExpressCard,aflashmediacard,orasmartcard
Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermighthaveanExpressCardslotfora34mm-wideor54mm-wide
card,amedia-card-readerslot,orasmartcardreaderslot.
Ifyourcomputerhasamedia-card-readerslot,itsupportsthefollowingcards:
•MultiMediaCard(MMC)modules
•SecureDigitaleXtended-Capacity(SDXC)cards
•SecureDigital(SD)cards
•SecureDigitalHigh-Capacity(SDHC)cards
Note:YourcomputerdoesnotsupporttheCPRMfeaturefortheSDcard.
Attention:Whiletransferringdatatoorfromaflashmediacard,suchasanSDcard,donotputyour
computerintosleeporhibernationmodebeforethedatatransfercompletes;otherwise,yourdatacould
becomedamaged.
InstallinganExpressCard,aflashmediacard,orasmartcard
Attention:
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•Beforeyoustartinstallingacard,touchametaltableoragroundedmetalobject.Thisactionreducesany
staticelectricityfromyourbody.Staticelectricitycoulddamagethecard.
•DonotinsertanExpressCardwhilethecomputerisinsleepmodeorhibernationmode.Otherwise,the
computermightnotrespondwhenyoutrytoresumeusingit.
Toinstallacard,dothefollowing:
1.Locatetheappropriatetypeofslotforyourcard.See“Locatingcontrolsandconnectorsonthe
ThinkPaddockingstations”onpage43.
2.Makesurethatthecardiscorrectlyoriented:
•ForExpressCard:Thenotchededgeofthecardisfacingupwardandpointingtowardthecardslot.
•Forflashmediacard:Themetalcontactsarefacingdownandpointingtowardthecardslot.
•Forsmartcard:Themetalcontactsarefacingupwardandpointingtowardthecardslot.
3.Pressthecardfirmlyintothecardslot.
Iftheplug-and-playfeatureisnotenabledfortheinstalledExpressCard,flashmediacard,orsmartcard,
dothefollowingtoenablethefeature:
1.GotoControlPanel.
2.ClickHardwareandSound.
3.ClickDeviceManager.Ifyouarepromptedforanadministratorpasswordorconfirmation,typethe
passwordorprovideconfirmation.
4.FromtheActionmenu,selectAddlegacyhardware.TheAddHardwareWizardstarts.
5.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
RemovinganExpressCard,aflashmediacard,orasmartcard
Attention:
•Beforeremovingacard,stopthecardfirst.Otherwise,dataonthecardmightbedamagedorlost.
•Donotremoveacardwhilethecomputerisinsleepmodeorhibernationmode.Otherwise,thesystem
mightnotrespondwhenyoutrytoresumeoperation.
Toremoveacard,dothefollowing:
1.ClickthetriangulariconintheWindowsnotificationareatoshowhiddenicons.Then,right-clickthe
SafelyRemoveHardwareandEjectMediaicon.
2.Selecttheitemyouwanttoremovetostopthecard.
3.Pressthecardtoejectitfromyourcomputer.
4.Removethecardandstoreitsafelyforfutureuse.
Note:IfyoudonotremovethecardfromyourcomputerafteryouejectthecardfromtheWindowsoperating
system,thecardcannolongerbeaccessed.Toaccessthecard,youmustremoveitfirst,theninsertitagain.
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Chapter3.Enhancingyourcomputer
Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtousehardwaredevicestoexpandyourcomputercapabilities.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:
•“FindingThinkPadoptions”onpage43
•“ThinkPaddockingstations”onpage43
FindingThinkPadoptions
Ifyouwanttoexpandthecapabilitiesofyourcomputer,Lenovohasanumberofhardwareaccessories
andupgradestomeetyourneeds.Optionsincludememorymodules,storagedevices,networkcards,port
replicatorsordockingstations,batteries,poweradapters,printers,scanners,keyboards,mice,andmore.
YoucanshopatLenovo24hoursaday,7daysaweekdirectlyovertheWorldWideWeb.Allyouneedisan
Internetconnectionandacreditcard.
ToshopatLenovo,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/essentials.
ThinkPaddockingstations
Youcanattachyourcomputertooneofthesupporteddockingstationstoexpandworkingcapability.
Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermightsupportthefollowingdockingstations:
•ThinkPadBasicDock
•ThinkPadProDock
•ThinkPadUltraDock
CAUTION:
Whenthecomputerisattachedtoadockingstation,neverpickuptheassemblybytakingholdofthe
computeralone.Alwaysholdthewholeassembly.
LocatingcontrolsandconnectorsontheThinkPaddockingstations
ThissectionintroducesthelocationsofcontrolsandconnectorsontheThinkPaddockingstations.
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ThinkPadBasicDock
Frontview
1Powerbutton:Pressthepowerbuttontoturnonorturnoffthecomputer.
2Ejectbutton:Presstheejectbuttontoreleasethecomputerfromthedockingstation.
3Slidingadjuster:Usetheslidingadjusterasaguidetoalignthedockingstationconnectoronyour
computerwhenyouattachthedockingstation.
4Dockingstationconnector:Usedtoattachyourcomputer.
Rearview
1AlwaysOnUSBconnector:UsedtoconnectdevicesthatarecompatiblewithUSB2.0orchargesome
mobiledigitaldevicesandsmartphoneswhenyourcomputerisinsleeporhibernationmode.
2USB2.0connectors:UsedtoconnectdevicesthatarecompatiblewithUSB2.0.
3USB3.0connector:UsedtoconnectdevicesthatarecompatiblewithUSB3.0.
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4Ethernetconnector:UsedtoconnectthedockingstationtoanEthernetLAN.
Note:IfyouneedtouseanEthernetconnectororanexternalmonitorconnectorwhenyourcomputeris
attachedtoadockingstation,usetheEthernetconnectorortheexternalmonitorconnectoronthedocking
station,insteadoftheoneonthecomputer.
5acpowerconnector:Usedtoconnecttheacpoweradapter.
6VGAconnector:UsedtoconnectthecomputertoaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,suchasaVGA
monitor.
ThinkPadProDock
Frontview
1Powerbutton:Pressthepowerbuttontoturnonorturnoffthecomputer.
2Keylockindicator:Thisindicatorturnsonwhenthesystemlockkeyisinthelockedposition.
3Dockingstatusindicator:Thisindicatorturnsonwhenyourcomputerisdocked.
4Ejectbutton:Presstheejectbuttontoreleasethecomputerfromthedockingstation.
5Slidingadjuster:Usetheslidingadjusterasaguidetoalignthedockingstationconnectoronyour
computerwhenyouattachthedockingstation.
6Dockingstationconnector:Usedtoattachyourcomputer.
7Systemlock:Usethesystemlockkeytolocktheejectbutton.Whenthesystemlockkeyisinthelocked
position,theejectbuttonofthedockingstationislocked;youcannotattachorremoveyourcomputer.
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Rearview
1AlwaysOnUSBconnector:UsedtoconnectdevicesthatarecompatiblewithUSB2.0orchargesome
mobiledigitaldevicesandsmartphoneswhenyourcomputerisinsleeporhibernationmode.
2USB2.0connectors:UsedtoconnectdevicesthatarecompatiblewithUSB2.0.
3USB3.0connectors:UsedtoconnectdevicesthatarecompatiblewithUSB3.0.
4Ethernetconnector:UsedtoconnectthedockingstationtoanEthernetLAN.
Note:IfyouneedtouseanEthernetconnectororanexternalmonitorconnectorwhenyourcomputeris
attachedtoadockingstation,usetheEthernetconnectorortheexternalmonitorconnectoronthedocking
station,insteadoftheoneonthecomputer.
5acpowerconnector:Usedtoconnecttheacpoweradapter.
6DisplayPortconnector:Usedtoattachahigh-performancemonitor,adirect-drivemonitor,orother
devicesthatuseaDisplayPortconnector.
7DVIconnector:UsedtoconnectamonitorthatsupportsDigitalVisualInterface(DVI)connection.
ToconnectaDVIdisplay,dothefollowing:
1.Ensurethatthecomputerisconnectedtothedockingstationandworksproperly.
2.Turnoffthecomputer.
3.ConnecttheDVIdisplaytotheDVIconnectoronthedockingstation,andthenconnectthedisplay
toanelectricaloutlet.
4.TurnontheDVIdisplay.
5.Turnonthecomputer.
Note:TurnontheDVIdisplaybeforeyouturnonthecomputer.Otherwisethesystemcannotrecognize
thatthedisplayisconnected.
8VGAconnector:UsedtoconnectthecomputertoaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,suchasaVGA
monitor.
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9Audioconnector:Usedtoconnectheadphonesoraheadsetthathasa3.5-mm(0.14-inch)4-poleplug
totheAudioconnectortolistentothesoundfromthecomputer.
10Security-lockslot:Toprotectyourdockingstationfromtheft,youcanuseasecuritycablelock,such
asaKensington-stylecablelock,thatfitsthissecurity-lockslottolockyourdockingstationtoadesk,
table,orothernon-permanentfixture.
ThinkPadUltraDock
Frontview
1Powerbutton:Pressthepowerbuttontoturnonorturnoffthecomputer.
2Keylockindicator:Thisindicatorturnsonwhenthesystemlockkeyisinthelockedposition.
3Dockingstatusindicator:Thisindicatorturnsonwhenyourcomputerisdocked.
4Ejectbutton:Presstheejectbuttontoreleasethecomputerfromthedockingstation.
5Slidingadjuster:Usetheslidingadjusterasaguidetoalignthedockingstationconnectoronyour
computerwhenyouattachthedockingstation.
6Dockingstationconnector:Usedtoattachyourcomputer.
7Systemlock:Usethesystemlockkeytolocktheejectbutton.Whenthesystemlockkeyisinthelocked
position,theejectbuttonofthedockingstationislocked;youcannotattachorremoveyourcomputer.
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Rearview
1AlwaysOnUSBconnector:UsedtoconnectdevicesthatarecompatiblewithUSB2.0orchargesome
mobiledigitaldevicesandsmartphoneswhenyourcomputerisinsleeporhibernationmode.
2USB2.0connectors:UsedtoconnectdevicesthatarecompatiblewithUSB2.0.
3USB3.0connectors:UsedtoconnectdevicesthatarecompatiblewithUSB3.0.
4Ethernetconnector:UsedtoconnectthedockingstationtoanEthernetLAN.
Note:IfyouneedtouseanEthernetconnectororanexternalmonitorconnectorwhenyourcomputeris
attachedtoadockingstation,usetheEthernetconnectorortheexternalmonitorconnectoronthedocking
station,insteadoftheoneonthecomputer.
5acpowerconnector:Usedtoconnecttheacpoweradapter.
6DisplayPortconnectors:Usedtoattachahigh-performancemonitor,adirect-drivemonitor,orother
devicesthatuseaDisplayPortconnector.
7HDMIconnector:Usedtoconnectahigh-definitiontelevision.
8DVIconnector:UsedtoconnectamonitorthatsupportsDigitalVisualInterface(DVI)connection.
ToconnectaDVIdisplay,dothefollowing:
1.Ensurethatthecomputerisconnectedtothedockingstationandworksproperly.
2.Turnoffthecomputer.
3.ConnecttheDVIdisplaytotheDVIconnectoronthedockingstation,andthenconnectthedisplay
toanelectricaloutlet.
4.TurnontheDVIdisplay.
5.Turnonthecomputer.
Note:TurnontheDVIdisplaybeforeyouturnonthecomputer.Otherwisethesystemcannotrecognize
thatthedisplayisconnected.
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9VGAconnector:UsedtoconnectthecomputertoaVGA-compatiblevideodevice,suchasaVGA
monitor.
10Audioconnector:Usedtoconnectheadphonesoraheadsetthathasa3.5-mm(0.14-inch)4-poleplug
totheaudioconnectortolistentothesoundfromthecomputer.
11Security-lockslot:Toprotectyourdockingstationfromtheft,youcanuseasecuritycablelock,such
asaKensington-stylecablelock,thatfitsthissecurity-lockslottolockyourdockingstationtoadesk,
table,orothernon-permanentfixture.
AttachingaThinkPaddockingstation
ToattachyourcomputertoasupportedThinkPaddockingstation,dothefollowing:
Note:TheThinkPadBasicDockdoesnothavethesystemlock.
1.Disconnectallcablesanddevicesfromthecomputer.
2.Ensurethatthesystemlockkeyisturnedtotheunlockedposition(horizontal).
3.Alignthetop-leftcornerofthecomputerwiththepositionmarkofthedockingstation.Insertyour
computerintothedockingstationverticallyuntilyouhearaclick1.Thecomputerisattachedtothe
dockingstation.Thenturnthesystemlockkeytothelockedposition2.
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4.Checkthedockingstatusindicator.Ifthedockingstatusindicatorisnotturnedon,itindicatesthatyour
computerisnotcorrectlyattachedtothedockingstation.Checktheacpoweradapterofthedocking
station,ordisconnectandreattachtheacpoweradapter.
Note:Ifyouattachyourcomputertoadockingstation,butnotconnecttheacpoweradapterofthe
dockingstationtotheacpowerconnector,yourcomputerwillenterbatterymode.
DetachingaThinkPaddockingstation
TodetachyourcomputerfromaThinkPaddockingstation,dothefollowing:
Note:TheThinkPadBasicDockdoesnothavethesystemlock.
1.Disconnectallcablesanddevicesfromthecomputer.
2.Ensurethatthesystemlockkeyisturnedtotheunlockedposition(horizontal).
3.Presstheejectbuttonuntilthecomputermovesup.Then,graspbothsidesofthecomputertoremoveit.
Guidelinesonconnectingmultipleexternaldisplaystoadockingstation
YoucanconnectmultipleexternaldisplaystoasupportedThinkPaddockingstation.Toensurethatthe
multipledisplaysworkcorrectly,observethefollowingguidelinesandconnectthedisplaystoappropriate
connectors.
•Donotusetheconnectorsasshowninthefollowingillustrationsatthesametimeforconnectingmultiple
displays.Otherwise,oneofthedisplaysasshownwillnotwork.
–ThinkPadProDock
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–ThinkPadUltraDock
•FortheThinkPadUltraDock,amaximumofthreedisplays(includingyourcomputerdisplay)canworkat
thesametime.Asaresult,ifyouconnectthreeexternaldisplaystotheThinkPadUltraDock,thedisplay
connectedtotheVGAconnectorwillnotworkwhenyourcomputerdisplayison.
–Whenthecomputerdisplayisoff:
–Whenthecomputerdisplayison:
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Securityfeatures
Thesystemlockkeyhastwopositionsasshowninthedrawing.
Thesecurityfeatureisdifferentwhenthekeyisindifferentpositions:
•Whenthekeyisinthelockedposition(position1),theejectbuttonofthedockingstationislocked,and
youcannotremoveyourcomputer.Thekeylockindicatorisonwhentheejectbuttonislocked.
•Whenthekeyisintheunlockedposition(position2),theejectbuttonofthedockingstationisunlocked,
andyoucanremoveyourcomputer.Thekeylockindicatorisoffwhentheejectbuttonisunlocked.
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Chapter4.Youandyourcomputer
Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutaccessibility,comfort,andtravelingwithyourcomputer.
•“Accessibilityandcomfort”onpage53
•“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage57
Accessibilityandcomfort
Goodergonomicpracticeisimportanttogetthemostfromyourpersonalcomputerandtoavoiddiscomfort.
Arrangeyourworkplaceandtheequipmentyouusetosuityourindividualneedsandthekindofwork
thatyouperform.Inaddition,usehealthyworkhabitstomaximizeyourperformanceandcomfortwhile
usingyourcomputer.
Thefollowingtopicsprovideinformationaboutarrangingyourworkarea,settingupyourcomputer
equipment,andestablishinghealthyworkhabits.
Lenovoiscommittedtoprovidingthelatestinformationandtechnologytoourcustomerswithdisabilities.
Refertoouraccessibilityinformationwhichoutlinesoureffortsinthisarea.See“Accessibilityinformation”
onpage54.
Ergonomicinformation
Workinginthevirtualofficemightmeanadaptingtofrequentchangesinyourenvironment.Forexample,
adaptingtothesurroundinglightsources,properseating,andtheplacementofyourcomputerhardware,
canhelpyouimproveyourperformanceandachievegreatercomfort.
Thefollowingexampleshowssomeoneinaconventionalsetting.Evenwhennotinsuchasetting,youcan
followmanyofthesetips.Developgoodhabits,andtheywillserveyouwell.
Generalposture:Makeminormodificationsinyourworkingposturetodetertheonsetofdiscomfort
causedbylongperiodsofworkinginthesameposition.Frequentshortbreaksfromyourworkalsohelp
topreventminordiscomfortassociatedwithyourworkingposture.
Display:Positionthedisplaytomaintainacomfortableviewingdistanceof510-760mm(20-30inches).
Avoidglareorreflectionsonthedisplayfromoverheadlightingoroutsidesourcesoflight.Keepthedisplay
screencleanandsetthebrightnesstolevelsthatenableyoutoseethescreenclearly.PressF5orF6
toadjustdisplaybrightness.
Headposition:Keepyourheadandneckinacomfortableandneutral(vertical,orupright)position.
Chair:Useachairthatgivesyougoodbacksupportandseatheightadjustment.Usechairadjustmentsto
bestsuityourdesiredposture.
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Armandhandposition:Keepyourforearms,wrists,andhandsinarelaxedandneutral(horizontal)position.
Typewithasofttouchwithoutpoundingthekeys.
Legposition:Keepyourthighsparalleltothefloorandyourfeetflatonthefloororonafootrest.
Whatifyouaretraveling?
Itmightnotbepossibletoobservethebestergonomicpracticeswhenyouareusingyourcomputerwhile
onthemoveorinacasualsetting.Regardlessofthesetting,trytoobserveasmanyofthesetipsas
possible.Sittingproperlyandusingadequatelighting,forexample,willhelpyoumaintaindesirablelevels
ofcomfortandperformance.
Questionsaboutvision?
ThevisualdisplayscreensofThinkPadnotebookcomputersaredesignedtomeetthehigheststandards
andtoprovideyouwithclear,crispimagesandlarge,brightdisplaysthatareeasytosee,yeteasyonthe
eyes.Ofcourse,anyconcentratedandsustainedvisualactivitycanbetiring.Ifyouhavequestionsoneye
fatigueorvisualdiscomfort,consultavisioncarespecialistforadvice.
Comfort
Observethefollowingguidelinestoachievegreatercomfortandimproveperformance.
Activesittingandrestbreaks:Thelongeryousitandworkwithyourcomputer,themoreimportantitisto
observeyourworkingposture.Follow“Ergonomicinformation”onpage53andpractice“activesitting”to
avoiddiscomfortassociatedwithyourworkingpostures.Makingminorvoluntaryposturalchangesand
takingshortfrequentworkbreaksarethekeyingredientsforhealthycomputing.Yourcomputerislightand
mobile;youcaneasilyrepositionyourworkingsurfacetoaccommodatemanyposturemodifications.
Workareasetupoptions:Familiarizeyourselfwithallofyourofficefurnituresothatyouknowhowtoadjust
yourworksurface,seat,andotherworktoolstoaccommodateyourpreferencesforcomfort.Ifyourwork
areaisnotinanofficesetting,besuretotakespecialnoteofemployingactivesittingandtakingwork
breaks.ManyThinkPadproductsolutionsareavailabletohelpyoumodifyandexpandyourcomputerto
bestsuityourneeds.Youcanfindsomeoftheseoptionsathttp://www.lenovo.com/essentials.Exploreyour
optionsfordockingsolutionsandexternalproductsthatprovidetheadjustabilityandfeaturesthatyouwant.
Accessibilityinformation
Lenovoiscommittedtoprovidinguserswhohavehearing,vision,andmobilitylimitationswithgreater
accesstoinformationandtechnology.Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutthewaystohelpthese
usersgetthemostoutoftheircomputerexperience.Youalsocangetthemostup-to-dateaccessibility
informationfromthefollowingWebsite:
http://www.lenovo.com/accessibility
Keyboardshortcuts
Thefollowingtablecontainskeyboardshortcutsthatcanhelpmakeyourcomputereasiertouse.
Note:Dependingonyourkeyboard,someofthefollowingkeyboardshortcutsmightnotbeavailable.
KeyboardshortcutFunction
Windowslogokey+UOpenEaseofAccessCenter
RightShiftforeightsecondsTurnonorturnoffFilterKeys
ShiftfivetimesTurnonorturnoffStickyKeys
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KeyboardshortcutFunction
NumLockforfivesecondsTurnonorturnoffToggleKeys
LeftAlt+LeftShift+NumLockTurnonorturnoffMouseKeys
LeftAlt+LeftShift+PrtScn(orPrtSc)TurnonorturnoffHighContrast
Formoreinformation,gotohttp://windows.microsoft.com/,andthentypeanyofthefollowingkeywords
forsearching:keyboardshortcuts,keycombinations,shortcutkeys.
EaseofAccessCenter
EaseofAccessCenterontheWindowsoperatingsystemenablesuserstoconfiguretheircomputersto
suittheirphysicalandcognitiveneeds.
TouseEaseofAccessCenter,dothefollowing:
1.GotoControlPanel,andensurethatyouviewControlPanelbyCategory.
2.ClickEaseofAccess➙EaseofAccessCenter.
3.Usethetoolsbyfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.
EaseofAccessCentermainlyincludesthefollowingtools:
•Magnifier
Magnifierisausefulutilitythatenlargestheentirescreenorpartofthescreensothatyoucansee
theitemsbetter.
•Narrator
Narratorisascreenreaderthatreadswhatisdisplayedonthescreenaloudanddescribeseventslike
errormessages.
•On-ScreenKeyboard
Ifyouprefertotypeorenterdataintoyourcomputerwithoutusingaphysicalkeyboard,youcanuse
On-ScreenKeyboard.On-ScreenKeyboarddisplaysavisualkeyboardwithallthestandardkeys.You
canselectkeysusingthemouseoranotherpointingdevice,oryoucantaptoselectthekeysifyour
computersupportsmulti-touchscreen.
•HighContrast
HighContrastisafeaturethatheightensthecolorcontrastofsometextandimagesonyourscreen.Asa
result,thoseitemsaremoredistinctandeasiertoidentify.
•Personalizedkeyboard
Adjustkeyboardsettingstomakeyourkeyboardeasiertouse.Forexample,youcanuseyourkeyboard
tocontrolthepointerandmakethekeyboardeasiertotypecertainkeycombinations.
•Personalizedmouse
Adjustmousesettingstomakeyourmouseeasiertouse.Forexample,youcanchangethepointer
appearanceandmakeyourmouseeasiertomanagewindows.
SpeechRecognition
SpeechRecognitionenablesyoutocontrolyourcomputerbyvoice.
Usingonlyyourvoice,youcanstartprograms,openmenus,clickobjectsonthescreen,dictatetextinto
documents,andwriteandsende-mails.Everythingyoudowiththekeyboardandmousecanbedonewith
onlyyourvoice.
TouseSpeechRecognition,dothefollowing:
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1.GotoControlPanel,andensurethatyouviewControlPanelbyCategory.
2.ClickEaseofAccess➙SpeechRecognition.
3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Screen-readertechnologies
Screen-readertechnologiesareprimarilyfocusedonsoftwareprograminterfaces,helpinformationsystems,
andvariousonlinedocuments.Foradditionalinformationaboutscreenreaders,seethefollowing:
•UsingPDFswithscreenreaders:
http://www.adobe.com/accessibility.html?promoid=DJGVE
•UsingtheJAWSscreenreader:
http://www.freedomscientific.com/jaws-hq.asp
•UsingtheNVDAscreenreader:
http://www.nvaccess.org/
Screenresolution
Youcanmakethetextandimagesonyourscreeneasiertoreadbyadjustingthescreenresolutionofyour
computer.
Toadjustthescreenresolution,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7,Windows8,andWindows8.1:
1.Right-clickanemptyareaofthedesktopandselectScreenResolution.
2.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
•ForWindows10:
1.Right-clickanemptyareaofthedesktopandselectDisplaysettings➙Advanceddisplaysettings.
2.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Note:Settingaresolutiontoolowmightpreventsomeitemsfromfittingonthescreen.
Customizableitemsize
Youcanmaketheitemsonyourscreeneasiertoreadbychangingtheitemsize.
•Tochangetheitemsizetemporarily,usetheMagnifiertoolinEaseofAccessCenter.
•Tochangetheitemsizepermanently,dothefollowing:
–Changethesizeofalltheitemsonyourscreen.
1.GotoControlPanel,andensurethatyouviewControlPanelbyCategory.
2.ClickAppearanceandPersonalization➙Display.
3.Changetheitemsizebyfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.
4.ClickApply.Thischangewilltakeeffectthenexttimeyoulogintotheoperatingsystem.
–ChangethesizeoftheitemsonaWebpage.
PressandholdCtrl,andthenpresstheplus-signkey(+)toenlargeortheminus-signkey(-)to
reducethetextsize.
–Changethesizeoftheitemsonthedesktoporawindow.
Note:Thisfunctionmightnotworkonsomewindows.
Ifyourmousehasawheel,pressandholdCtrl,andthenscrollthewheeltochangetheitemsize.
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Industry-standardconnectors
Yourcomputerprovidesindustry-standardconnectorsthatenableyoutoconnectassistivedevices.
Formoreinformationaboutthelocationandfunctionoftheconnectors,see“Locatingcomputercontrols,
connectors,andindicators”onpage1.
Documentationinaccessibleformats
Lenovoprovideselectronicdocumentationinaccessibleformats,suchasproperlytaggedPDFfilesor
HyperTextMarkupLanguage(HTML)files.Lenovoelectronicdocumentationisdevelopedtoensure
thatvisuallyimpaireduserscanreadthedocumentationthroughascreenreader.Eachimageinthe
documentationalsoincludesadequatealternativetextsothatvisuallyimpaireduserscanunderstandthe
imagewhentheyuseascreenreader.
Travelingwithyourcomputer
Thistopicprovidesinformationtohelpyouworkwithyourcomputerwhenyouaretraveling.
Traveltips
Usethefollowingtraveltipstotravelmoreconfidentlyandefficientlywithyourcomputer.
•Althoughitissafetoallowyourcomputertogothroughthex-raymachinesatairportsecuritystations,it
isimportanttokeepyoureyesonthecomputeratalltimestopreventtheft.
•Considerbringinganelectricaladapterforuseinanairplaneorautomobile.
•Ifyoucarryanacpoweradapter,detachtheaccordfromittoavoiddamagingthecord.
Traveltipsonairplanes
Ifyoucarryyourcomputerintoanairplane,takenoteofthefollowingtips:
•Ifyouintendtouseyourcomputerorwirelessservices(suchasInternetandBluetooth),checkwiththe
airlineforrestrictionsandavailabilityofservicesbeforeboardingtheairplane.Iftherearerestrictions
ontheuseofcomputerswithwirelessfeaturesontheairplane,youmustabidebythoserestrictions.If
necessary,enabletheAirplanemodebeforeboarding.IntheAirplanemode,allwirelessfeaturesare
disabled.ToenabletheAirplanemode,dothefollowing:
–ForWindows8andWindows8.1:Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms,
tapSettings➙ChangePCsettings➙Network,andthenslidethecontrolforAirplanemode
totheright.
–ForWindows10:OpentheStartmenuandclickSettings.IfSettingsisnotdisplayed,clickAllapps
todisplayallprograms.ThenclickSettings➙Network&Internet➙Airplanemode.Slidethe
controlforAirplanemodetoenableit.
•Becarefulabouttheseatinfrontofyouonairplanes.Angleyourcomputerlidsothatitdoesnotget
caughtwhenthepersoninfrontofyouleansback.
•Whentakingoff,remembertoturnoffyourcomputerorputitintohibernationmode.
Travelaccessories
Thefollowingisachecklistofitemstoconsiderpackingwhenyouaregoingtotravel:
•ThinkPadacpoweradapter
•MiniDisplayPorttoHDMIadapter
•Externalmouse,ifyouareaccustomedtousingone
•Ethernetcable
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Chapter5.Security
Thischapterprovidesinformationabouthowtoprotectyourcomputerfromtheftandunauthorizeduse.
•“Usingpasswords”onpage59
•“Harddisksecurity”onpage63
•“Settingthesecuritychip”onpage64
•“Usingthefingerprintreader”onpage65
•“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage67
•“Usingfirewalls”onpage68
•“Protectingdataagainstviruses”onpage68
Usingpasswords
Youcanhelppreventyourcomputerfromunauthorizedusebyusingpasswords.Onceyousetapassword,
apromptisdisplayedonthescreeneachtimeyouturnonthecomputer.Enteryourpasswordattheprompt.
Youcannotusethecomputerunlessyoutypethecorrectpassword.
Ifyouhavesetapower-onpassword,asupervisorpassword,oraharddiskpassword,itunlocks
automaticallywhenthecomputerresumesfromsleepmode.
Note:IfaWindowspasswordhasbeenset,youwillbepromptedtoenterit.
Typingpasswords
Whenthisiconisdisplayed,typeapower-onpasswordorasupervisorpassword.
Whenthisiconisdisplayed,typeauserharddiskpassword.Totypeamasterharddiskpassword,
pressF1.Whentheiconchangesto,typethemasterharddiskpassword
Note:Toreturntotheicon,pressF1again.
Power-onpassword
Youcansetapower-onpasswordtohelpprotectyourcomputeragainstaccessbyunauthorizedusers.
Ifyousetapower-onpassword,thepasswordpromptisdisplayedonthescreenwheneveryouturnonthe
computer.Youmustenterthecorrectpasswordtostartusingthecomputer.
Setting,changing,orremovingapower-onpassword
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
Toset,change,orremoveapower-onpassword,dothefollowing:
1.Restartthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1tostarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.
2.SelectSecurity➙Password➙Power-onPasswordbyusingthedirectionalkeys.
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3.Dependingonyourneed,dooneofthefollowing:
•Tosetapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterNewPasswordfield,typeadesiredpasswordandpressEnter.
b.IntheConfirmNewPasswordfield,retypethepasswordandpressEnter.
•Tochangeapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordfield,typethecurrentpower-onpasswordandpressEnter.
b.IntheEnterNewPasswordfield,typethenewpower-onpasswordandpressEnter;thenretype
thepasswordintheConfirmNewPasswordfieldandPressEnter.
•Toremoveapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordfield,typethecurrentpower-onpasswordandpressEnter.
b.LeavetheEnterNewPasswordandConfirmNewPasswordfieldsblank.PressEntertwice.
4.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertocontinue.
5.PressF10.ASetupConfirmationwindowisdisplayed.SelectYestosavetheconfigurationchanges
andexit.
Note:Youmightwanttorecordyourpasswordandstoreitinasafeplace.Otherwise,ifyouforgetthe
password,youhavetotakeyourcomputertoaLenovoreselleroramarketingrepresentativetohave
thepasswordcanceled.
Supervisorpassword
ThesupervisorpasswordprotectsthesysteminformationstoredintheThinkPadSetupprogram.Ifyouhave
setasupervisorpassword,noonecanchangetheconfigurationofthecomputerwithoutthepassword.It
providesthefollowingsecurityfeatures:
•Ifonlyasupervisorpasswordisset,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenyoutrytostarttheThinkPad
Setupprogram.UnauthorizeduserscannotaccesstheThinkPadSetupprogramwithoutthepassword.
•Thesystemadministratorcanusethesupervisorpasswordtoaccessacomputereveniftheuserofthat
computerhassetapower-onpassword.Thesupervisorpasswordoverridesthepower-onpassword.
•Ifbothasupervisorpasswordandapower-onpasswordareset,youcandothefollowingonlyifyou
havethesupervisorpassword:
–Changingordeletingthepower-onpassword
–Changingordeletingthesupervisorpassword
–Changingdateandtime
–Specifyingtheminimumlengthforpower-onpasswordandharddiskpassword
–Changingthesettingforthesecuritychip
–Erasingthefingerprintdata
–Enablingordisablingthefollowingfeatures:
–WakeonLANandFlashoverLAN
–LockUEFIBIOSSettings
–Passwordatunattendedboot
–BootDeviceListF12Option
–BootOrderLock
–FlashBIOSUpdatingbyEnd-Users
–Internalnetworkdevice
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–Internalwirelessdevice
–InternalBluetoothdevice
–InternalNetworkOptionROM
–Internalwireless-WANdevice
–Securitymode
–Fingerprintreaderpriority
Notes:
•ThesystemadministratorcansetthesamesupervisorpasswordonmanyThinkPadnotebookcomputers
tomakeadministrationeasier.
•WhenLockUEFIBIOSSettingsoptionisenabled,allBIOSsettingscannotbechanged.Tochange
thesettings,asupervisorpasswordisrequired.
Setting,changing,orremovingasupervisorpassword
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
Onlyasystemadministratorcanset,change,orremoveasupervisorpassword.Toset,change,orremovea
supervisorpassword,dothefollowing:
1.Restartthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1tostarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.
2.SelectSecurity➙Password➙SupervisorPasswordbyusingthedirectionalkeys.
3.Dependingonyourneeds,dooneofthefollowing:
•Tosetapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterNewPasswordfield,typeadesiredpasswordandpressEnter.
b.IntheConfirmNewPasswordfield,retypethepasswordandpressEnter.
•Tochangeapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordfield,typethecurrentsupervisorpasswordandpressEnter.
b.IntheEnterNewPasswordfield,typethenewsupervisorpasswordandpressEnter;thenretype
thepasswordintheConfirmNewPasswordfieldandpressEnter.
•Toremoveapassword,dothefollowing:
a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordfield,typethecurrentsupervisorpasswordandpressEnter.
b.LeavetheEnterNewPasswordandConfirmNewPasswordfieldsblank.PressEntertwice.
4.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertocontinue.
5.PressF10.ASetupConfirmationwindowisdisplayed.SelectYestosavetheconfigurationchanges
andexit.
Note:Youmightwanttorecordyourpasswordandstoreitinasafeplace.Thenexttimeyouopenthe
ThinkPadSetupprogram,youwillbepromptedtotypeyoursupervisorpasswordtoproceed.Ifyouforget
yoursupervisorpassword,Lenovocannotresetyourpassword.YoumusttakeyourcomputertoaLenovo
reselleroraLenovomarketingrepresentativetohavethesystemboardreplaced.Proofofpurchaseis
required,andafeewillbechargedforpartsandservice.
Harddiskpasswords
Thefollowingtwotypesofharddiskpasswordscanhelpprotecttheinformationstoredontheharddiskdrive:
•Userharddiskpassword
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Ifauserharddiskpasswordhasbeenset,butnomasterharddiskpasswordhasbeen,theusermust
entertheuserharddiskpasswordtoaccessfilesandapplicationsontheharddiskdrive.
•Masterharddiskpassword
Themasterharddiskpasswordalsorequiresauserharddiskpassword.Themasterharddiskpassword
isusuallysetandusedbyasystemadministrator.Itenablestheadministratortoaccessanyharddisk
driveinasystemlikeamasterkey.Theadministratorsetsthemasterpassword;thenassignsauser
passwordforeachcomputerinthenetwork.Theusercanthenchangetheuserpasswordasdesired,but
theadministratorstillcangetaccessbyusingthemasterpassword.
Whenamasterharddiskpasswordisset,onlytheadministratorcanremovetheuserharddiskpassword.
Settingaharddiskpassword
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
Tosetaharddiskpassword,dothefollowing:
1.Restartthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1tostarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.
2.SelectSecurity➙Password➙HarddiskXPasswordbyusingthedirectionalkeys.
3.Apasswordwindowisdisplayed.YouarepromptedtoselectUserorUser+Master.SelectUserif
youwanttosetonlyoneharddiskpassword.SelectUser+Masterifyouwanttosetauserharddisk
passwordandamasterharddiskpassword,forexampleifyouareanadministratororasupervisor.
•IfyouselectUser,dothefollowing:
a.Whenawindowfortypingthenewpasswordopens,typeyournewpasswordintheEnterNew
PasswordfieldandpressEnter.
b.IntheConfirmNewPasswordfield,retypethepasswordyoujustenteredandpressEnter.
•IfyouselectUser+Master,dothefollowing:
a.First,setauserharddiskpassword.Whenamessagewindowpromptsyoutosettheuserhard
diskpassword,pressEntertocontinue.TypeyournewuserharddiskpasswordintheEnter
NewPasswordfieldandpressEnter.RetypethepasswordintheConfirmNewPassword
fieldandpressEnter.
b.Then,setamasterharddiskpassword.Whenamessagewindowpromptsyoutosetthemaster
harddiskpassword,pressEntertocontinue.Typeyournewmasterharddiskpasswordinthe
EnterNewPasswordfieldandpressEnter.RetypethepasswordintheConfirmNewPassword
fieldandpressEnter.
4.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertocontinue.
5.PressF10.ASetupConfirmationwindowisdisplayed.SelectYestosavetheconfigurationchanges
andexit.
Thenexttimeyouturnonyourcomputer,typetheuserormasterharddiskpasswordtostartyourcomputer
andaccesstheoperatingsystem.
Changingorremovingaharddiskpassword
Tochangeorremovetheharddiskpassword,dothefollowing:
•IfyouareinUser+Masterharddiskmode,youcanselecteitherUserHDPorMasterHDPtochange
thepassword,dependingonyourneeds.
–IfyouselectUserHDPmode,followthefollowingstepstochangetheuserharddiskpassword:
1.TypethecurrentuserharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordfieldandpressEnter.
2.TypethenewpasswordintheEnterNewPasswordfieldandpressEnter;thenretypethe
passwordintheConfirmNewPasswordfieldandpressEnter.
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3.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEnteragaintocontinue.Theuserharddiskpassword
ischanged.
Note:TheharddiskpasswordcannotberemovedinUserHDPmode.
–IfyouselectMasterHDPmode,followthefollowingstepstochangethemasterharddiskpassword:
1.TypethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordfieldandpressEnter.
2.TypethenewmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterNewPasswordfieldandpressEnter;then
retypethenewpasswordyoujustenteredintheConfirmNewPasswordfieldandpressEnter.
3.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertocontinue.Themasterharddiskpasswordis
changed.
Note:IfyouleavetheEnterNewPasswordandConfirmNewPasswordfieldsblankandpressEnter
twice,boththeuserandmasterharddiskpasswordswillberemoved.
•IfyouareinUserharddiskmode,followthefollowingstepstochangetheuserharddiskpassword:
1.TypeyourpasswordtostarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.Formoreinformation,see“Settingahard
diskpassword”onpage62.
2.TypethecurrentuserharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordfieldandpressEnter.
3.TypethenewpasswordintheEnterNewPasswordfieldandpressEnter;thenretypethenew
passwordintheConfirmNewPasswordfieldandpressEnter.
4.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEnteragaintocontinue.Theuserharddiskpasswordis
changed.
Note:IfyouleavetheEnterNewPasswordandConfirmNewPasswordfieldsblankandpressEnter
twice,theuserharddiskpasswordwillberemoved.
Tipsonusingtheharddiskpasswords
•YoucansettheminimumlengthofaharddiskpasswordthroughtheSecuritymenu.
•Ifyousetaharddiskpasswordofoversevencharacters,theharddiskdrivecanbeusedonlywitha
computerthatcanrecognizeaharddiskpasswordofoversevencharacters.Ifyoutheninstallthe
harddiskdriveinacomputerthatcannotrecognizeaharddiskpasswordthatcontainsmorethan
sevencharacters,youcannotaccessthedrive.
•Recordyourpasswordandstoreitinasafeplace.Ifyouforgettheuserharddiskpassword,orbothuser
andmasterharddiskpasswords,Lenovocannotresetyourpasswordsorrecoverdatafromtheharddisk
drive.YoumusttakeyourcomputertoaLenovoreselleroramarketingrepresentativetohavethehard
diskdrivereplaced.Proofofpurchaseisrequired,andafeewillbechargedforpartsandservice.
Harddisksecurity
Toprotectpasswordsfromunauthorizedsecurityattacks,refertothefollowingtipstomaximizesecurity:
•Setapower-onpasswordaswellasaharddiskpasswordforyourinternalsolid-statedriveorharddisk
drive.Refertotheproceduresin“Power-onpassword”onpage59and“Harddiskpasswords”onpage
61.Forsecurity,alongerpasswordisrecommended.
•ToprovidereliablesecurityfortheUEFIBIOS,usethesecuritychipandasecurityapplicationwitha
TrustedPlatformModulemanagementfeature.Referto“Settingthesecuritychip”onpage64.
Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermightsupporttheTPMmanagementfeature.
•IfaDiskEncryptionharddiskdriveandEncryptionsolid-statedriveisinstalledinyourcomputer,besure
toprotectthecontentsofyourcomputermemoryfromunauthorizedaccessesbyuseofdriveencryption
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software,suchasMicrosoftWindowsBitLocker®DriveEncryption.See“UsingWindowsBitLocker
DriveEncryption”onpage64.
•Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,deletedatastoredonit.Formoreinformation,
referto“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage67.
TheharddiskdrivebuiltintoyourcomputercanbeprotectedbytheUEFIBIOS.
UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption
Tohelpprotectyourcomputeragainstunauthorizedaccess,usethedriveencryptionsoftware,suchas
WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption.
WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionisanintegralsecurityfeatureofsomeeditionsoftheWindows
operatingsystem.Itcanhelpyouprotecttheoperatingsystemanddatastoredonyourcomputer,even
ifyourcomputerislostorstolen.BitLockerworksbyencryptingalluserandsystemfiles,includingthe
swapandhibernationfiles.
BitLockerusesaTrustedPlatformModuletoprovideenhancedprotectionforyourdataandtoensureearly
bootcomponentintegrity.AcompatibleTPMisdefinedasaV1.2TPM.
TochecktheBitLockerstatus,gotoControlPanel,andclickSystemandSecurity➙BitLockerDrive
Encryption.
FormoreinformationaboutWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption,seethehelpinformationsystemofthe
Windowsoperatingsystem,orsearchfor“MicrosoftWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionStep-by-Step
Guide”ontheMicrosoftWebsite.
DiskEncryptionharddiskdriveandEncryptionsolid-statedrive
SomemodelscontaintheDiskEncryptionharddiskdriveorEncryptionsolid-statedrive.Thisfeaturehelps
toprotectyourcomputeragainstsecurityattacksonmedia,NANDflash,ordevicecontrollersbyuseofa
hardwareencryptionchip.Fortheefficientuseoftheencryptionfeature,setaharddiskpasswordforthe
internalstoragedevice.
Settingthesecuritychip
Strictsecurityrequirementsareimposedonnetworkclientcomputersthattransferconfidentialinformation
electronically.Dependingontheoptionsyouordered,yourcomputermighthaveanembeddedsecuritychip,
acryptographicmicroprocessor.WiththesecuritychipandClientSecuritySolution,youcandothefollowing:
•Protectyourdataandsystem
•Strengthenaccesscontrols
•Securecommunications
Settingthesecuritychip
ThechoicesofferedontheSecurityChipsubmenuundertheSecuritymenuofThinkPadSetupareas
follows:
•SecurityChip:Activate,inactivate,ordisablethesecuritychip.
•SecurityReportingOptions:Enableordisableeachsecurityreportingoption.
•ClearSecurityChip:Cleartheencryptionkey.
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
TosetanitemontheSecurityChipsubmenu,dothefollowing:
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1.Restartthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1tostarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.
2.SelectSecurity➙SecurityChipbyusingthedirectionalkeys.
3.PressEnter.TheSecurityChipsubmenuopens.
4.Movetoanitemyouwanttosetbyusingthedirectionalkeys.Whentheitemishighlighted,pressEnter.
5.Setotheritemsthatyouwanttoset.
6.PressF10.ASetupConfirmationwindowisdisplayed.SelectYestosavetheconfigurationchanges
andexit.
Tosetthesecuritychip,youhavetostartClientSecuritySolution,andfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Note:IfClientSecuritySolutionisnotpreinstalledonyourcomputer,downloadandinstallitfrom
http://www.lenovo.com/support.Thenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Tipsonusingthesecuritychip
•EnsurethatthesupervisorpasswordhasbeensetinThinkPadSetup.Otherwiseanyonecanchangethe
settingsforthesecuritychip.
•IfyouareusingClientSecuritySolution,handlethesecuritychipbydoingthefollowing:
–Donotclearthesecuritychip.Ifyoudo,thefunctionsassignedtothekeyswillbeerased.
–Donotdisablethesecuritychip.Ifyoudo,ClientSecuritySolutionwillnotwork.
•Ifthesecuritychipisremovedorreplaced,oranewonehasbeenadded,thecomputerwillnotstart.You
willhearfourcyclesoffourbeepseach,oryouwillseeerrormessage0176or0192.
•Ifthesecuritychipisinactiveordisabled,theClearSecurityChipoptionwillnotbedisplayed.
•Whenyouclearthesecuritychip,turnoffyourcomputerandthenturnitonagainafteryousetthe
securitychiptoActive.Otherwise,theClearSecurityChipoptionisnotdisplayed.
Usingthefingerprintreader
Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermighthaveafingerprintreader.Fingerprintauthenticationcan
replaceyourWindowspassword.Inthisway,youcanlogintoyourcomputersimplyandsecurely.To
enablefingerprintauthentication,enrollyourfingerprintsfirst.
Enrollingyourfingerprints
Toenrollyourfingerprints,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7,Windows8,andWindows8.1
1.StarttheFingerprintManagerProprogram.ForinstructionsonhowtostarttheFingerprintManager
Proprogram,see“Lenovoprograms”onpage19.
2.EntertheWindowspasswordasrequired.
3.Clicktheiconforthefingerthatyouwanttoenroll,andconstantlyswipeyourcorrespondingfinger
acrossthefingerprintreaderuntiltheenrollmentcompletes.
4.ClickFinish.Yourfingerprintisenrolledsuccessfully.
Formoreinformationonhowtousethefingerprintreader,refertothehelpsystemoftheFingerprint
ManagerProprogram.
•ForWindows10
1.OpentheStartmenuandclickSettings.IfSettingsisnotdisplayed,clickAllappstodisplayall
programs.ThenclickSettings➙Accounts➙Sign-inoptions.
2.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentofinishtheenrollment.
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Note:Itisrecommendedthatyouenrollmorethanonefingerprintincaseofanyinjuriestoyourfingers.
Swipingyourfingeroverthefingerprintreader
Toswipeyourfingeroverthefingerprintreader,dothefollowing:
1.Placethetopjointofyourfingeronthesensor.
2.Applylightpressureandswipeyourfingertowardyouacrossthereaderinonesmoothmotion.Donot
liftyourfingerwhenyouareswipingit.
Maintainingthefingerprintreader
Thefollowingactionscoulddamagethefingerprintreaderorcauseitnottoworkproperly:
•Scratchingthesurfaceofthereaderwithahard,pointedobject.
•Scrapingthesurfaceofthereaderwithyourfingernailoranythinghard.
•Usingortouchingthereaderwithadirtyfinger.
Ifyounoticeanyofthefollowingconditions,gentlycleanthesurfaceofthereaderwithadry,soft,lint-free
cloth:
•Thesurfaceofthereaderisdirtyorstained.
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•Thesurfaceofthereaderiswet.
•Thereaderoftenfailstoenrollorauthenticateyourfingerprint.
Ifyourfingerhasanyofthefollowingconditions,youmightnotbeabletoregisterorauthenticateit:
•Yourfingeriswrinkled.
•Yourfingerisrough,dry,orinjured.
•Yourfingerisdry.
•Yourfingerisstainedwithdirt,mud,oroil.
•Thesurfaceofyourfingerisdifferentfromwhenyouenrolledyourfingerprint.
•Yourfingeriswet.
•Afingerisusedthathasnotbeenenrolled.
Toimprovethesituation,trythefollowing:
•Cleanorwipeyourhandstoremoveanyexcessdirtormoisturefromthefingers.
•Enrollanduseadifferentfingerforauthentication.
•Ifyourhandsaredry,applylotiontothem.
Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive
Someofthedatastoredontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivemightbesensitive.Handingyour
computerovertosomeoneelsewithoutdeletingtheloadedsoftware,suchasoperatingsystemsand
applicationsoftware,mightevenviolatelicenseagreements.Besuretodeletedatastoredontheharddisk
driveorsolid-statedrivebeforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer.
Youcanusethefollowingmethodstodeletedatafromtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive:
•MovethedatatotheRecycleBin,andthenemptyingtheRecycleBin.
•Deletethedata.
•Formatyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,usingthesoftwareforinitializingit.
•UsetherecoveryprogramprovidedbyLenovotobringtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivebackto
thefactorydefaultsettings.
Theseoperations,however,onlychangethefilelocationofthedata;theydonotdeletethedataitself.In
otherwords,thedataretrievalprocessingisdisabledunderanoperatingsystemsuchasWindows.The
dataisstillthere,eventhoughitseemstobelost.Thus,itissometimespossibletoreadthedatabyuseof
specialsoftwarefordatarecovery.Thereisariskthatpeopleofbadfaithmightreadandmisusethecritical
dataonharddiskdrivesorsolid-statedrivesforunexpectedpurposes.
Topreventleakageofdata,itisimportantthatyoudeleteallthedatafromtheharddiskdrivewhenyou
disposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer.Youcandestroythedataphysicallybysmashingtheharddisk
drivewithahammer,ormagneticallybymeansofstrongmagneticpower,thusmakingthedataunreadable.
Butitisrecommendedthatyouusethesoftware(payware)orservice(payservice)developedforthat
purpose.Theprocessmighttakeseveralhours.
Fordisposingofdataonthesolid-statedrive,LenovoprovidestheDriveEraseUtilityforResettingthe
CryptographicKeyandErasingtheSolidStateDrivetool.Fordisposingofdataontheharddiskdrive,Lenovo
providestheSecureDataDisposal™tool.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttodownloadthetool.
IfanEncryptionsolid-statedriveoraDiskEncryptionharddiskdriveissupportedandinstalledinyour
computer,youcanlogicallydisposeofallthedataonthedriveinashorttimebyerasingthecryptographic
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key.Thedataencryptedwiththeoldkeyisnotphysicallyerasedbutremainsonthedrive;however,itcannot
bedecryptedwithouttheoldkey.ThisfeatureisalsoavailablewiththeDriveEraseUtilityforResettingthe
CryptographicKeyandErasingtheSolidStateDrivetool.
Usingfirewalls
Ifyoursystemispreinstalledwithafirewallprogram,itprotectsagainstcomputerInternetsecuritythreats,
unauthorizedaccesses,intrusions,andInternetattacks.Italsoprotectsyourprivacy.
Formoreinformationabouthowtousethefirewallprogram,refertothehelpinformationsystemthat
comeswiththeprogram.
Protectingdataagainstviruses
Yourcomputerispreinstalledwithanantivirusprogramsoyoucandetectandeliminateviruses.The
antivirusprogramisdesignedtohelpyoudetectandeliminateviruses.
Lenovoprovidesafullversionofantivirussoftwareonyourcomputerwithafree30-daysubscription.After
30days,youmustrenewthelicensetocontinuereceivingtheantivirussoftwareupdates.
Formoreinformationabouthowtouseyourantivirussoftware,refertothehelpinformationsystemof
yourantivirussoftware.
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Chapter6.Advancedconfiguration
Thischapterprovidesthefollowinginformationtohelpyouconfigurethecomputer:
•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage69
•“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage71
•“UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram”onpage71
•“Usingsystemmanagement”onpage83
Installinganewoperatingsystem
Insomesituations,youmightneedtoinstallanewoperatingsystem.Thistopicprovidesinstructionson
howtoinstallanewoperatingsystem.
InstallingtheWindows7operatingsystem
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
Attention:
•Theprocessofinstallinganewoperatingsystemdeletesallthedataonyourharddiskdriveorsolid-state
drive,includingthedatathatwerestoredinahiddenfolder.
•IfyourcomputerisequippedwithbothaharddiskdriveandanM.2solid-statedrive,donotusethe
M.2solid-statedriveasabootabledevice.TheM.2solid-statedriveisusedfor“cache”functionandto
supporttheIntelRapidStartTechnology.
ToinstalltheWindows7operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.CopyallthesubdirectoriesandfilesintheC:\SWTOOLSdirectorytoaremovablestoragedevice.
•ThesupplementfilesfortheWindows7operatingsystemareintheC:\SWTOOLS\OSFIXESdirectory.
•ThedevicedriversareintheC:\SWTOOLS\DRIVERSdirectory.
•ThepreinstalledprogramsareintheC:\SWTOOLS\APPSdirectory.
2.StarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.See“UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram”onpage71.
3.SelectStartup➙UEFI/LegacyBoot.Thendooneofthefollowing:
•ToinstalltheWindows7(32-bit)operatingsystem,selectLegacyOnlyorBoth.
•ToinstalltheWindows7(64-bit)operatingsysteminLegacymode,selectLegacyOnly.
•ToinstalltheWindows7(64-bit)operatingsysteminUEFImode,selectUEFIOnly.
4.PressF10toexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.
5.InserttheWindows7operatingsysteminstallationDVDintotheopticaldrive,andrestartthecomputer.
6.RestoretheC:\SWTOOLSdirectorythatyoubackedupbeforeinstallingtheWindows7operatingsystem.
7.Installthedevicedrivers.See“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage71.
8.InstalltheWindows7fixmodules.YoucanfindtheWindows7fixmodulesintheC:\SWTOOLS\OSFIXES\
directory.Formoreinformation,gototheMicrosoftKnowledgeBasehomepageat:
http://support.microsoft.com/
9.Installtheregistrypatches,forexampletheEnablingWakeonLANfromStandbyforENERGYSTAR
patch.Todownloadandinstalltheregistrypatches,gototheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
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Note:Afterinstallingtheoperatingsystem,donotchangetheinitialUEFI/LegacyBootsettinginthe
ThinkPadSetupprogram.Otherwisetheoperatingsystemwillnotstartcorrectly.
WhenyouinstalltheWindows7operatingsystem,youmightneedoneofthefollowingcountryorregion
codes:
CountryorregionCodeCountryorregionCode
ChinaSCNetherlandsNL
DenmarkDKNorwayNO
FinlandFISpainSP
FranceFRSwedenSV
GermanyGRTaiwanandHongKongTC
ItalyITUnitedStatesUS
JapanJP
InstallingtheWindows8,Windows8.1,orWindows10operatingsystem
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
Attention:
•Theprocessofinstallinganewoperatingsystemdeletesallthedataonyourinternalstoragedrive,
includingthedatathatwerestoredinahiddenfolder.
•IfyourcomputerisequippedwithbothaharddiskdriveandanM.2solid-statedrive,donotusethe
M.2solid-statedriveasabootabledevice.TheM.2solid-statedriveisusedfor“cache”functionandto
supporttheIntelRapidStartTechnology.
ToinstalltheWindows8,Windows8.1,orWindows10operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.See“UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram”onpage71.
2.SelectStartup➙BoottodisplaytheBootPriorityOrdersubmenu.
3.Selectthedrivethatcontainstheoperatingsysteminstallationprogram,forexampleUSBHDD.
4.PresstheF10keytoexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.
5.Connectthedrivethatcontainstheoperatingsysteminstallationprogramtothecomputer,andrestart
thecomputer.
6.Installthedevicedriversandnecessaryprograms.See“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage71.
7.Afterinstallingthedevicedrivers,applyWindowsUpdatetogetthelatestmodules,forexamplethe
securitypatches.
8.Dependingonyourpreference,installLenovoprograms.ForinformationaboutLenovoprograms,
see“Lenovoprograms”onpage19.
Note:Afterinstallingtheoperatingsystem,donotchangetheinitialUEFI/LegacyBootsettinginthe
ThinkPadSetupprogram.Otherwise,theoperatingsystemwillnotstartcorrectly.
WhenyouinstalltheWindows8,Windows8.1,orWindows10operatingsystem,youmightneedoneof
thefollowingcountryorregioncodes:
CountryorregionCodeCountryorregionCode
ChinaSCNetherlandsNL
DenmarkDKNorwayNO
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FinlandFISpainSP
FranceFRSwedenSV
GermanyGRTaiwanandHongKongTC
ItalyITUnitedStatesUS
JapanJP
Installingdevicedrivers
Devicedriveristheprogramthatoperatesaparticularhardwaredeviceofthecomputer.Ifadevicedoes
notperformwelloryouinstallanewdevice,youneedtoinstallorupdatethecorrespondingdevicedriver.
Forexample,ifyouusetheWindows7operatingsystem,tousetheUSB3.0connector,youneedto
downloadandinstalltheUSB3.0driver.
Todownloadthelatestdevicedrivers,dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers.
2.Selectyourproductnametoviewallthedevicedriversforyourcomputer.
3.Selectthedevicedriversyouthatyouneed,andfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Attention:DonotdownloadthedevicedriversfromtheWindowsUpdateWeb.Alwaysdownloadthedevice
driversfrom:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers
IfyouusetheWindows7operatingsystem,youalsocanfindthedevicedriversintheC:\SWTOOLS\DRIVERS
directoryonyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.Formoreinformation,see“Reinstallingpreinstalled
programsanddevicedrivers”onpage115.
UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram
TheThinkPadSetupprogramenablesyoutoselectvarioussetupconfigurationsforyourcomputerthrough
configuringtheBIOS.
ToconfiguretheBIOSofyourcomputer,dothefollowing:
1.Restartthecomputer.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,pressF1.TheThinkPadSetupprogram
starts.
Note:Ifyouarerequiredtoenterthesupervisorpassword,enterthecorrectpassword.Youalsocan
pressEntertoskipthepasswordpromptandstarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.Ifyoudonotenterthe
password,youcannotchangetheconfigurationsthatareprotectedbythesupervisorpassword.For
moreinformation,referto“Usingpasswords”onpage59.
2.Usethepointerkeystoselectatab;orusethepointerkeystolocateanitemandpressEntertoselect
theitem.Thenasubmenuisdisplayed.
Note:Somemenuitemsaredisplayedonlyifthecomputersupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.
3.Setthevalueofanitembydoingoneofthefollowing:
•PressF6tochangetoahighervalue.
•PressF5tochangetoalowervalue.
Note:Defaultvaluesareinboldface.
4.Tochangeotherconfigurations,presstheEsckeytoexitthesubmenuandreturntotheparentmenu.
5.Whenyoucompletetheconfiguration,pressF10tosaveandexit.YoualsocanselecttheRestarttabin
theThinkPadSetupmenu,andrestartyourcomputerwithoneoftheprovidedoptions.
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Note:YoucanpressF9torestoretothedefaultsettings.
Mainmenu
WhenyouentertheThinkPadSetupprogram,youwillfirstseetheMainmenuasfollows:
•UEFIBIOSVersion
•UEFIBIOSDate
•EmbeddedcontrollerVersion
•MEFirmwareVersion
•MachinetypeModel
•System-unitserialnumber
•Systemboardserialnumber
•AssetTag
•CPUType
•CPUSpeed
•Installedmemory
•UUID
•MACAddress(InternalLAN)
•Preinstalledoperatingsystemlicense
•UEFISecureBoot
Configmenu
Tochangetheconfigurationofyourcomputer,selecttheConfigtabfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.
ThefollowingtableliststheConfigmenuitems.Defaultvaluesareinboldface.Themenuitemsmight
changewithoutnotice.Dependingonthemodel,thedefaultvaluemightvary.
Attention:Thedefaultconfigurationsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Improperchangeoftheconfigurations
mightcauseunexpectedresults.
Table2.Configmenuitems
MenuitemSubmenuitemValueComments
WakeOnLAN•Disabled
•AConly
•ACandBattery
Enablethecomputer
topoweronwhenthe
Ethernetcontrollerreceives
amagicpacket(aspecial
networkmessage).
IfyouselectACOnly,Wake
onLANfunctionisenabled
onlywhentheacpower
adapterisattached.
IfyouselectACand
Battery,WakeonLAN
functionisenabledwithany
powersources.
Notes:
Network
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Table2.Configmenuitems(continued)
MenuitemSubmenuitemValueComments
•Themagicpackettype
WakeonLANrequires
acpower.
•TheWakeonLAN
functiondoesnot
workwhenaharddisk
passwordisset.
EthernetLANOptionROM
(forLegacyOnlyboot
modeorBothwithLegacy
first)
•Disabled
•Enabled
LoadtheEthernetLAN
OptionROMtoenable
startupfromanintegrated
networkdevice.
UEFIIPv4NetworkStack
(forUEFIOnlybootmode
orBothwithUEFIfirst)
•Disabled
•Enabled
EnableordisableInternet
ProtocolVersion4(IPv4)
networkstackforUEFI
environment.
UEFIIPv6NetworkStack
(forUEFIOnlybootmode
orBothwithUEFIfirst)
•Disabled
•Enabled
EnableordisableInternet
ProtocolVersion6(IPv6)
networkstackforUEFI
environment.
UEFIPXEBootPriority
(forBothwithUEFIfirst
bootmode,andIPv6
andIPv4stacksareboth
enabled.)
•IPv6First
•IPv4First
Selectnetworkstack
priorityforUEFIPXEboot.
USBUEFIBIOSSupport•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisableboot
supportforUSBstorage
devices.
AlwaysOnUSB•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,the
externalUSBdevicescan
bechargedthroughUSB
connectorsevenwhenthe
computerisinlow-power
mode(sleep,hibernate,or
power-off).
-ChargeinBatteryMode•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,
externalUSBdevicescan
bechargedthroughUSB
connectorsevenwhen
thesystemisinsleepor
hibernation,orispower-off
modeandinbattery
operation.
USB
USB3.0Mode•Disabled
•Enabled
•Auto
SettheUSB3.0controller
modefortheportsshared
betweenUSB2.0andUSB
3.0controllers.
IfyouselectAuto,it
enablesyoutoconnectand
routeappropriateUSB3.0
orUSB2.0connectors.
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Table2.Configmenuitems(continued)
MenuitemSubmenuitemValueComments
IfyouselectEnabled,it
enablesUSB3.0mode
andallowsUSB3.0tobe
supportedintheoperating
system.
IfyouselectDisabled,it
disablesandhidestheUSB
3.0controller,andUSB3.0
connectorswillworkas
USB2.0connectors.
FnandCtrlKeyswap•Disabled
•Enabled
EnableexchangesofFn
andCtrlkeyactionatthe
bottom-leftofthekeyboard.
Disabled:FnkeyandCtrl
keybehaviorisasprinted
onthekeyboard.
Enabled:Fnkeyworksas
Ctrlkey.Ctrlkeyworksas
Fnkey.
F1–F12asprimaryfunction•Disabled
•Enabled
EnabletheF1-F12function
orthespecialfunction
printedasanicononeach
keyastheprimaryfunction.
Enabled:Executesthe
F1-F12function.
Disabled:Executesthe
specialfunction.
Totemporarilyswitchthe
abovetwooptions,press
Fn+EsctoenableFnLock.
TheFnLockindicatorison
whenFnLockisenabled.
Keyboard/Mouse
FnStickykey•Disabled
•Enabled
Whentheoptionisenabled,
youcanpresstheFnkey
tokeepitinapressed
condition;thenpressthe
desiredfunctionkey.The
actionisequivalentto
pressingtherequiredkey
simultaneouslywiththeFn
key.Whenyoupressthe
Fnkeytwice,thestateis
lockeduntilyoupressthe
Fnkeyagain.
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Table2.Configmenuitems(continued)
MenuitemSubmenuitemValueComments
DisplayBootDisplayDevice•ThinkPadLCD
•Analog(VGA)
•DigitalonThinkPad
•Displayondock
Selectthedisplaydevice
thatistobeactivatedat
boottime.Thisselection
iseffectiveforboottime,
passwordprompt,and
ThinkPadSetup.
DigitalonThinkPadisthe
MiniDisplayPortconnector
onyourcomputer.
Displayondockis
DisplayPort,DVI,orVGA
connectoronadocking
station.
IntelSpeedStep(R)
technology
•Disabled
•Enabled
ModeforAC
•MaximumPerformance
•BatteryOptimized
ModeforBattery
•MaximumPerformance
•BatteryOptimized
SelectthemodeofIntel
SpeedSteptechnologyat
runtime.
MaximumPerformance:
Alwaysthehighestspeed.
BatteryOptimized:Always
thelowestspeed.
Disabled:Thehighest
speed,andruntimeisnot
supported.
OpticalDriverSpeed•HighPerformance
•Normal
•Silent
SetthespeedofCDROM
tothedesiredperformance.
CPUPowerManagement•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablethe
power-savingfeaturethat
stopsthemicroprocessor
clockautomaticallywhen
therearenosystem
activities.Normally,it
isnotnecessarytochange
thesetting.
PCIExpressPower
Management
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enablesordisablesa
featurethatautomatically
adjustspowermanagement
whenthereisnoPCI
Expressactivity.Normally,
itisnotnecessaryto
changethissetting.
ExpressCardSpeed•Generation1
•Automatic
Setthetransferspeedof
ExpressCardtothedesired
levelofperformance.
PowerOnwithACAttach•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablethe
featurethatpowersonthe
systemwhentheacpower
adapterisattached.
Power
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Table2.Configmenuitems(continued)
MenuitemSubmenuitemValueComments
IfyouselectEnabled,the
systemispoweredonwhen
theacpoweradapteris
attached.Ifthesystemisin
hibernatestate,thesystem
resumesnormaloperation.
IfyouselectDisabled,the
systemisnotpoweredon
norresumedwhentheac
poweradapterisattached.
IntelRapidStart
Technology
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enterafter:
•Immediately
•1minute
•2minutes
•5minutes
•10minutes
•15minutes
•30minutes
•1hour
•2hours
•3hours
Tousethisfeature,aspecial
partitiononthesolid-state
driveisrequired.
Whenenabled,the
computerentersalower
powerstateafterthe
specifiedtimeinsleep
state.Andittakesonly
secondstoresumenormal
operation.
PasswordBeep•Disabled
•Enabled
Enablethisoptiontohave
abeepsoundwhenthe
systemiswaitingfora
power-on,harddisk,or
supervisorpassword.
Differentbeepswillsound
whentheenteredpassword
matchesordoesnotmatch
theconfiguredpassword.
BeepandAlarm
KeyboardBeep•Enabled
•Disabled
Enableordisablekeyboard
beepwhenunmanageable
keycombinationsare
pressed.
SerialATA(SATA)SATAControllerMode
Option
•Compatibility
•AHCI
SelectaSATAController
Mode.
CoreMulti-Processing•Disabled
•Enabled
SelectEnabledtoenable
additionalexecutioncore
unitswithinaCPU.
SelectDisabledtoenable
onlyoneexecutioncore
unitwithinaCPU.
CPU
Intel(R)Hyper-Threading
Technology
•Disabled
•Enabled
SelectEnabledtoenable
additionalCPUthreads.
TheseThreadsappearas
additionalprocessorsbut
sharesomeresourceswith
theotherthreadswithina
CPU.
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Table2.Configmenuitems(continued)
MenuitemSubmenuitemValueComments
SelectDisabledtoenable
onlyonethreadswithin
eachexecutioncoreunit.
IntelAMTControl•Disabled
•Enabled
•PermanentlyDisabled
IfyouselectEnabled,
IntelActiveManagement
Technology(AMT)is
configuredandadditional
setupitemsareprovidedin
ManagementEngineBIOS
Extension(MEBx)Setup.
IfyouselectPermanently
Disabled,youwillneverbe
abletoenableitagain.Be
cautiouswhenyouwantto
usethisoption.
Note:Youcanenterthe
MEBxSetupmenuby
pressingtheCtrl+Pkey
combinationintheStartup
InterruptMenuwindow.
TodisplaytheStartup
InterruptMenuwindow,
presstheblackbutton
orEnterkeyduringthe
power-onself-test(POST).
CIRATimeout0-255
Note:Thedefaultvalueis
60seconds.
Setthetimeoutoptionfor
CIRAconnectiontobe
established.Selectable
secondvaluesarefrom1to
254.
Ifyouselect0,use60
secondsasthedefault
timeoutvalue.
Ifyouselect255,the
waitingtimeforestablishing
aconnectionisunlimited.
Intel(R)AMT
ConsoleType•PCANSI
•VT100+
•PC-ANSI
•VT-UTF8
Selecttheconsoletypefor
AMT.
Note:Thisconsoletype
shouldmatchtheIntelAMT
remoteconsole.
DateandTimemenu
Tochangethedateortimeofyourcomputer,selecttheDate/TimetabfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.
Thendothefollowing:
1.UsethepointerkeystoselectSystemDateorSystemTime.
2.Typeadateortime.
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Securitymenu
Tochangethesecuritysettingsofyourcomputer,selecttheSecuritytabfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.
ThefollowingtableliststheSecuritymenuitems.Defaultvaluesareinboldface.Themenuitemsmight
changewithoutnotice.Dependingonthemodel,thedefaultvaluemightvary.
Attention:Thedefaultconfigurationsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Improperchangeoftheconfigurations
mightcauseunexpectedresults.
Table3.Securitymenuitems
MenuitemSubmenuitemValueComments
Supervisor
Password
•Disabled
•Enabled
Formoreinformation,see“Supervisorpassword”
onpage60.
LockUEFIBIOS
Settings
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablethefunctionthatprotectsitems
inThinkPadSetupfrombeingchangedbyauser
whodoesnothavethesupervisorpassword.By
default,thisissettoDisabled.Ifyousetthe
supervisorpasswordandenablethisfunction,no
onebutyoucanchangetheitemsinThinkPad
Setup.
SetMinimumLength•Disabled
•xcharacters
(4≤x≤12)
Specifyaminimumlengthforpower-onpasswords
andharddiskpasswords.Ifyousetthesupervisor
passwordandspecifyaminimumlengthfor
passwords,noonebutyoucanchangethelength.
Passwordat
unattendedboot
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatunattended
boot,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenthe
computeristurnedon,fromeitherapower-off
stateorhibernationstate,byanunattendedevent
suchasaWakeonLANattempt.Ifyouselect
Disabled,nopasswordpromptisdisplayed;the
computergoesaheadandloadstheoperating
system.Topreventunauthorizedaccess,setthe
userauthenticationontheoperatingsystem.
Passwordatrestart•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectandenablePasswordatrestart,a
passwordpromptisdisplayedwhenyourestart
thecomputer.IfyouselectDisabled,nopassword
promptisdisplayed;thecomputergoesahead
andloadstheoperatingsystem.Toprevent
unauthorizedaccess,settheuserauthentication
ontheoperatingsystem.
Power-OnPassword•Disabled
•Enabled
Formoreinformation,see“Power-onpassword”
onpage59.
Password
HardDisk
1Password
•Disabled
•Enabled
Formoreinformation,see“Harddiskpasswords”
onpage61.
Note:HardDisk1meanstheharddiskdriveis
builtintoyourcomputer.
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Table3.Securitymenuitems(continued)
MenuitemSubmenuitemValueComments
SecurityChip•Active
•Inactive
•Disabled
IfyouselectActive,thesecuritychipisfunctional.
IfyouselectInactive,theSecurityChipoptionis
visible,butthesecuritychipisnotfunctional.If
youselectDisabled,theSecurityChipoptionis
hiddenandthesecuritychipisnotfunctional.
SecurityReporting
Options
ThisoptionisavailablewhenSecurityChipis
active.Itisusedtoenableordisablethefollowing
SecurityReportingOptions:
•BIOSROMStringReporting(Windows7)or
UEFIROMStringReporting(Windows8and
Windows8.1):BIOStextstring
•CMOSReporting:CMOSdata
•NVRAMReporting:Securitydatastoredinthe
AssetID
•SMBIOSReporting:SMBIOSdata
ClearSecurityChip•EnterCleartheencryptionkey.
Note:Thisitemisdisplayedonlyifyouhave
selectedActivefortheSecurityChipoption.
PhysicalPresence
forProvisioning
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisabletheconfirmationmessagewhen
youchangethesettingsofthesecuritychip.
SecurityChip
PhysicalPresence
forClear
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisabletheconfirmationmessagewhen
youclearthesecuritychip.
FlashBIOSUpdating
byEnd-Users
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,alluserscanupdatethe
UEFIBIOS.IfyouselectDisabled,onlytheperson
whoknowsthesupervisorpasswordcanupdate
theUEFIBIOS.
UEFIBIOSUpdate
Option
SecureRollBack
Prevention
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectDisabled,youcanflashtheolder
versionUEFIBIOS.
MemoryProtectionExecution
Prevention
•Disabled
•Enabled
Somecomputervirusesandwormscausememory
bufferstooverflow.ByselectingEnabledyoucan
protectyourcomputeragainstattacksbysuch
virusesandworms.IfafterchoosingEnabledyou
findthataprogramdoesnotruncorrectly,select
Disabledandresetthesetting.
IntelVirtualization
Technology
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,aVirtualMachineMonitor
(VMM)canutilizetheadditionalhardware
capabilitiesprovidedbyIntelVirtualization
Technology.
Virtualization
IntelVT-dFeature•Disabled
•Enabled
IntelVT-dstandsforIntelVirtualizationTechnology
forDirectedI/O.Whenenabled,aVMMcanutilize
theplatforminfrastructureforI/Ovirtualization.
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Table3.Securitymenuitems(continued)
MenuitemSubmenuitemValueComments
EthernetLAN•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,youcanusetheEthernet
LANdevice.
wireless-LAN•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,youcanusetheWireless
LANconnection.
wirelessWAN•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,youcanusethewireless
WANdevice.
Bluetooth•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,youcanuseBluetooth
devices.
USBPort•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,youcanusetheUSB
connectors.
ExpressCardSlot•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,youcanusetheExpressCard
slot.
OpticalDevice•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,youcanusetheopticaldisk
drive.
MemoryCardSlot•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,youcanusethe
memory-cardslots.
SmartCardSlot•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,youcanusethesmartcard
slots.
IntegratedCamera•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,youcanusetheintegrated
camera.
Microphone•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,youcanusethe
microphones(internal,external,orline-in).
I/OPortAccess
FingerprintReader•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,youcanusethefingerprint
reader.
IntelATSuspend•EnterThisoptionisdisplayedonlywhentheanti-theft
functionisactivated.
TheIntelanti-theftsuspendscreenwillbe
displayedatnextboottoenterthesuspendmode.
Anti-Theft
Computrace•Disabled
•Enabled
•Permanently
Disabled
EnableordisabletheUEFIBIOSinterfaceto
activatethecomputracemodule.Computrace
isanoptionalmonitoringservicefromAbsolute
Software.
Note:Ifyousetthecomputracemoduleactivation
toPermanentlyDisabled,youwillbeunableto
enablethissettingagain.
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Table3.Securitymenuitems(continued)
MenuitemSubmenuitemValueComments
SecureBoot•Disabled
•Enabled
EnableordisabletheUEFISecureBootfeature.
SelectEnabletopreventunauthorizedoperating
systemsfromrunningatboottime.Select
Disabledtoallowanyoperatingsystemstorunat
boottime.
PlatformMode•SetupMode
•UserMode
Specifythesystemoperatingmode.
SecureBootMode•Standard
Mode
•CustomMode
SpecifytheSecureBootmode.
ResettoSetupModeThisoptionisusedtoclearthecurrentplatform
keyandputthesystemintoSetupMode.Youcan
installyourownplatformkeyandcustomizethe
SecureBootsignaturedatabasesinSetupMode.
SecureBootmodewillbesettoCustomMode.
SecureBoot
RestoreFactory
Keys
Thisoptionisusedtorestoreallkeysand
certificatesinSecureBootdatabasestofactory
defaults.AnycustomizedSecureBootsettings
willbeerased,andthedefaultplatformkeywillbe
re-establishedalongwiththeoriginalsignature
databasesincludingcertificatefortheWindows8,
Windows8.1,orWindows10operatingsystem.
Startupmenu
Tochangethestartupsettingsofyourcomputer,selecttheStartuptabfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.
Attention:
•Afteryouchangethestartupsequence,ensurethatyouselectacorrectdeviceduringacopy,asave,ora
formatoperation.Otherwiseyourdatamightbeerasedoroverwritten.
•IfyouareusingtheBitLockerdriveencryption,donotchangethestartupsequence.BitLockerdrive
encryptionlocksthecomputerfromstartingoncedetectsthechangeofstartupsequence.
Tochangethestartupsequencetemporarilysothatthecomputerstartsfromadesireddrive,dothefollowing:
1.Restartthecomputer.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,pressF12.
2.Selectthedevicethatyouwantthecomputertostartfrom.
Note:TheBootmenuwillbedisplayedifthecomputercannotstartfromanydevices,ortheoperating
systemcannotbefound.
ThefollowingtableliststheStartupmenuitems.Defaultvaluesareinboldface.Themenuitemsmight
changewithoutnotice.Dependingonthemodel,thedefaultvaluemightvary.
Note:Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthecomputersupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.
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Table4.Startupmenuitems
MenuitemValueComments
BootSelectthebootdevicewhenyou
pressthepowerbuttontoturnonthe
computer.
NetworkBootSelectthebootdevicewhenthesystem
wakesfromLAN.IfWakeOnLANis
enabled,thenetworkadministratorcan
turnonallofthecomputersinaLAN
remotelybyuseofnetworkmanagement
software.
UEFI/LegacyBoot•Both
–UEFI/LegacyBootPriority
–UEFIFirst
–LegacyFirst
•UEFIOnly
•LegacyOnly
CSMSupport(forUEFIOnly)
•Yes
•No
Selectsystembootcapability.
•Both:Selectpriorityofbootoptions
betweenUEFIandLegacy.
•UEFIOnly:Thesystemwillbootfrom
theUEFIenabledoperatingsystem.
•LegacyOnly:Thesystemwillboot
fromanyoperatingsystemotherthan
theUEFIenabledone.
Note:IfyouselectUEFIOnly,the
systemcannotbootfromthebootable
devicesthatdonothavetheUEFI
enabledoperatingsystem.
CompatibilitySupportModule(CSM)is
requiredforbootingthelegacyoperating
system.IfyouselectUEFIOnly,CSM
Supportisselectable.ForBothor
LegacyOnlymode,CSMSupportisnot
selectable.
BootMode•Quick
•Diagnostics
ScreenduringthePOST:
•Quick:TheThinkPadLogoscreenis
displayed.
•Diagnostics:Textmessagesare
displayed.
Note:YoualsocanenterDiagnostic
modebypressingEscduringthePOST.
OptionKeysdisplay•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectDisabled,the“Tointerrupt
normalstartup,pressEnter.”messageis
notdisplayedduringthePOST.
BootDeviceListF12Option•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,theF12keyis
recognizedandtheBootMenuwindow
isdisplayed.
BootOrderLock•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,thebootpriority
orderislockedforyourfutureuse.
Restartmenu
ToexittheThinkPadSetupprogramandrestartthecomputer,selectRestartfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.
Thefollowingsubmenuitemsaredisplayed:
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•ExitSavingChanges:Savethechangesandrestartthecomputer.
•ExitDiscardingChanges:Discardthechangesandrestartthecomputer.
•LoadSetupDefaults:Restoretothefactorydefaultsettings.
Note:EnableOSOptimizedDefaultstomeettheWindows8,Windows8.1,orWindows10certification
requirements.Whenyouchangethissetting,someothersettingsarechangedautomatically,suchas
CSMSupport,UEFI/LegacyBoot,SecureBoot,andSecureRollBackPrevention.
•DiscardChanges:Discardthechanges.
•SaveChanges:Savethechanges.
UpdatingtheUEFIBIOS
TheUEFIBIOSisthefirstprogramthatthecomputerrunswhenthecomputeristurnedon.TheUEFIBIOS
initializesthehardwarecomponents,andloadstheoperatingsystemandotherprograms.
YoucanupdatetheUEFIBIOSbystartingyourcomputerfromaflashupdateopticaldiscoraflashupdate
programrunningintheWindowsenvironment.Whenyouinstallanewprogram,adevicedriver,orhardware,
youmightbeinformedtoupdatetheUEFIBIOS.
ForinstructionsonhowtoupdatetheUEFIBIOS,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers
Usingsystemmanagement
Thistopicisprimarilyintendedfornetworkadministrators.
Yourcomputerisdesignedformanageability,sothatyoucanredirectmoreresourcestobettermeet
yourbusinessobjectives.
Thismanageability,knownasTotalCostofOwnership(TCO),enablesyoutoremotelyoperateclient
computersinthesamewayasyouoperateyourowncomputer,suchasturningonaclientcomputer,
formattingaharddiskdrive,andinstallingaprogram.
Oncethecomputerisconfiguredandoperational,youcanmanageitbyusingthesoftwareandthe
manageabilityfeaturesthatarealreadyintegratedintotheclientcomputerandthenetwork.
DesktopManagementInterface
TheUEFIBIOSofyourcomputersupportsaninterfacecalledSystemManagementBIOS(SMBIOS)
ReferenceSpecification,version2.7.1.SMBIOSprovidesinformationaboutthehardwarecomponentsof
yourcomputer.ItistheresponsibilityoftheUEFIBIOStoprovideinformationaboutitselfandthedeviceson
thesystemboard.ThisspecificationdocumentsthestandardsforgettingaccesstothisBIOSinformation.
PrebooteXecutionEnvironment
ThePrebooteXecutionEnvironment(PXE)technologymakesthecomputermoremanageablebyenabling
thecomputertostartfromaserver.YourcomputersupportsthepersonalcomputerfunctionsthatPXE
requires.Forexample,withtheappropriateLANcard,yourcomputercanbestartedfromthePXEserver.
Note:TheRemoteInitialProgramLoad(RIPLorRPL)functioncannotbeusedwithyourcomputer.
WakeonLAN
ThenetworkadministratorcanturnonacomputerfromamanagementconsolebyusingtheWakeon
LANfeature.
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WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabled,manyoperations,suchasdatatransfer,softwareupdates,and
FlashupdatesoftheUEFIBIOS,canbedoneremotelywithoutremoteattendance.Theupdatingprocess
canperformafternormalworkinghoursandonweekends,sothattheusersarenotinterruptedduringwork,
andtheLANtrafficiskepttoaminimum.Itsavestimeandincreasesproductivity.
Note:IfthecomputeristurnedonthroughWakeonLAN,thecomputerstartsfollowtheNetworkBoot
sequence.
AssetIDEEPROM
TheAssetIDEEPROMcontainsinformationaboutthecomputerconfigurationandtheserialnumbersof
thekeycomponents.Italsoincludesanumberofblankfieldswhereyoucanrecordinformationabout
theendusersinyournetwork.
Settingmanagementfeatures
Toenableanetworkadministratortoremotelycontrolyourcomputer,setthefollowingsystem-management
featuresintheThinkPadSetupprogram:
•WakeonLAN
•NetworkBootsequence
•Flashupdate
Note:Ifasupervisorpasswordhasbeenset,youwillberequiredtoenterthesupervisorpasswordwhen
youstarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.
EnablingordisablingtheWakeonLANfeature
WhentheWakeonLANfeatureisenabledandthecomputerisconnectedtoaLAN,thenetworkadministrator
canstartthecomputerremotelyfromamanagementconsole,usingaremotenetwork-managementprogram.
ToenableordisabletheWakeonLANfeature,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.See“UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram”onpage71.
2.SelectConfig➙Network.TheNetworksubmenuisdisplayed.
3.SelectacorrespondingoptionfortheWakeonLANfeature.
4.PressF10tosaveandexit.
DefiningaNetworkBootsequence
WhenthecomputerwakesonLAN,thecomputerstartsfromthedeviceasspecifiedontheNetworkBoot
menu,andthenfollowthebootorderlistontheBootmenu.
TodefineaNetworkBootsequence,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheThinkPadSetupprogram.See“UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram”onpage71.
2.SelectStartup➙NetworkBoot.Thebootdevicelistisdisplayed.
3.Selectabootdevicetomakeitasthetopbootpriority.
4.PressF10tosaveandexit.
Note:YoucanpressF9torestoretothefactorydefaultsettings.
Checkingtherequirementsforflashupdates
Anetworkadministratorcanupdatetheprogramsonyourcomputerfromamanagementconsole,ifthe
followingrequirementsaremet:
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Chapter7.Preventingproblems
AnimportantpartofowningaThinkPadnotebookcomputerismaintenance.Withpropercare,you
canavoidcommonproblems.Thischapterprovidesinformationthatcanhelpyoukeepyourcomputer
runningsmoothly.
•“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage87
•“Makingsuredevicedriversareup-to-date”onpage88
•“Takingcareofyourcomputer”onpage89
Generaltipsforpreventingproblems
Thistopicprovidesthefollowingtipstohelpyoupreventcomputingproblems:
•IfyourcomputerisequippedwithbothaharddiskdriveandanM.2solid-statedrive,youarenot
recommendedtousetheM.2solid-statedriveasabootabledevice.TheM.2solid-statedriveisdesigned
anddevelopedforthe“cache”functionpurposeonly.IfyouusetheM.2solid-statedriveasabootable
device,itsreliabilityisnotguaranteed.
•Checkthecapacityofyourharddiskdrivefromtimetotime.Iftheharddiskdrivegetstoofull,the
Windowsoperatingsystemwillslowdownandmightproduceerrors.
Tochecktheharddiskdrivecapacity,dothefollowing:
–Windows7:ClickStart➙Computer.
–Windows8andWindows8.1:OpentheFileExplorerandclickComputer.
–Windows10:OpentheFileExplorerandclickThisPC.
•Emptyyourrecyclebinonaregularbasis.
•Usediskdefragmenttoolregularlyonyourharddiskdrivetoimprovedataseekandreadtimes.
•Tofreeupdiskspace,uninstallunusedprograms.
Note:Youalsomightwanttolookforprogramduplicationoroverlappingversions.
•CleanoutyourInbox,Sent,andTrashfoldersfromyoure-mailclientprogram.
•Backupyourdataatleastonceaweek.Ifcriticaldataispresent,itisagoodideatoperformadaily
backupoperation.Lenovohasmanybackupoptionsavailableforyourcomputer.Rewritableoptical
drivesareavailableformostmachinesandareeasilyinstalled.
•Schedulesystemrestoreoperationstotakeasystemsnapshotperiodically.Formoreinformationabout
systemrestore,seeChapter9“Recoveryoverview”onpage111.
•UpdatedevicedriversandUEFIBIOSwhenneeded.
•Profileyourmachineathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttokeepuptodatewithcurrentdriversand
revisions.
•Keepuptodatefordevicedriversonothernon-Lenovohardware.Youmightwanttoreadthedevice
driverinformationreleasenotespriortoupdatingforcompatibilityorknownissues.
•Keepalogbook.Entriesmightincludemajorhardwareorsoftwarechanges,driverupdates,minorissues
youhaveexperienced,andhowyouresolvedtheminorissues.
•Ifyoueverneedtorunarecoveryonyourcomputertoreturnthepreinstalledcontentsontothemachine,
thefollowingtipsmighthelpalongtheway:
–Removeallexternaldevicessuchastheprinter,keyboard,andsoon.
–Makesurethatyourbatteryischargedandyourcomputerhastheacpowerconnected.
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–AccessThinkPadSetupandloadthedefaultsettings.
–Restartthecomputerandstarttherecoveryoperation.
–Ifyourcomputerusesdiscsastherecoverymedia,donotremovethediscfromthedriveuntil
promptedtodoso.
•Forsuspectedharddiskdriveissues,referto“Diagnosingproblems”onpage93andrunadiagnostic
testforthedrivebeforeyoucalltheCustomerSupportCenter.Ifyourcomputerdoesnotstartup,
downloadthefilestocreateabootableself-testmediumfromhttp://www.lenovo.com/hddtest.Runthe
testandrecordanymessagesorerrorcodes.Ifthetestreturnsanyfailingerrorcodesormessages,
calltheCustomerSupportCenterwiththecodesormessagesandthecomputerinfrontofyou.A
technicianwillassistyoufurther.
•Ifrequired,youcanfindthecontactinformationabouttheCustomerSupportCenterforyourcountry
orregionathttp://www.lenovo.com/support/phone.WhencallingtheCustomerSupportCenter,make
surethatyouhaveyourmachinemodeltype,serialnumber,andthecomputerinfrontofyou.Also,ifthe
computerisproducingerrorcodes,itishelpfultohavetheerrorscreenonorthemessageswrittendown.
Makingsuredevicedriversareup-to-date
Devicedriversareprogramsthatcontaininstructionsfortheoperatingsystemabouthowtooperateor
“drive”acertainpieceofhardware.Eachhardwarecomponentonyourcomputerhasitsownspecificdriver.
Ifyouaddanewcomponent,theoperatingsystemneedstobeinstructedonhowtooperatethatpiece
ofhardware.Afteryouinstallthedriver,theoperatingsystemcanrecognizethehardwarecomponent
andunderstandhowtouseit.
Note:Becausedriversareprograms,likeanyotherfileonyourcomputer,theyaresusceptibletocorruption
andmightnotperformcorrectlyifcorruptionoccurs.
Itisnotalwaysnecessarytodownloadthelatestdrivers.However,youshoulddownloadthelatestdriver
foracomponentifyounoticepoorperformancefromthatcomponentorifyouaddedanewcomponent.
Thismighteliminatethedriverasthepotentialcauseofaproblem.
GettingthelatestdriversfromtheWebsite
YoucandownloadandinstallupdateddevicedriversfromtheLenovoWebsitebydoingthefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers.
2.Selecttheentryforyourcomputerandthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentodownloadand
installnecessarysoftware.
GettingthelatestdriversusingSystemUpdate
TheSystemUpdateprogramhelpsyoukeepthesoftwareonyourcomputerup-to-date.Updatepackages
arestoredonLenovoserversandcanbedownloadedfromtheLenovoSupportWebsite.Updatepackages
cancontainapplications,devicedrivers,UEFIBIOSflashes,orsoftwareupdates.WhentheSystemUpdate
programconnectstotheLenovoSupportWebsite,theSystemUpdateprogramautomaticallyrecognizes
themachinetypeandmodelofyourcomputer,theinstalledoperatingsystem,andthelanguageofthe
operatingsystemtodeterminewhatupdatesareavailableforyourcomputer.TheSystemUpdateprogram
thendisplaysalistofupdatepackagesandcategorizeseachupdateascritical,recommended,oroptionalto
helpyouunderstandtheimportance.Youhavecompletecontrolofwhichupdatestodownloadandinstall.
Afteryouselecttheupdatepackagesyouwant,theSystemUpdateprogramautomaticallydownloadsand
installstheupdateswithoutanyfurtherinterventionfromyou.
TheSystemUpdateprogramispreinstalledonyourcomputerandisreadytorun.Theonlyprerequisiteis
anactiveInternetconnection.Youcanstarttheprogrammanually,oryoucanusetheschedulefeature
toenabletheprogramtosearchforupdatesautomaticallyatspecifiedintervals.Youalsocanpredefine
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scheduledupdatestosearchbyseverity(criticalupdates,criticalandrecommendedupdates,orallupdates)
sothelistyouchoosefromcontainsonlythoseupdatetypesthatareofinteresttoyou.
FormoreinformationabouthowtousetheSystemUpdateprogram,refertothehelpinformationsystem
oftheprogram.
Takingcareofyourcomputer
Althoughyourcomputerisdesignedtofunctionreliablyinnormalworkenvironments,youneedtouse
commonsenseinhandlingit.Byfollowingtheimportanttipsinthistopic,youwillgetthemostuseand
enjoymentoutofyourcomputer.
Becarefulaboutwhereandhowyouwork
•Storepackingmaterialssafelyoutofthereachofchildrentopreventtheriskofsuffocationfromplastic
bags.
•Keepyourcomputerawayfrommagnets,activatedcellularphones,electricalappliances,orspeakers
(morethan13cmor5inches).
•Avoidsubjectingyourcomputertoextremetemperatures(below5°C/41°Forabove35°C/95°F).
•Someappliances,suchascertainportabledesktopfansorairpurifiers,canproducenegativeions.Ifa
computerisclosetosuchanappliance,andisexposedforanextendedtimetoaircontainingnegative
ions,itmightbecomeelectrostaticallycharged.Suchachargemightbedischargedthroughyourhands
whenyoutouchthekeyboardorotherpartsofthecomputer,orthroughconnectorsonI/Odevices
connectedtothecomputer.Eventhoughthiskindofelectrostaticdischarge(ESD)istheoppositeofa
dischargefromyourbodyorclothingtothecomputer,itposesthesameriskofacomputermalfunction.
Yourcomputerisdesignedandmanufacturedtominimizeanyeffectsofelectrostaticcharge.Anelectrostatic
chargeaboveacertainlimit,however,canincreasetheriskofESD.Therefore,whenusingthecomputer
closetoanappliancethatcanproducenegativeions,givespecialattentiontothefollowing:
•Avoiddirectlyexposingyourcomputertotheairfromanappliancethatcanproducenegativeions.
•Keepyourcomputerandperipheralsasfaraspossiblefromsuchanappliance.
•Whereverpossible,groundyourcomputertofacilitatesafeelectrostaticdischarge.
Note:Notallsuchappliancescauseasignificantelectrostaticcharge.
Begentlewithyourcomputer
•Avoidplacinganyobjects(includingpaper)betweenthedisplayandthekeyboardorthepalmrest.
•Yourcomputerlidisdesignedtobeopenedandusedatanangleslightlygreaterthan90degrees.Donot
openthedisplaybeyond180degrees,asthismightdamagethecomputerhinge.
•Donotturnyourcomputeroverwhiletheacpoweradapterispluggedin.Thiscouldbreaktheadapter
plug.
Carryyourcomputerproperly
•Beforemovingyourcomputer,besuretoremoveanymedia,turnoffattacheddevices,anddisconnect
cordsandcables.
•Whenpickingupyouropencomputer,holditbythebottom.Donotpickuporholdyourcomputerby
thedisplay.
Handlestoragemediaanddrivesproperly
•Ifyourcomputercomeswithanopticaldrive,donottouchthesurfaceofadiscorthelensonthetray.
•WaituntilyouheartheCDorDVDclickintothecenterpivotofthedrivebeforeclosingthetray.
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•Onyourcomputer,useonlyopticaldrivesdesignedforusewiththeSerialUltrabayEnhancedbay.
•Wheninstallingtheharddiskdrive,solid-statedrive,oropticaldrive,followtheinstructionsshippedwith
yourhardware,andapplypressureonlywhereneededonthedevice.
•Turnoffyourcomputerbeforeyoureplacetheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.
•Afteryoureplacetheprimaryharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,reattachthecoverofthedriveslot.
•Storeyourexternalandremovableharddiskdriveoropticaldrivesintheappropriatecontainersor
packagingwhentheyarenotbeingused.
•BeforeyouinstallamemorycardsuchasanSDcard,SDHCcard,SDXCcard,andaMultiMediaCard,
touchametaltableoragroundedmetalobject.Thisactionreducesanystaticelectricityfromyour
body.Staticelectricitycoulddamagethedevice.
•Whiletransferringdatatoorfromaflashmediacard,suchasanSDcard,donotputyourcomputerinto
sleeporhibernationmodebeforethedatatransferiscomplete;otherwise,yourdatacouldbecome
damaged.
Takecareinsettingpasswords
•Rememberyourpasswords.Ifyouforgetasupervisororharddiskpassword,Lenovowillnotresetit,and
youmighthavetoreplaceyoursystemboard,orharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.
Takingcareofthefingerprintreader
Thefollowingactionscoulddamagethefingerprintreaderorcauseitnottoworkproperly:
•Scratchingthesurfaceofthefingerprintreaderwithahard,pointedobject.
•Scrapingthesurfaceofthefingerprintreaderwithyourfingernailoranythinghard.
•Usingortouchingthefingerprintreaderwithadirtyfinger.
Ifyounoticeanyofthefollowingconditions,gentlycleanthesurfaceofthefingerprintreaderwithadry,
soft,lint-freecloth:
•Thesurfaceofthefingerprintreaderisdirtyorstained.
•Thesurfaceofthefingerprintreaderiswet.
•Thefingerprintreaderoftenfailstoenrollorauthenticateyourfingerprint.
Registeryourcomputer
•RegisteryourThinkPadcomputerwithLenovoathttp://www.lenovo.com/register.Formoreinformation,
see“Registeringyourcomputer”onpage23.
Besurenottomodifyyourcomputer
•OnlyanauthorizedThinkPadrepairtechnicianshoulddisassembleandrepairyourcomputer.
•Donotmodifyortapethelatchestokeepthedisplayopenorclosed.
Cleaningthecoverofyourcomputer
Occasionallycleanyourcomputerbydoingthefollowing:
1.Prepareamixtureofagentlekitchen-usedetergent.Thedetergentmustnotcontainabrasivepowderor
strongchemicalssuchasacidoralkaline.Usefivepartswatertoonepartdetergent.
2.Absorbthediluteddetergentintoasponge.
3.Squeezeexcessliquidfromthesponge.
4.Wipethecoverwiththesponge,usingacircularmotionandtakingcarenottoletanyexcessliquiddrip.
5.Wipethesurfacetoremovethedetergent.
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6.Rinsethespongewithcleanrunningwater.
7.Wipethecoverwiththecleansponge.
8.Wipethesurfaceagainwithadry,soft,lint-freecloth.
9.Waitforthesurfacetodrycompletelyandremoveanyfibersfromthecloth.
Cleaningyourcomputerkeyboard
Tocleanthecomputerkeyboard,dothefollowing:
1.Applysomeisopropylrubbingalcoholtoasoft,dust-freecloth.
Note:Avoidsprayingcleanerdirectlyontothekeyboard.
2.Wipeeachkeytopsurfacewiththecloth.Wipethekeysonebyone;ifyouwipeseveralkeysatatime,
theclothmighthookontoanadjacentkeyandpossiblydamageit.Makesurethatnoliquiddripsonto
orbetweenthekeys.
3.Allowtodry.
4.Toremoveanycrumbsordustfrombeneaththekeys,youcanuseacamerablowerwithabrush
orcoolairfromahairdryer.
Cleaningyourcomputerdisplay
Tocleanthecomputerdisplay,dothefollowing:
1.Gentlywipethedisplaywithadry,softlint-freecloth.Ifyouseeascratchlikemarkonyourdisplay,it
mightbeastaintransferredfromthekeyboardortheTrackPointpointingstickwhenthecoverwas
pressedfromtheoutside.
2.Wipeordustthestaingentlywithasoft,drycloth.
3.Ifthestainremains,moistenasoft,lint-freeclothwithwaterora50-50mixtureofisopropylalcoholand
waterthatdoesnotcontainimpurities.
Note:Avoidsprayingcleanerdirectlyontothekeyboard.
4.Wringoutasmuchoftheliquidasyoucan.
5.Wipethedisplayagain;donotletanyliquiddripintothecomputer.
6.Besuretodrythedisplaybeforeclosingit.
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Chapter8.Troubleshootingcomputerproblems
Thischapterprovidesinformationonwhattodoifyouexperienceaproblemwithyourcomputer.
•“Diagnosingproblems”onpage93
•“Troubleshooting”onpage93
Diagnosingproblems
Ifyouexperienceproblemswithyourcomputer,usetheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramasastarting
pointforsolvingthem.
TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolvecomputerproblems.It
combinesdiagnostictests,systeminformationcollection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,along
withhintsandtipsformaximumsystemperformance.
Notes:
•TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramalsoisavailablefordownloadedat:
http://www.lenovo.com/diags.
•IfyouareusingotherWindowsoperatingsystems,youcanfindthelatestinformationaboutdiagnostics
foryourcomputerat:
http://www.lenovo.com/diagnose
Whenyouaresettingupyourcomputer,theLenovoSolutionCenterprogrampromptsyoutocreaterecovery
media,whichyoucanusetorestoretheharddiskdrivetothefactorydefaultstate.Formoreinformation,
see“Performingbackupandrecoveryoperations”onpage112.
ToruntheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram,see“Lenovoprograms”onpage19.
Foradditionalinformation,refertotheLenovoSolutionCenterhelpsystem.
Note:IfyouareunabletoisolateandrepairtheproblemyourselfafterrunningLenovoSolutionCenter
program,saveandprintthelogfilescreatedbytheprogram.Youwillneedthelogfileswhenyouspeaktoa
Lenovotechnicalsupportrepresentative.
Troubleshooting
Ifyourcomputerhasanerror,ittypicallydisplaysamessageoranerrorcode,orabeepsoundswhen
youturniton.Whenyouexperienceaproblem,refertothecorrespondingsectionsinthistopictotryto
solvetheproblembyyourself.
Computerstopsresponding
Printtheseinstructionsnowandkeeptheinstructionswithyourcomputerforreferencelater.
Ifyourcomputeriscompletelyunresponsive(youcannotusetheTrackPointpointingdeviceorthe
keyboard),dothefollowing:
1.Pressandholdthepowerbuttonforfoursecondsormoretoturnoffthecomputer,andthenrestartthe
computerbypressingthepowerbutton.Ifyoucannotturnoffyourcomputer,orifyoucannotrestart
yourcomputer,continuewithstep2.
Note:Donotremovethebatterypackortheacpoweradapter.
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2.Removeallpowersourcesfromthecomputer(batteryandtheacpoweradapter).Holddownthepower
buttonfor10seconds.Plugintheacpoweradapterwhilekeepingthebatteryoutofthecomputer.If
thecomputerstartswithacpowerbutdoesnotstartwhenacpowerisremoved,calltheCustomer
SupportCenterforsupport.Ifthecomputerdoesnotturnbackon,continuewithstep3.
3.Removeallexternaldevicesthatareattachedtoyourcomputer(keyboard,mouse,printer,scanner,and
soon).Plugintheacpoweradapterwhilekeepingthebatteryoutofthecomputer.Ifthecomputer
startswithacpowerbutdoesnotstartwhenacpowerisremoved,calltheCustomerSupportCenter
forsupport.Ifthecomputerdoesnotturnbackon,continuewithstep4.
4.
Attention:Thefollowingstepinvolvesremovingstaticsensitivecomponentsfromyourcomputer.
Ensurethatyouareproperlygroundedandremoveallsourcesofpowerattachedtothecomputer.If
youareuncomfortableorunsureaboutremovingcomponents,calltheCustomerSupportCenterfor
assistance.
Whilethecomputerisoff,removeallsourcesofpowerandexternalhardware.Removeanynon-original
memorymoduleaddedtoyourcomputer.Plugintheacpoweradapterwhilekeepingthebatteryoutof
thecomputer.Ifthecomputerstartswithacpowerbutdoesnotstartwhenacpowerisremoved,call
theCustomerSupportCenterforsupport.Ifthecomputerstilldoesnotturnon,consulttheusermanual
forothercustomer-replaceablecomponentsthatareattachedtoyourcomputer.
Ifthecomputerstilldoesnotstartup,calltheCustomerSupportCenterandaCustomerSupportSpecialist
willassistyou.
Spillsonthekeyboard
Withamobilecomputer,thereareincreasedchancesofspillingliquidsonthekeyboard.Becausemost
liquidsconductelectricity,liquidspilledonthekeyboardcouldcreatenumerousshortcircuits,potentially
causingirreparabledamagetoyourcomputer.
Ifyouspillsomethingonyourcomputer:
Attention:Besurethatnoliquidcreatesashortcircuitbetweenyouandtheacpoweradapter(ifinuse).
Althoughyoumightlosesomedataorworkbyturningoffthecomputerimmediately,leavingthecomputer
onmightmakeyourcomputerunusable.
1.Carefullyunplugtheacpoweradapterimmediately.
2.Turnoffthecomputerimmediately.Ifthecomputerdoesnotturnoff,removethebatterypack.The
morequicklyyoustopthecurrentfrompassingthroughthecomputerthemorelikelyyouwillreduce
damagefromshortcircuits.
3.Waituntilyouarecertainthatalltheliquidisdrybeforeturningonyourcomputer.
Note:Ifyouwanttoreplaceyourkeyboard,youcanpurchaseanewone.
Errormessages
•Message:0177:BadSVPdata,stopPOSTtask.
Solution:ChecksumofthesupervisorpasswordintheEEPROMisnotcorrect.Thesystemboard
shouldbereplaced.Havethecomputerserviced.
•Message:0183:BadCRCofSecuritySettingsinEFIVariable.EnterThinkPadSetup.
Solution:ChecksumoftheSecuritysettingsintheEFIVariableisnotcorrect.EnterThinkPadSetup
tochecksecuritysettings,PressF10,andthenpressEntertorestartthesystem.Ifyoustillhavea
problem,havethecomputerserviced.
•Message:0187:EAIAdataaccesserror
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Solution:TheaccesstoEEPROMisfailed.Havethecomputerserviced.
•Message:0188:InvalidRFIDSerializationInformationArea
Solution:TheEEPROMchecksumisnotcorrect(block#0and1).Thesystemboardshouldbereplaced,
andtheboxserialnumberneedstobereinstalled.Havethecomputerserviced.
•Message:0189:InvalidRFIDconfigurationinformationarea
Solution:TheEEPROMchecksumisnotcorrect(block#4and5).Thesystemboardshouldbereplace,
andtheUUIDneedstobereinstalled.Havethecomputerserviced.
•Message:0190:Criticallow-batteryerror
Solution:Thecomputerturnedoff,becausethebatteryislow.Connecttheacpoweradaptertothe
computerandchargethebattery.
•Message:0191:SystemSecurity-Invalidremotechangerequested
Solution:Thesystemconfigurationchangehasfailed.Confirmtheoperationandtryagain.Toclearthe
error,enterThinkPadSetup.
•Message:0199:SystemSecurity-Securitypasswordretrycountexceeded.
Solution:Thismessageisdisplayedifyouenterawrongsupervisorpasswordmorethanthreetimes.
Confirmthesupervisorpasswordandtryagain.Tocleartheerror,enterThinkPadSetup.
•Message:1802:Unauthorizednetworkcardispluggedin-Poweroffandremovethenetworkcard.
Solution:Thewirelessnetworkcardisnotsupportedonthiscomputer.Removeit.
•Message:1820:Morethanoneexternalfingerprintreadersareattached.
Solution:Poweroffandremoveallbutthereaderthatyousetupwithinyourmainoperatingsystem.
•Message:2100:DetectionerroronHDD0(MainHDD)
Solution:Theharddiskisnotworking.Havetheharddiskserviced.
•Message:2101:DetectionerroronSSD1(M.2)
Solution:TheM.2SSDdeviceisnotworking.HavetheM.2SSDdeviceserviced.
•Message:2102:DetectionerroronSSD2(M.2)
Solution:TheM.2SSDdeviceisnotworking.HavetheM.2SSDdeviceserviced.
•Message:2110:ReaderroronHDD0(MainHDD)
Solution:Theharddiskisnotworking.Havetheharddiskserviced.
•Message:2111:ReaderroronSSD1(M.2)
Solution:TheM.2SSDdeviceisnotworking.HavetheM.2SSDdeviceserviced.
•Message:2112:ReaderroronSSD2(M.2)
Solution:TheM.2SSDdeviceisnotworking.HavetheM.2SSDdeviceserviced.
•Message:2200:MachineTypeandSerialNumberareinvalid.
Solution:MachineTypeandSerialNumberareinvalid.Havethecomputerserviced.
•Message:2201:MachineUUIDisinvalid.
Solution:MachineUUIDisinvalid.Havethecomputerserviced.
•Message:Fanerror
Solution:Coolingfanhasfailed.Shutdownthecomputerimmediatelyandhavethecomputerserviced.
•Message:Thermalsensingerror
Solution:Thethermalsensorhasproblem.Shutdownthecomputerimmediatelyandhavethecomputer
serviced.
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Errorswithoutmessages
•Problem:MyscreenkeepsblankingwhenIdonotwantitto.
Solution:
–IfyourcomputerispreinstalledwiththeWindows7operatingsystem,youcandisableanysystem
timers,suchastheLCDturn-offtimerortheblanktimerbydoingthefollowing:
1.StartPowerManager.
2.ClickthePowerplantab,andthenselectMaximumPerformancefromthepredefinedpower
plans.
–IfyourcomputerispreinstalledwiththeWindows8,Windows8.1,orWindows10operatingsystem,
dothefollowing:
1.GotoControlPanel,andensurethatyouviewControlPanelbyCategory.
2.ClickHardwareandSound➙PowerOptions➙Highperformance.
3.Showtheadditionalplans,thenchooseHighperformance.
•Problem:WhenIturnonthecomputer,nothingisdisplayedonthescreenandthecomputerdoesnot
beepwhilestartingup.
Note:Ifyouarenotsurewhetheryouheardanybeeps,turnoffthecomputerbypressingandholdingthe
powerbuttonforfoursecondsormore.Thenturnonthecomputerandlistenagain.
Solution:Makesurethat:
–Theacpoweradapterisconnectedtothecomputerandthepowercordispluggedintoaworking
electricaloutlet.
–Thecomputeristurnedon.(Pressthepowerbuttonagainforconfirmation.)
–Thebrightnesslevelofthescreenisappropriatelyset.
Ifapower-onpasswordisset,pressanykeytodisplaythepromptforthepower-onpasswordand
thentypethecorrectpasswordandpressEnter.
Iftheseitemsarecorrectlyset,andthescreenremainsblank,havethecomputerserviced.
•Problem:WhenIturnonthecomputer,onlyawhitepointerisdisplayedonablankscreen.
Solution:Ifyouhavemodifiedapartitiononyourharddiskdrivebyusingpartitionsoftware,information
aboutthatpartition,orthemasterbootrecordmighthavebeendestroyed.
Dothefollowingtotrytosolvetheproblem:
1.Turnoffthecomputer,andthenturnitonagain.
2.Ifyoustillseeonlythepointeronthescreen,dothefollowing:
–Ifyouhaveusedpartitionsoftware,examinethepartitionontheharddiskdrivebyusingthe
software,andrecoverthepartitionifrequired.
–Usetherecoverysolutionstorestorethesystemtothefactorydefaultstate.
Iftheproblempersists,havethecomputerserviced.
•Problem:Myscreengoesblankwhilethecomputerison.
Solution:Yourscreensaverorpowermanagementmighthavebeenenabled.Dooneofthefollowing:
–TouchtheTrackPointpointingdeviceorthetrackpad,orpressakeytoexitthescreensaver.
–Pressthepowerbuttontoresumethecomputerfromsleeporhibernationmode.
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Beeperrors
Table5.Beeperrors
ProblemSolution
Oneshortbeep,pause,threeshortbeeps,pause,three
moreshortbeeps,andoneshortbeep
Havethecomputerserviced.
OnelongandtwoshortbeepsThevideofunctionhasaproblem.Havethecomputer
serviced.
FourcyclesoffourshortbeepsShutdownthecomputerimmediatelyandhavethe
computerserviced.
FiveshortbeepsThesystemboardhasaproblem.Havethecomputer
serviced.
Memorymoduleproblems
Printtheseinstructionsnowandkeeptheinstructionswithyourcomputerforreferencelater.
Ifyourmemorymoduleisnotoperatingproperly,checkthefollowingitems:
1.Verifythatthememorymoduleisinstalledandseatedcorrectlyinyourcomputer.
Itmightbenecessarytoremovealladdedmemorymodulestotestthecomputerwithonlythe
factory-installedmemorymodules,andthenreinstallthememorymoduleoneatatimetoensure
aproperconnection.
2.Checkforerrormessagesduringstartup.
Followtheappropriatecorrectiveactionsforpower-onself-test(POST).See“Errormessages”on
page94.
3.VerifythatthelatestUEFIforyourmodelhasbeeninstalled.
4.Verifythepropermemoryconfigurationandcompatibilityincludingthemaximummemorysizeandthe
memoryspeed.
5.Rundiagnosticprograms.See“Diagnosingproblems”onpage93.
Networkingproblems
Thefollowingarethemostcommonnetworkingproblems.
Ethernetproblems
•Problem:Thecomputercannotconnecttothenetwork.
Solution:Makesurethat:
–Thecableisinstalledcorrectly.
ThenetworkcablemustbesecurelyconnectedbothtotheEthernetconnectorofyourcomputerand
totheRJ45connectorofthehub.Themaximumallowabledistancefromthecomputertohubis
100meters.Ifthecableisconnectedandthedistanceiswithinacceptablelimitsbuttheproblem
persists,tryadifferentcable.
–Youareusingthecorrectdevicedriver.Toinstallthecorrectdriver,dothefollowing:
1.OpenControlPanelandclickHardwareandSound➙DeviceManager.Ifyouarepromptedfor
anadministratorpasswordorconfirmation,typethepasswordorprovideconfirmation.
2.Iftheexclamationmark!isdisplayednexttotheadapternameunderNetworkadapters,you
mightnotbeusingthecorrectdriverorthedrivermighthavebeendisabled.Toupdatethedriver,
right-clickthehighlightedadapter.
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3.ClickUpdateDriverSoftware,andthenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
–Theswitchportandtheadapterhavethesameduplexsetting.
Ifyouconfiguredtheadapterforfullduplex,makesurethattheswitchportalsoisconfiguredforfull
duplex.Settingwrongduplexmodecandegradeperformance,causedataloss,orresultinlost
connections.
–Youhaveinstalledallnetworkingsoftwarethatisnecessaryforyournetworkenvironment.
CheckwithyourLANadministratorforthenecessarynetworkingsoftware.
•Problem:Theadapterstopsworkingfornoapparentreason.
Solution:Thenetworkdriverfilesmightbecorruptormissing.Updatethedriverbyreferringtothe
previoussolutionfortheproceduretomakesurethatthecorrectdevicedriverisinstalled.
•Problem:MycomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodelandIuseaspeedof1000Mbps,buttheconnection
failsorerrorsoccur.
Solution:
–UseCategory5wiringandmakesurethatthenetworkcableissecurelyconnected.
–Connecttoa1000BASE-Thub/switch(not1000BASE-X).
•Problem:TheWakeOnLANfeatureisnotworking.
Solution:EnsurethatWakeOnLANisenabledinThinkPadSetup.Ifitis,checkwithyourLAN
administratorforthenecessarysettings.
•Problem:MycomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodel,butthecomputercannotconnecttothenetworkat
1000Mbps.Instead,itconnectsat100Mbps.
Solution:
–Tryanothercable.
–Makesurethatthelinkpartnerissettoauto-negotiate.
–Makesurethattheswitchis802.3ab-compliant(gigabitovercopper).
Awireless-LANproblem
Problem:Icannotconnecttothenetworkusingthebuilt-inwirelessnetworkcard.
Solution:Makesurethat:
•Theairplanemodeisoff.
•Yourwireless-LANdriveristhelatestversion.
•Yourcomputeriswithinrangeofawirelessaccesspoint.
•Thewirelessradioisenabled.
Note:IfyouareusingtheWindows7operatingsystem,clickShowhiddeniconsintheWindows
notificationarea.TheAccessConnectionsiconisdisplayed.Formoreinformationabouttheicon,referto
theAccessConnectionshelpinformationsystem.
FortheWindows7operatingsystem,checktheNetworkName(SSID)andyourencryptioninformation.Use
theAccessConnectionsprogramtoverifythiscase-sensitiveinformation.
Awireless-WANproblem
Problem:AmessageisdisplayedindicatingthatanunauthorizedWANcardisinstalled.
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Solution:TheWANcardisnotsupportedonthiscomputer.RemovetheWANcard.
Note:Somemodelsdonothaveawireless-WANcard.
Bluetoothproblems
Note:CheckyourconnectionanytimeandmakesurethatnootherBluetooth-enableddeviceissearchingfor
thedevicetowhichyouwanttoconnect.SimultaneoussearchingisnotallowedintheBluetoothconnection.
•Problem:SounddoesnotcomefromtheBluetoothheadset/headphonebutcomesfromthelocal
speakereventhoughtheBluetoothheadset/headphoneisconnectedusingaHeadsetprofileorAVprofile.
Solution:Dothefollowing:
1.Exittheapplicationthatusesthesounddevice(forexample,WindowsMediaPlayer).
2.OpenControlPanelandclickHardwareandSound➙Sound➙Playback.
3.IfyouareusingaHeadsetprofile,selectBluetoothHands-freeAudioandclicktheSetDefault
button.IfyouareusinganAVprofile,selectStereoAudioandclicktheSetDefaultbutton.
4.ClickOKtoclosetheSoundwindow.
•Problem:PIMitemssentfromtheWindows7operatingsystemscannotbereceivedcorrectlyintothe
addressbookofanyotherBluetooth-enableddevice.
Solution:TheWindows7operatingsystemsendsPIMitemsinXMLformat,butmostBluetooth-enabled
deviceshandlePIMitemsinvCardformat.IfanotherBluetooth-enableddevicecanreceiveafilethrough
Bluetooth,aPIMitemsentfromtheWindows7mightbesavedasafilewiththeextension.contact.
Problemswiththekeyboardandotherpointingdevices
Thefollowingarethemostcommonproblemswithkeyboardsandotherpointingdevices.
TrackPointpointingdeviceproblems
•Problem:Thepointerdriftswhenthecomputeristurnedonorafteritresumesnormaloperation.
Solution:ThepointermightdriftwhenyouarenotusingtheTrackPointpointingdeviceduringnormal
operation.ThisisanormalcharacteristicoftheTrackPointpointingdeviceandisnotadefect.Pointer
driftingmightoccurforseveralsecondsunderthefollowingconditions:
–Whenthecomputeristurnedon
–Whenthecomputerresumesnormaloperation
–WhentheTrackPointpointingdeviceiskeptpressedforalongtime
–Whenthetemperaturechanges
•Problem:TheTrackPointpointingdeviceortrackpaddoesnotwork.
Solution:EnsurethattheTrackPointpointingdeviceortrackpadisenabledintheMouseProperties
window.
Keyboardproblems
•Problem:Allorsomekeysonthekeyboarddonotwork.
Solution:Ifanexternalnumerickeypadisconnected:
1.Turnoffthecomputer.
2.Removetheexternalnumerickeypad.
3.Turnonthecomputerandtryusingthekeyboardagain.
Ifthekeyboardproblemisresolved,carefullyreconnecttheexternalnumerickeypadandtheexternal
keyboard.Makesurethatyouhaveseatedtheconnectorscorrectly.
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Iftheproblempersists,makesurethatthecorrectdevicedriverisinstalledbydoingthefollowing:
1.OpenControlPanel.ChangetheviewofControlPanelfromCategorytoLargeiconsorSmallicons.
2.ClickKeyboard.
3.SelecttheHardwaretab.IntheDevicePropertiespane,makesurethatyouseethismessage:
DeviceStatus:Thisdeviceisworkingproperly.
Ifkeysonthekeyboardstilldonotwork,havethecomputerserviced.
•Problem:Allorsomekeysontheexternalnumerickeypaddonotwork.
Solution:Makesurethattheexternalnumerickeypadiscorrectlyconnectedtothecomputer.
Problemswiththedisplayandmultimediadevices
Thistopicincludesthemostcommonproblemswithdisplaysandmultimediadevices,includingthe
computerdisplay,theexternalmonitor,audiodevices,andtheopticaldrive.
Computerscreenproblems
•Problem:Thescreenisunreadableordistorted.
Solution:Makesurethat:
–Thedisplaydevicedriverisinstalledcorrectly.
–Thescreenresolutionandcolorqualityarecorrectlyset.
–Themonitortypeiscorrect.
Tocheckthesesettings,dothefollowing:
1.Right-clickonthedesktopanddothefollowing:
–ForWindows7,Windows8,andWindows8.1:ClickScreenresolution.
–ForWindows10:ClickDisplaysettings.Showthedisplayedwindowinfullscreen.Thenclick
Advanceddisplaysettings.
Note:Ifyourcomputercannotdetecttheexternalmonitor,clicktheDetectbutton.
2.SelecttheexternalmonitorandsetResolution.
3.Dothefollowing:
–ForWindows7,Windows8,andWindows8.1:ClickAdvancedsettings.
–ForWindows10:ClickDisplayadapterproperties.
4.ClicktheMonitortab.Checkthemonitorinformationtomakesurethatthemonitortypeiscorrect.If
itis,clickOKtoclosethewindow;otherwiseproceedwiththefollowingsteps.
5.Ifmorethantwomonitortypesaredisplayed,selectGenericPnPMonitororGenericNon-PnP
Monitor.
6.ClickProperties.Ifyouarepromptedforanadministratorpasswordorconfirmation,typethe
passwordorprovideconfirmation.
7.ClicktheDrivertab.
8.ClickUpdateDriver.
9.ClickBrowsemycomputerfordriversoftware,andthenclickLetmepickfromalistofdevice
driversonmycomputer.
10.CleartheShowcompatiblehardwarecheckbox.
11.Selectthecorrectmanufacturerandmodelfortheexternalmonitor.Ifyoucannotfindyourmonitor
onthelist,stoptheinstallationofthisdriverandusethedrivershippedwithyourmonitor.
12.Afterupdatingthedriver,clickClose.
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•Problem:Thescreenisblank.
Solution:Dothefollowing:
–PressF7tobringuptheimage.
–Ifyouareusingtheacpoweradapter,orusingthebatteryandthebattery-statusiconshowsthatthe
batteryisnotdepleted,pressF6tomakethescreenbrighter.
–Ifyourcomputerisinsleepmode,presspowerbuttontoresumefromthesleepmode.
–Iftheproblempersists,followthesolutionforthefollowingproblem.
•Problem:Incorrectcharactersaredisplayedonthescreen.
Solution:Didyouinstalltheoperatingsystemorprogramcorrectly?Iftheyareinstalledandconfigured
correctly,havethecomputerserviced.
•Problem:Thescreenstaysonevenafteryouturnoffyourcomputer.
Solution:Pressandholdthepowerbuttonforfoursecondsormoretoturnoffyourcomputer;then
turnitonagain.
•Problem:Missing,discolored,orbrightdotsappearonthescreeneverytimeyouturnonyourcomputer.
Solution:ThisisanintrinsiccharacteristicoftheTFTtechnology.Yourcomputerdisplaycontains
multiplethin-filmtransistors(TFTs).Asmallnumberofmissing,discolored,orbrightdotsonthescreen
mightexistallthetime.
Externalmonitorproblems
•Problem:Theexternalmonitorisblank.
Solution:Tobringuptheimage,pressF7andselectthedesiredmonitor.Iftheproblempersists,do
thefollowing:
1.Connecttheexternalmonitortoanothercomputertomakesurethatitworks.
2.Reconnecttheexternalmonitortoyourcomputer.
3.Refertothemanualshippedwiththeexternalmonitortochecktheresolutionsandrefreshratesthat
aresupported.
–Iftheexternalmonitorsupportsthesameresolutionasthecomputerdisplayorahigherresolution,
viewoutputontheexternalmonitororonboththeexternalmonitorandthecomputerdisplay.
–Iftheexternalmonitorsupportsalowerresolutionthanthecomputerdisplay,viewoutputonthe
externalmonitoronly.(Ifyouviewoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandtheexternalmonitor,
theexternalmonitorscreenwillbeblankordistorted.)
•Problem:Youcannotsetahigherresolutionthanthepresentoneonyourexternalmonitor.
Solution:Makesurethatthemonitortypeandotherinformationiscorrect.Ifnecessary,updatethe
monitordriver.
•Problem:Thescreenisunreadableordistorted.
Solution:Makesurethat:
–Themonitorinformationiscorrectandtheappropriatemonitortypeisselected.Refertothesolution
totheaboveproblem.
–Makesurethatanappropriaterefreshrateisselectedbydoingthefollowing:
1.Connecttheexternalmonitortothemonitorconnector,andthenconnectthemonitortoan
electricaloutlet.
2.Turnontheexternalmonitorandthecomputer.
3.Right-clickonthedesktopanddothefollowing:
–ForWindows7,Windows8,andWindows8.1:ClickScreenresolution.
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–ForWindows10:ClickDisplaysettings.Showthedisplayedwindowinfullscreen.Then
clickAdvanceddisplaysettings.
Note:Ifyourcomputercannotdetecttheexternalmonitor,clicktheDetectbutton.
4.Clicktheiconforthedesiredmonitor(theMonitor-2iconisfortheexternalmonitor).
5.Dothefollowing:
–ForWindows7,Windows8,andWindows8.1:ClickAdvancedsettings.
–ForWindows10:ClickDisplayadapterproperties.
6.ClicktheMonitortab.
7.Selectthecorrectscreenrefreshrate.
•Problem:Wrongcharactersaredisplayedonthescreen.
Solution:Didyoufollowthecorrectprocedurewheninstallingtheoperatingsystemorprogram?Ifyou
did,havetheexternalmonitorserviced.
•Problem:TheExtenddesktopfunctiondoesnotwork.
Solution:EnabletheExtenddesktopfunction.
Solution:EnabletheExtenddesktopfunctionbydoingthefollowing:
1.Connecttheexternalmonitortothemonitorconnector,andthenconnectthemonitortoanelectrical
outlet.
2.Turnontheexternalmonitorandthecomputer.
3.Right-clickonthedesktopanddothefollowing:
–ForWindows7andWindows8.1:ClickScreenresolution.
–ForWindows10:ClickDisplaysettings.Showthedisplayedwindowinfullscreen.Thenclick
Advanceddisplaysettings.
Note:Ifyourcomputercannotdetecttheexternalmonitor,clicktheDetectbutton.
4.ClicktheMonitor-2icon.
5.SelectExtendthesedisplaysformultipledisplays.
6.ClicktheMonitor-1icon(fortheprimarydisplay,thecomputerdisplay).
7.Settheresolutionfortheprimarydisplay.
8.ClicktheMonitor-2icon(fortheexternalmonitor).
9.Setthescreenresolutionforthesecondarydisplay.
10.Settherelativepositionofeachmonitorbydraggingitsicon.Youcansetthemonitorsinanyrelative
position,buttheiconsmusttoucheachother.
11.ClickOKtoapplythechanges.
•Problem:IfyouusetheExtenddesktopfunction,youcannotsetahigherresolutionorhigherrefresh
rateonthesecondarydisplay.
Solution:Changetheresolutionandthecolordepthtolowersettingsfortheprimarydisplay.
•Problem:Displayswitchingdoesnotwork.
Solution:IfyouusetheExtenddesktopfunction,disableit,andchangethedisplayoutputlocation.If
aDVDmovieoravideoclipisplaying,stoptheplayback,closetheprogram,andthenchangethe
displayoutputlocation.
•Problem:Thescreenpositionontheexternalmonitorisincorrectwhenthatmonitorissetforahigh
resolution.
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Solution:Sometimes,whenyouuseahighresolutionsuchas1600x1200,theimageisshiftedtoleftor
rightonthescreen.Tocorrectthis,firstmakesurethatyourexternalmonitorsupportsthedisplaymode
(theresolutionandtherefreshrate)thatyouhaveset.Ifitdoesnot,setadisplaymodethatthemonitor
supports.Ifitdoessupportthedisplaymodeyouhaveset,gotothesetupmenuforthemonitoritself
andadjustthesettingsthere.Usuallytheexternalmonitorhasbuttonsforaccesstothesetupmenu.For
details,seethedocumentationthatcomeswiththemonitor.
Audioproblems
•Problem:WaveorMIDIsounddoesnotplaycorrectly.
Solution:Makesurethatthebuilt-inaudiodeviceisconfiguredcorrectly.
1.OpenControlPanel.
2.ClickHardwareandSound.
3.ClickDeviceManager.Ifyouarepromptedforanadministratorpasswordorconfirmation,typethe
passwordorprovideconfirmation.
4.Double-clickSound,videoandgamecontrollers.
5.MakesurethattheRealtekHDAudiodriverisenabledandconfiguredcorrectly:
•Problem:Sounddoesnotcomefromaheadphoneoraspeaker,oryourcomputercannotrecordsounds.
Solution:Toswitchfromonedevicetoanother(forexample,fromaspeakertoaheadphone,orfrom
anexternalmicrophonetoabuilt-inmicrophone),dothefollowing:
1.OpenControlPanelandclickHardwareandSound.
2.ClicktheRealtekHDManagericon.
3.MakesurethatyouareinMULTI-STREAMmodeintheDeviceadvancedsettingswindow.
4.IntheVolumeMixerwindow,selectthedeviceyouwant-forexample,speakers.
5.Playanysoundviaamusicprogram(forexample,WindowsMediaPlayer).Makesurethatsound
comesfromspeakersnow.
6.Then,ifyouwouldliketoswitchtoaheadphone,closethemusicprogram.
7.GototheVolumeMixerwindow.Thenselectanotherdevice,whichisnowtheheadphone.
8.Playanysoundviathemusicprogram.Makesurethatsoundcomesfromaheadphoneattached
directlytothesystem.
Formoreinformation,refertothehelpinformationsystemofRealtekHDManager.
Note:IntheVolumeMixerwindowofRealtekHDManager,acheckmarkbytheentryforadevice,
suchasspeakersforaplaybackdevice,orabuilt-inmicrophoneforarecordingdevice,showsthat
thedevicehasbeenselected.
•Problem:Recordingsmadeusingthemicrophoneinputarenotloudenough.
Solution:MakesurethattheMicrophoneBoostfunctionisturnedonandsetbydoingthefollowing:
1.OpenControlPanelandclickHardwareandSound.
2.ClickHardwareandSound.
3.ClickSound.
4.ClicktheRecordingtabintheSoundwindow.
5.SelectMicrophone,andclickthePropertiesbutton.
6.ClicktheLevelstab,andmovetheMicrophoneBoostsliderupwards.
7.ClickOK.
Note:Fordetailsaboutcontrollingvolume,refertoyourWindowsonlinehelp.
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•Problem:Avolumeorbalanceslidercannotbemoved.
Solution:Theslidermightbegrayedout.Thismeansthatitspositionisfixedbythehardwareand
cannotbechanged.
•Problem:Thevolumeslidersdonotstayinplacewhensomeaudioprogramsareused.
Solution:Itisnormalforthesliderstochangepositionwhencertainsoundprogramsareused.The
programsareawareofthesettingsintheVolumeMixerwindowandareallowedtochangethesettings
themselves.AnexampleistheWindowsMediaPlayer.Usuallytheprogramhasslidersavailableto
controlthesoundfromwithintheprogram.
•Problem:Thebalanceslidercannotcompletelymuteonechannel.
Solution:Thecontrolisdesignedtocompensateforminordifferencesinbalanceanddoesnot
completelymuteeitherchannel.
•Problem:ThesoundcannotbeturnedoffcompletelyevenifyousettheMastervolumecontrolat
minimum.
Solution:YoustillcanhearsomesoundeventhoughyouhavesettheVolumeMixercontrolatminimum.
Toturnoffthesoundcompletely,pressthespeakermutebutton.
•Problem:Whenyouconnectaheadphonetoyourcomputerwhileplayingsound,aspeakerdoesnot
producesound.
Solution:Oncetheheadphoneisattached,thestreamingisautomaticallyredirectedtoit.Ifyouwantto
listentosoundfromthespeakersagain,besuretosetthosespeakersasthedefaultdevice.Fordetails,
refertothehelpinformationsystemforRealtekHDAudio.
Fingerprintreaderproblems
•Problem:Thesurfaceofthereaderisdirty,stained,orwet.
Solution:Gentlycleanthesurfaceofthereaderwithadry,soft,lint-freecloth.
•Problem:Thereaderoftenfailstoenrollorauthenticateyourfingerprint.
Solution:Ifthesurfaceofthereaderisdirty,stained,orwet,gentlycleanthesurfaceofthereader
withadry,soft,lint-freecloth.
Fortipsonhowtomaintainthefingerprintreader,see“Usingthefingerprintreader”onpage65.
Batteryandpowerproblems
Thistopiccontainsinstructionsontroubleshootingbatteryandpowerproblems.
Batteryproblems
•Problem:Thebatterypackcannotbefullychargedinthestandardchargetimewhenthecomputeris
poweredoff.
Solution:Thebatterypackmightbeover-discharged.Dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputer.
2.Makesurethattheover-dischargedbatterypackisinthecomputer.
3.Connecttheacpoweradaptertothecomputerandletitcharge.
Ifaquickchargerisavailable,useittochargetheover-dischargedbatterypack.
Ifthebatterypackcannotbefullychargedin24hours,useanewbatterypack.
•Problem:Thecomputershutsdownbeforethebattery-statusiconshowsthatthebatteryisempty,orthe
computeroperatesafterthebattery-statusiconshowsthatthebatteryisempty.
Solution:Dischargeandrechargethebatterypack.
•Problem:Theoperatingtimeforafullychargedbatterypackisshort.
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Solution:Dischargeandrechargethebatterypack.Ifyourbatteryoperatingtimeisstillshort,usea
newbatterypack.
•Problem:Thecomputerdoesnotoperatewithafullychargedbatterypack.
Solution:Thesurgeprotectorinthebatterypackmightbeactive.Turnoffthecomputerforoneminuteto
resettheprotector;thenturnonthecomputeragain.
•Problem:Thebatterypackcannotbecharged.
Solution:Youcannotchargethebatterywhenitistoohot.Ifthebatteryfeelshot,removeitfromthe
computerandallowittocooltoroomtemperature.Afteritcools,reinstallitandrechargethebattery.Ifit
stillcannotbecharged,haveitserviced.
Anacpoweradapterproblem
Problem:Theacpoweradapterisconnectedtothecomputerandtheworkingelectricaloutlet,butthe
poweradapter(powerplug)iconisnotdisplayedintheWindowsnotificationarea.
Solution:Dothefollowing:
1.Makesurethattheconnectionoftheacpoweradapteriscorrect.Forinstructionsonconnectingtheac
poweradapter,seeSafety,Warranty,andSetupGuidethatcomeswithyourcomputer.
2.Iftheconnectionoftheacpoweradapteriscorrect,turnoffthecomputer,thendisconnecttheac
poweradapter.
3.Reconnecttheacpoweradapter,thenturnonthecomputer.
4.IfthepoweradaptericonstillisnotdisplayedintheWindowsnotificationarea,havetheacpower
adapterandyourcomputerserviced.
Powerproblems
Printtheseinstructionsnowandkeepitwithyourcomputerforreferencelater.
Ifyourcomputerisgettingnopoweratall,checkthefollowingitems:
1.Verifythepowerbutton.Referto“Statusindicators”onpage13.Thepowerbuttonisilluminated
wheneverthecomputerison.
2.Checkallpowerconnections.Removeanypowerstripsandsurgeprotectorstoconnecttheacpower
adapterdirectlytotheacpoweroutlet.
3.Inspecttheacpoweradapter.Checkforanyphysicaldamage,andensurethatthepowercableisfirmly
attachedtotheadapterbrickandthecomputer.
4.Verifytheacpowersourceisworkingbyattachinganotherdevicetotheoutlet.
Ifyourcomputerdoesnotrunonbatterypower,checkthefollowingitems:
1.Removeandreseatthebatterypacktomakesurethatitisproperlyconnected.
2.Ifthebatteryrunsoutofpower,attachacpoweradaptertorechargethebattery.
3.Ifthebatteryischargedbutthecomputerdoesnotrun,replacethebatterywithanewone.
Apowerbuttonproblem
Problem:Thesystemdoesnotrespond,andyoucannotturnoffthecomputer.
Solution:Turnoffthecomputerbypressingandholdingthepowerbuttonfor4secondsormore.Ifthe
computerisstillnotreset,removetheacpoweradapterandthebattery.
Bootproblems
Printtheseinstructionsnowandkeepthemwithyourcomputerforreferencelater.
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Ifyoureceiveanerrormessagebeforetheoperatingsystemloads,followtheappropriatecorrectiveactions
forpower-onself-test(POST)errormessages.See“Errormessages”onpage94.
Ifyoureceiveanerrormessagewhiletheoperatingsystemisloadingthedesktopconfigurationafterthe
POSTiscompleted,checkthefollowingitems:
1.GototheLenovoSupportWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/supportandsearchfortheerrormessage.
2.GototheMicrosoftKnowledgeBasehomepageathttp://support.microsoft.com/andsearchforthe
errormessage.
Sleepandhibernationproblems
•Problem:Thecomputerenterssleepmodeunexpectedly.
Solution:Ifthemicroprocessoroverheats,thecomputerautomaticallyenterssleepmodetoallowthe
computertocoolandtoprotectthemicroprocessorandotherinternalcomponents.Checkthesettings
forsleepmode.
•Problem:Thecomputerenterssleepmodeimmediatelyafterthepower-onself-test.
Solution:Ensurethat:
–Thebatteryischarged.
–Theoperatingtemperatureiswithintheacceptablerange.Referto“Operatingenvironment”onpage
18.
Ifthebatteryischargedandthetemperatureiswithinrange,havethecomputerserviced.
•Problem:Acriticallow-batteryerroroccurs,andthecomputerimmediatelyturnsoff.
Solution:Thebatterypowerisgettinglow.Connecttheacpoweradaptertothecomputerandplugit
intoanelectricaloutlet.
•Problem:ThecomputerdisplayremainsblankafteryoupressFntoreturnfromsleepmode.
Solution:Checkwhetheranexternalmonitorwasdisconnectedorturnedoffwhilethecomputerwas
insleepmode.Ifyoudisconnectedorturnedofftheexternalmonitor,connectitorturnitonbefore
resumingthecomputerfromthesleepmode.Whenresumingthecomputerfromthesleepmode
withoutattachingtheexternalmonitororturningiton,andthecomputerdisplayremainsblank,press
F6tobringupthecomputerdisplay.
•Problem:Thecomputerdoesnotreturnfromsleepmode,orthesystem-statusindicator(illuminated
ThinkPadlogo)blinksslowlyandthecomputerdoesnotwork.
Solution:Ifthesystemdoesnotreturnfromsleepmode,itmighthaveenteredsleeporhibernation
modeautomaticallybecausethebatteryisdepleted.Checkthesystem-statusindicator(illuminated
ThinkPadlogo).
–Ifthesystem-statusindicator(illuminatedThinkPadlogo)blinksslowly,yourcomputerisinsleepmode.
Connecttheacpoweradaptertothecomputer;thenpressFnkey.
–Ifthesystem-statusindicator(illuminatedThinkPadlogo)isoff,yourcomputerisinpower-offstateor
inhibernationmode.Connecttheacpoweradaptertothecomputer;thenpressthepowerbutton
toresumeoperation.
Ifthesystemstilldoesnotreturnfromsleepmode,yoursystemmightstoprespondingandyoumightnot
beabletoturnoffthecomputer.Inthiscase,youneedtoresetthecomputer.Ifyouhavenotsavedyour
data,itmightbelost.Toresetthecomputer,pressandholdthepowerbuttonfor4secondsormore.If
thesystemisstillnotreset,removetheacpoweradapterandthebattery.
•Problem:Yourcomputerdoesnotentersleeporhibernationmode.
Solution:Checkwhetheranyoptionhasbeenselectedtodisableyourcomputerfromenteringsleep
orhibernationmode.
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Ifyourcomputertriestoentersleepmodebuttherequestisrejected,thedeviceattachedtotheUSB
connectormighthavebeendisabled.Ifthisoccurs,doahot-unplug-and-plugoperationfortheUSB
device.
•Problem:Thebatterydischargesslightlywhilethecomputerisinhibernationmode.
Solution:Ifthewakeupfunctionisenabled,thecomputerconsumessmallamountofpower.Thisisnot
adefect.Fordetails,referto“Power-savingmodes”onpage34.
Problemswithdrivesandotherstoragedevices
Thissectionincludesharddiskdriveproblems,solid-statedriveproblems,andopticaldriveproblems.
Harddiskdriveproblems
•Problem:Theharddiskdrivemakesarattlingnoiseintermittently.
Solution:Therattlingnoisemightbeheard:
–Whentheharddiskdrivebeginsorfinishesgettingaccesstodata.
–Whenyoucarrytheharddiskdrive.
–Whenyoucarryyourcomputer.
Thisisanormalcharacteristicofaharddiskdriveandisnotadefect.
•Problem:Theharddiskdrivedoesnotwork.
Solution:OntheStartupmenuofThinkPadSetup,makesurethattheharddiskdriveisontheBoot
priorityorderlist.IfitisontheExcludedfrombootorderlist,itisdisabled.Selecttheentryforitonthe
listandpressShift+1tomoveitbacktotheBootpriorityorderlist.
•Problem:Aftersettingaharddiskpasswordontheharddiskdriveofthecomputer,youmovedthedrive
toanothercomputer.Nowyoucannotunlocktheharddiskpassword.
Solution:Yourcomputersupportsanenhancedpasswordalgorithm.Computersolderthanyoursmight
notsupportsuchasecurityfunction.
Asolid-statedriveproblem
Problem:WhenyoucompressfilesorfoldersbyuseofthedatacompressionfunctioninWindows,and
thendecompressthem,theprocessofwritingtoorreadingfromthefilesorfoldersisslow.
Solution:ApplythediskdefragmentationtoolinWindowsforfasteraccesstothedata.
Opticaldriveproblems
•Problem:Theopticaldrive,suchasaCD,DVD,orCD-RWdrive,doesnotwork.
Solution:MakesurethatthecomputeristurnedonandaCD,DVD,orCD-RWisproperlyloadedonthe
centerpivotofthedrive.(Youshouldhearaclick.)
Makesurethatthedriveconnectorisfirmlyconnectedtothecomputer.Ifyouuseanoptionthathasabay
forinstallingthedrive,makesurethattheoptionisfirmlyconnectedtothecomputerandworksproperly.
Makesurethatthedrivetrayisfirmlyclosed.
Makesurethatthedevicedriversarecorrectlyinstalled.
•Problem:YouhearanoisefromthedrivewhentheCD,DVD,orCD-RWdiscisspinning.
Solution:Ifthediscisnotcorrectlyloadedonthecenterpivotofthedrive,itmightrubagainstthedrive
coverandmakeanoise.Makesurethatthediscisloadedcorrectlyinthedrive.
•Problem:Thetraydoesnotopenevenifyoupresstheejectbutton.
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Solution:Whenyourcomputerisnotturnedon,pressingtheejectbuttondoesnotcausethedrivetray
toopen.Makesurethatthecomputeristurnedonandthatthedriveconnectorisfirmlyconnected
tothecomputer.
Ifthetraystilldoesnotopen,makesurethatthecomputerisrunning,andinserttheendofastraightened
paperclipintotheemergencyejecthole.Thetraywillopen.
•Problem:Anopticalmedium,suchasaCD,DVD,orCD-RWdisccannotberead.
Solution:MakesurethattheCD,DVD,orCD-RWdiscisnotdirty.Ifitis,cleanitwithacleanerkit.
TestanotherCD,DVD,orCD-RWdisc.Ifthecomputercanreadtheotherdisc,thefirstdiscmightbe
defective.
Makesurethatthediscisloadedonthecenterpivotofthedrivewiththelabelsideup.(Youshould
hearaclick.)
Makesurethatthediscisinoneofthefollowingformats:
–MusicCD
–CD-ROMorCD-ROMXA
–MultisessionphotoCD
–VideoCD
–DVD-ROM(DVD-video)
•Problem:ThecomputercannotplayaCD,orthesoundqualityisnotgood.
Solution:Besurethatthediscmeetsthestandardsforyourcountry.Usually,adiscthatmeetsthelocal
standardsismarkedwithaCDlogoonthelabel.Ifyouuseadiscthatdoesnotmeetthesestandards,we
cannotguaranteethatitwillplay,orthat,ifitdoesplay,thesoundqualitywillbegood.
•Problem:TheHDDVDtabintheWinDVD8programisdimmedandIcannotuseit.
Solution:YourcomputerdoesnotsupportanHDDVDdrive.
Asoftwareproblem
Problem:Anapplicationdoesnotruncorrectly.
Solution:Makesurethattheproblemisnotbeingcausedbytheapplication.
Checkthatyourcomputerhastheminimumrequiredmemorytoruntheapplication.Refertothemanuals
suppliedwiththeapplication.
Checkthefollowing:
•Theapplicationisdesignedtooperatewithyouroperatingsystem.
•Otherapplicationsruncorrectlyonyourcomputer.
•Thenecessarydevicedriversareinstalled.
•Theapplicationworkswhenitisrunonsomeothercomputer.
Ifanerrormessageisdisplayedwhileyouareusingtheapplicationprogram,refertothemanualssupplied
withtheapplication.
Iftheapplicationstilldoesnotruncorrectly,contactyourplaceofpurchaseoraservicerepresentative
forhelp.
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Problemswithportsandconnectors
Thefollowingarethemostcommonproblemswithportsandconnectors.
AUSBproblem
Problem:AdeviceconnectedtotheUSBconnectordoesnotwork.
Solution:OpentheDeviceManagerwindow.MakesurethattheUSBdevicesetupiscorrect,andthatthe
assignmentofcomputerresourceandtheinstallationofthedevicedriverarecorrect.ToopentheDevice
Managerwindow,gotoControlPanelandclickHardwareandSound➙DeviceManager.Ifyouare
promptedforanadministratorpasswordorconfirmation,typethepasswordorprovideconfirmation.
Referto“Diagnosingproblems”onpage93andrunadiagnostictestoftheUSBconnector.
Adockingstationproblem
Problem:Thecomputerdoesnotstartwhenyoutrytoturniton,anddoesnotrespondwhenyoutryto
resumeoperation.
Solution:Makesurethat:
•Theacpoweradapterisconnectedtothedockingstation.
•Thecomputerissecurelyattachedtothedockingstation.
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Chapter9.Recoveryoverview
Thischapterprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutions.
•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows7operatingsystem”onpage111
•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows8andWindows8.1operatingsystems”onpage116
•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows10operatingsystem”onpage119
RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows7operatingsystem
ThissectionprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbyLenovoontheWindows7
operatingsystem.
Notes:
•Thereareavarietyofmethodstochoosefromwhenconsideringhowtorecoverintheeventofa
software-relatedorhardware-relatedproblem.Somemethodsvarydependingonthetypeofyour
operatingsystem.
•Theproductontherecoverymediamightbeusedonlyforthefollowingpurposes:
–Restoretheproductpreinstalledonyourcomputer
–Reinstalltheproduct
–ModifytheproductusingtheAdditionalFiles
Topreventpotentialperformancerisksorunexpectedbehaviorthatmightbecausedbythenewharddisk
drivetechnology,itisrecommendedthatyouuseoneofthefollowingback-upsoftwareprograms:
•RescueandRecoveryversion4.3orlater
•AcronisTrueImage2010orlater
•ParagonBackup&Recovery10Suiteorlater,ParagonBackup&Recovery10Homeorlater
Creatingandusingrecoverymedia
Youcanuserecoverymediatorestoretheharddiskdrivetothefactorydefaultsettings.Recoverymedia
areusefulifyoutransferthecomputertoanotherarea,sellthecomputer,recyclethecomputer,orputthe
computerinanoperationalstateafterallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailed.Asaprecautionarymeasure,
itisimportanttocreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.
Note:Therecoveryoperationsyoucanperformusingrecoverymediavarydependingontheoperating
systemfromwhichtherecoverymediawerecreated.Therecoverymediamightcontainabootmedium
andadatamedium.YourMicrosoftWindowslicensepermitsyoutocreateonlyonedatamedium,soitis
importantthatyoustoretherecoverymediainasafeplaceafteryouhavemadethem.
Creatingrecoverymedia
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreaterecoverymedia.
YoucancreaterecoverymediausingdiscsorexternalUSBstoragedevices.Tocreaterecoverymedia,
youneedadiscorUSBstoragedevicewithatleast16GBofstorage.TherequireddiscorUSBcapacity
dependsonthesizeoftherecoveryimage.
Attention:CreatingrecoverymediawilldeleteanythingstoredonthediscorUSBstoragedevice.Toavoid
dataloss,makeabackupcopyofallthedatathatyouwanttokeep.
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Tocreaterecoverymedia,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoPCExperience➙LenovoTools➙
FactoryRecoveryDisks.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Usingrecoverymedia
OntheWindows7operatingsystem,youcanuserecoverymediatorestorethecomputertothefactory
defaultsettingsonly.Youcanuserecoverymediatoputthecomputerinanoperationalstateafterall
othermethodsofrecoveryhavefailed.
Attention:Whenyouuserecoverymediatorestorethecomputertothefactorydefaultsettings,allthefiles
currentlyontheharddiskdrivewillbedeletedandreplacedbythefactorydefaultsettings.
TouserecoverymediaontheWindows7operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.Dependingonthetypeofyourrecoverymedia,connectthebootmedium(memorykeyorotherUSB
storagedevice)tothecomputer,orinsertthebootdiscintotheopticaldrive.
2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF12keywhenturningonthecomputer.WhentheBootMenuwindow
opens,releasetheF12key.
3.SelectthedesiredstartupdeviceandpressEnter.Therestoreprocessbegins.
4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletetheoperation.
Notes:
1.Afterrestoringyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings,youmighthavetoreinstalldevicedrivers
forsomedevices.See“Reinstallingpreinstalledprogramsanddevicedrivers”onpage115.
2.SomecomputerscomewithMicrosoftOfficeorMicrosoftWorkspreinstalled.Ifyouneedtorecover
orreinstallyourMicrosoftOfficeorMicrosoftWorksprograms,youmustusetheMicrosoftOfficeCD
orMicrosoftWorksCD.ThesediscsareprovidedonlywithcomputerspreinstalledwithMicrosoft
OfficeorMicrosoftWorks.
Performingbackupandrecoveryoperations
TheRescueandRecoveryprogramenablesyoutobackupallyourharddiskdrivecontentsincludingthe
operatingsystem,datafiles,softwareprograms,andpersonalsettings.Youcandesignatewherethe
RescueandRecoveryprogramstoresthebackup:
•Inaprotectedareaofyourharddiskdrive
•Onthesecondaryharddiskdriveifasecondaryharddiskdriveisinstalledinyourcomputer
•OnanattachedexternalUSBharddiskdrive
•Onanetworkdrive
•Onrecordablediscs(arecordableopticaldriveisrequiredforthisoption)
Afteryouhavebackedupthecontentsontheharddiskdrive,youcanrestorethecompletecontentsofthe
harddiskdrive,restoreonlytheselectedfiles,orrestoreonlytheWindowsoperatingsystemandprograms.
Performingabackupoperation
ToperformabackupoperationusingtheRescueandRecoveryprogramontheWindows7operating
system,dothefollowing:
1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoPCExperience➙LenovoTools➙
EnhancedBackupandRestore.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramopens.
2.IntheRescueandRecoverymainwindow,clicktheLaunchadvancedRescueandRecoveryarrow.
3.ClickBackupyourharddriveandselectbackupoperationoptions.Then,followtheinstructionson
thescreentocompletethebackupoperation.
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Performingarecoveryoperation
ToperformarecoveryoperationusingtheRescueandRecoveryprogramontheWindows7operating
system,dothefollowing:
1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoPCExperience➙LenovoTools➙
EnhancedBackupandRestore.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramopens.
2.IntheRescueandRecoverymainwindow,clicktheLaunchadvancedRescueandRecoveryarrow.
3.ClicktheRestoreyoursystemfromabackupicon.
4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletetherecoveryoperation.
UsingtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace
TheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceresidesinaprotected,hiddenareaofyourharddiskdrivethat
operatesindependentlyfromtheWindowsoperatingsystem.Itenablesyoutoperformrecoveryoperations
evenifyoucannotstarttheWindowsoperatingsystem.Youcanperformthefollowingrecoveryoperations
fromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace:
•Rescuefilesfromyourharddiskdriveorfromabackup
TheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceenablesyoutolocatefilesonyourharddiskdriveandtransfer
themtoanetworkdriveorotherrecordablemedia,suchasaUSBdeviceoradisc.Thissolutionis
availableevenifyoudidnotbackupyourfilesorifchangesweremadetothefilessinceyourlastbackup
operation.YoualsocanrescueindividualfilesfromaRescueandRecoverybackuplocatedonyourlocal
harddiskdrive,aUSBdevice,oranetworkdrive.
•RestoreyourharddiskdrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackup
IfyouhavebackedupyourharddiskdriveusingtheRescueandRecoveryprogram,youcanrestorethe
harddiskdrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackup,evenifyoucannotstarttheWindowsoperating
system.
•Restoreyourharddiskdrivetothefactorydefaultsettings
TheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceenablesyoutorestorethecompletecontentsofyourharddiskdrive
tothefactorydefaultsettings.Ifyouhavemultiplepartitionsonyourharddiskdrive,youhavetheoption
torestorethefactorydefaultsettingstotheC:partitionandleavetheotherpartitionsintact.Becausethe
RescueandRecoveryworkspaceoperatesindependentlyfromtheWindowsoperatingsystem,youcan
restorethefactorydefaultsettingsevenifyoucannotstarttheWindowsoperatingsystem.
Attention:IfyourestoretheharddiskdrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackuporrestoretheharddisk
drivetothefactorydefaultsettings,allfilesontheprimaryharddiskdrivepartition(usuallydriveC:)willbe
deletedintherecoveryprocess.Ifpossible,makecopiesofimportantfiles.Ifyouareunabletostartthe
Windowsoperatingsystem,youcanusetherescuefilesfeatureoftheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceto
copyfilesfromyourharddiskdrivetoothermedia.
TostarttheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,dothefollowing:
1.Makesurethatthecomputeristurnedoff.
2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF11keywhenturningonthecomputer.Whenyouhearbeepsor
seealogoscreen,releasetheF11key.
3.IfyouhavesetaRescueandRecoverypassword,typeyourpasswordwhenprompted.TheRescue
andRecoveryworkspaceopensafterashortdelay.
Note:IftheRescueandRecoveryworkspacefailstoopen,see“Solvingrecoveryproblems”on
page115.
4.Dooneofthefollowing:
•Torescuefilesfromyourharddiskdriveorfromabackup,clickRescuefilesandfollowthe
instructionsonthescreen.
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•TorestoreyourharddiskdrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackuportorestoreyourharddiskdrive
tothefactorydefaultsettings,clickRestoreyoursystemandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
FormoreinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,clickHelp.
Notes:
1.Afterrestoringyourharddiskdrivetothefactorydefaultsettings,youmighthavetoreinstalldevice
driversforsomedevices.See“Reinstallingpreinstalledprogramsanddevicedrivers”onpage115.
2.SomecomputerscomewithMicrosoftOfficeorMicrosoftWorkspreinstalled.Ifyouneedtorecover
orreinstallyourMicrosoftOfficeorMicrosoftWorksprograms,youmustusetheMicrosoftOfficeCD
orMicrosoftWorksCD.ThesediscsareprovidedonlywithcomputerspreinstalledwithMicrosoft
OfficeorMicrosoftWorks.
Creatingandusingarescuemedium
Witharescuemedium,suchasadiscoraUSBharddiskdrive,youcanrecoverthecomputerfromfailures
thatpreventyoufromgainingaccesstotheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceonyourharddiskdrive.
Notes:
1.Therecoveryoperationsyoucanperformusingarescuemediumvarydependingontheoperating
system.
2.Therescuedisccanbestartedinalltypesofopticaldrives.
Creatingarescuemedium
TocreatearescuemediumontheWindows7operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoPCExperience➙LenovoTools➙
EnhancedBackupandRestore.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramopens.
2.IntheRescueandRecoverymainwindow,clicktheLaunchadvancedRescueandRecoveryarrow.
3.ClicktheCreateRescueMediaicon.TheCreateRescueandRecoveryMediawindowopens.
4.IntheRescueMediaarea,selectthetypeoftherescuemediumyouwanttocreate.Youcancreatea
rescuemediumusingadisc,aUSBharddiskdrive,orasecondaryinternalharddiskdrive.
5.ClickOKandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentocreatearescuemedium.
Usingarescuemedium
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtousetherescuemediumyouhavecreated.
•Ifyouhavecreatedarescuemediumusingadisc,usethefollowinginstructionstousetherescuemedium:
1.Turnoffyourcomputer.
2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF12keywhenturningonthecomputer.WhentheBootMenu
windowisdisplayed,releasetheF12key.
3.IntheBootMenuwindow,selectthedesiredopticaldriveasthefirstbootdevice.Then,insertthe
rescuediscintotheopticaldriveandpressEnter.Therescuemediumstarts.
•IfyouhavecreatedarescuemediumusingaUSBharddiskdrive,usethefollowinginstructionsto
usetherescuemedium:
1.AttachtheUSBharddiskdrivetooneoftheUSBconnectorsonyourcomputer.
2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF12keywhenturningonthecomputer.WhentheBootMenu
windowopens,releasetheF12key.
3.IntheBootMenuwindow,selecttheUSBharddiskdriveasthefirstbootdeviceandpressEnter.
Therescuemediumstarts.
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•Ifyouhavecreatedarescuemediumusingthesecondaryinternalharddiskdrive,setthesecondary
internalharddiskdriveasthefirstbootdeviceinthestartupdevicesequencetostarttherescuemedium.
Whentherescuemediumstarts,theRescueandRecoveryworkspaceopens.Thehelpinformationfor
eachfeatureisavailablefromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace.Followtheinstructionstocomplete
therecoveryprocess.
Reinstallingpreinstalledprogramsanddevicedrivers
Yourcomputerhasprovisionsthatenableyoutoreinstallselectedfactory-installedprogramsanddevice
drivers.
Reinstallingpreinstalledprograms
Toreinstallselectedprograms,dothefollowing:
1.Turnonyourcomputer.
2.GototheC:\SWTOOLSdirectory.
3.OpentheAPPSfolder.Thefoldercontainsseveralsubfoldersnamedforthevariouspreinstalled
applications.
4.Openthesubfolderfortheprogramyouarereinstalling.
5.Double-clickSetup,andthenfollowtheon-screenstepstoreinstalltheprogram.
Reinstallingpreinstalleddevicedrivers
Attention:Whenyoureinstalldevicedrivers,youarechangingthecurrentconfigurationofyourcomputer.
Reinstalldevicedriversonlywhenitisnecessarytocorrectaproblemwithyourcomputer.
Toreinstalladevicedriverforafactory-installeddevice,dothefollowing:
1.Turnonyourcomputer.
2.GototheC:\SWTOOLSdirectory.
3.OpentheDRIVERSfolder.Thefoldercontainsseveralsubfoldersnamedforthevariousdevices
installedinyourcomputer(forexample,AUDIOandVIDEO).
4.Openthesubfolderforthedevice.
5.Reinstallthedevicedriverbyoneofthefollowingmethods:
•Inthesubfolderforthedevice,lookforatextfile(afilewiththeextension.txt).Thetextfilecontains
informationonhowtoreinstallthatdevicedriver.
•Ifthesubfolderforthedevicecontainsafileofsetupinformation(afilewiththeextension.inf),you
canusetheAddNewHardwareprogram(intheWindowsControlPanel)toreinstallthedevicedriver.
Notalldevicedriverscanbereinstalledbyuseofthisprogram.IntheAddNewHardwareprogram,
whenpromptedforthedevicedriveryouwanttoinstall,clickHaveDiskandBrowse.Thenselect
thedevicedriverfilefromthedevicesubfolder.
•Inthesubfolderforthedevice,lookfortheexecutablefile(afilewiththeextension.exe).Double-click
thefile,andfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Attention:Ifyouneedupdateddevicedriversforyourcomputer,donotdownloadthemfromtheWindows
UpdateWebsite.ObtainthemfromLenovo.Formoreinformation,see“Makingsuredevicedriversare
up-to-date”onpage88.
Solvingrecoveryproblems
IfyouareunabletoaccesstheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceortheWindowsenvironment,doone
ofthefollowing:
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•UsearescuemediumtostarttheRescueandRecoveryworkspace.See“Creatingandusingarescue
medium”onpage114.
•Userecoverymediaifallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailedandyouneedtorestoretheharddisk
drivetothefactorydefaultsettings.See“Performingbackupandrecoveryoperations”onpage112.
Note:IfyouareunabletoaccesstheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceortheWindowsenvironmentfrom
arescuemediumorrecoverymedia,youmightnothavetherescuedevice(aninternalharddiskdrive,a
disc,aUSBharddiskdrive,orotherexternaldevices)setasthefirstbootdeviceinthestartupdevice
sequence.Youmustfirstmakesurethatyourrescuedeviceissetasthefirstbootdeviceinthestartup
devicesequenceintheSetupUtilityprogram.See“Startupmenu”onpage81fordetailedinformationabout
temporarilyorpermanentlychangingthestartupdevicesequence.FormoreinformationabouttheSetup
Utilityprogram,see“UsingtheThinkPadSetupprogram”onpage71.
Itisimportanttocreatearescuemediumandasetofrecoverymediaasearlyaspossibleandstorethem
inasafeplaceforfutureuse.
RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows8andWindows8.1operating
systems
ThissectionprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsfortheWindows8andWindows8.1
operatingsystems.
AWindowsrecoveryimageispreinstalledintherecoverypartitiononyourcomputer.TheWindowsrecovery
imageenablesyoutorefreshyourcomputer,orresetyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings.
YoucancreaterecoverymediaasbackupsorreplacementfortheWindowsrecoveryimage.Withthe
recoverymedia,youcantroubleshootandfixtheproblemsonyourcomputerevenifyoucannotstartthe
Windows8orWindows8.1operatingsystem.Itisrecommendedthatyoucreaterecoverymediaasearlyas
possible.Formoreinformation,see“Creatingandusingrecoverymedia”onpage118.
Refreshingyourcomputer
Ifyourcomputerdoesnotperformwellandtheproblemmightbecausedbyarecentlyinstalledprogram,
youcanrefreshyourcomputerwithoutlosingyourpersonalfilesorchangingyoursettings.
Attention:Ifyourefreshyourcomputer,theprogramsthatcamewithyourcomputerandtheprogramsthat
youinstalledfromWindowsStorewillbereinstalled,butallotherprogramswillberemoved.
1.Dependingontheoperatingsystem,dooneofthefollowing:
•ForWindows8:
Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙General.
•ForWindows8.1:
Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙Updateandrecovery➙Recovery.
2.IntheRefreshyourPCwithoutaffectingyourfilessection,clickGetstarted.
3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentorefreshyourcomputer.
Resettingyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings
Ifyouwanttorecycleyourcomputerorjuststartover,youcanresetyourcomputertothefactorydefault
settings.Resettingthecomputerwillreinstalltheoperatingsystem,reinstallalltheprogramsthatcamewith
yourcomputer,andresetallthesettingstothefactorydefaultsettings.
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Attention:Ifyouresetthecomputertothefactorydefaultsettings,allyourpersonalfilesandsettingswillbe
deleted.Toavoiddataloss,makeabackupcopyofallthedatathatyouwanttokeep.
1.Dependingontheoperatingsystem,dooneofthefollowing:
•ForWindows8:
Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙General.
•ForWindows8.1:
Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙Updateandrecovery➙Recovery.
2.IntheRemoveeverythingandreinstallWindowssection,clickGetstarted.ThenclickNextto
confirmtheoperation.
3.Dependingonyourneeds,dooneofthefollowing:
•Toperformaquickformat,clickJustremovemyfilestostarttheprocess.Theprocesswilltake
severalminutes.
•Toperformacompleteformat,clickFullycleanthedrivetostarttheprocess.Theprocesswill
takeseveralhours.
4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoresetyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings.
Usingtheadvancedstartupoptions
Withtheadvancedstartupoptions,youcanchangethefirmwaresettingsofthecomputer,changethe
startupsettingsoftheWindowsoperatingsystem,startthecomputerfromanexternaldevice,orrestorethe
Windowsoperatingsystemfromasystemimage.
Tousetheadvancedstartupoptions,dothefollowing:
1.Dependingontheoperatingsystem,dooneofthefollowing:
•ForWindows8:
Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙General.
•ForWindows8.1:
Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Click
Settings➙ChangePCsettings➙Updateandrecovery➙Recovery.
2.IntheAdvancedstartupsection,clickRestartnow➙Troubleshoot➙Advancedoptions.
3.Selectadesiredstartupoption,thenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
RecoveringyouroperatingsystemifWindows8orWindows8.1fails
tostart
TheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentonyourcomputeriscapableofoperatingindependentlyfromthe
Windows8orWindows8.1operatingsystem.Thisenablesyoutorecoverorrepairtheoperatingsystem
eveniftheWindows8orWindows8.1operatingsystemfailstostart.
Aftertwoconsecutivefailedbootattempts,theWindowsrecoveryenvironmentstartsautomatically.Then
youcanchooserepairandrecoveryoptionsbyfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpowerduringtherecoveryprocess.
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Creatingandusingrecoverymedia
YoucancreaterecoverymediaasbackupsfortheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentandtheWindows
recoveryimage.Ifyoucannotstartthecomputer,youcanuserecoverymediatotroubleshootandfixthe
problemsonyourcomputer.
Itisrecommendedthatyoucreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.Onceyoucreaterecoverymedia,
keeptheminasafeplaceanddonotusethemtostoreotherdata.
Creatingrecoverymedia
Tocreaterecoverymedia,youneedaUSBdrivewithatleast8GBofstorage.TherequiredUSBcapacity
dependsonthesizeoftherecoveryimage.
Attention:CreatingrecoverymediawilldeleteanythingstoredontheUSBdrive.Toavoiddataloss,makea
backupcopyofallthedatathatyouwanttokeep.
Tocreaterecoverymedia,dothefollowing:
Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpower.
1.Moveyourpointertothetop-rightorbottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms,and
clickSearch.
2.Dependingontheoperatingsystem,dooneofthefollowing:
•ForWindows8:
TyperecoveryintheSearchfieldandclickSettings.ThenclickCreatearecoverydrive.
•ForWindows8.1:
TyperecoveryintheSearchfieldandclicktheSearchbutton.ThenclickCreatearecoverydrive.
3.ClickYesintheUserAccountControlwindowtoallowtheRecoveryMediaCreatorprogramtostart.
4.EnsurethatyouselecttheCopytherecoverypartitionfromthePCtotherecoverydrive.option.
ThenclickNext.
Important:IfyoucleartheCopytherecoverypartitionfromthePCtotherecoverydrive.option,
youwillcreaterecoverymediawithouttherecoverypartitioncontent.Youstillcanstartthecomputer
fromtherecoverymedia,butyoumightbeunabletorecoveryourcomputeriftherecoverypartitionon
yourcomputerisdamaged.
5.ConnectaproperUSBdrivethenclickNext.
6.ClickCreateintheRecoveryDrivewindow.Thecreationoftherecoverymediastarts.
7.Whenthecreationoftherecoverymediafinishes,dooneofthefollowing:
•Tokeeptherecoverypartitiononyourcomputer,clickFinish.
•Todeletetherecoverypartitiononyourcomputer,clickDeletetherecoverypartition.
Attention:Ifyoudeletetherecoverypartitiononyourcomputer,dokeeptherecoverymediaina
safeplace.TheWindowsrecoveryimagewillnotbestoredinyourcomputeranymore,andyouwill
needtherecoverymediatorefreshorresetyourcomputer.
8.RemovetheUSBdrive.Therecoverymediaarecreatedsuccessfully.
Usingrecoverymedia
Ifyoucannotstartyourcomputer,orifyoucannotstarttheWindowsrecoveryimageonyourcomputer,use
recoverymediatorecoveryourcomputer.
Touserecoverymedia,dothefollowing:
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Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpower.
1.Turnonorrestartthecomputer.BeforetheWindowsoperatingsystemstarts,repeatedlypressF12.The
BootMenuwindowopens.
2.Selecttherecoverydriveasthebootdevice.
3.Selectapreferredlanguageandthenselectapreferredkeyboardlayout.
4.ClickTroubleshoottodisplaytheoptionalrecoverysolutions.
5.Selectacorrespondingrecoverysolutionaccordingtoyoursituation.Forexample,selectResetyour
PCifyouwanttoresetyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings.
FormoreinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbytheWindows8andWindows8.1operating
systems,goto:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=263800
RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows10operatingsystem
TheWindowsrecoveryprogramsenableyoutoresetyourcomputeroruseadvancedstartupoptions.
ItisrecommendedthatyoucreatearecoveryUSBdriveasearlyaspossible.StoretherecoveryUSBdrive
asabackuporreplacementfortheWindowsrecoveryprograms.
Formoreinformation,see“CreatingandusingarecoveryUSBdrive”onpage120.
Resettingyourcomputer
Ifyourcomputerdoesnotperformwell,youmightconsiderresettingyourcomputer.Intheresettingprocess,
youcanchoosetokeepyourfilesorremovethem,andthenreinstalltheWindowsoperatingsystem.
Toresetyourcomputer,dothefollowing:
Note:Thegraphicaluserinterface(GUI)itemsoftheoperatingsystemmightchangewithoutnotice.
1.OpentheStartmenuandthenclickSettings.IfSettingsisnotdisplayed,clickAllappstodisplayall
programs,andthenclickSettings➙Update&security➙Recovery.
2.IntheResetthisPCsection,clickGetstarted.
3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoresetyourcomputer.
Usingadvancedstartupoptions
Withadvancedstartupoptions,youcanchangethefirmwaresettingsofthecomputer,changethestartup
settingsoftheWindowsoperatingsystem,startthecomputerfromanexternaldevice,orrestorethe
Windowsoperatingsystemfromasystemimage.
Touseadvancedstartupoptions,dothefollowing:
Note:TheGUIitemsoftheoperatingsystemmightchangewithoutnotice.
1.OpentheStartmenuandthenclickSettings.IfSettingsisnotdisplayed,clickAllappstodisplayall
programs,andthenclickSettings➙Update&security➙Recovery.
2.IntheAdvancedstartupsection,clickRestartnow➙Troubleshoot➙Advancedoptions.
3.Selectadesiredstartupoption,thenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
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RecoveringyouroperatingsystemifWindows10failstostart
TheWindowsrecoveryenvironmentonyourcomputeriscapableofoperatingindependentlyfromthe
Windows10operatingsystem.Thisenablesyoutorecoverorrepairtheoperatingsystemevenifthe
Windows10operatingsystemfailstostart.
Aftertwoconsecutivefailedbootattempts,theWindowsrecoveryenvironmentstartsautomatically.Then
youcanchooserepairandrecoveryoptionsbyfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpowerduringtherecoveryprocess.
CreatingandusingarecoveryUSBdrive
YoucancreatearecoveryUSBdriveasabackupfortheWindowsrecoveryprograms.Withtherecovery
USBdrive,youcantroubleshootandfixtheproblemsevenifthepreinstalledWindowsrecoveryprograms
aredamaged.
CreatingarecoveryUSBdrive
TheUSBdrivethatyouusetocreatetherecoveryUSBdrivemustbeatleast16GBofstorage.Theactual
USBcapacitythatisrequireddependsonthesizeoftherecoveryimage.
Attention:ThecreationprocessdeletesanythingstoredontheUSBdrive.Toavoiddataloss,makea
backupcopyofallthedatathatyouwanttokeep.
TocreatearecoveryUSBdrive,dothefollowing:
Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpowerduringthefollowingprocess.
1.ConnectaproperUSBdrive(atleast16GBofstorage).
2.Typerecoveryinthesearchboxonthetaskbar.ThenclickCreatearecoverydrive.
3.ClickYesintheUserAccountControlwindowtoallowtheRecoveryMediaCreatorprogramtostart.
4.IntheRecoveryDrivewindow,followtheon-screeninstructionstocreatearecoveryUSBdrive.
UsingtherecoveryUSBdrive
Ifyoucannotstartyourcomputer,refertothecorrespondinginformationinthetopic“Troubleshooting”on
page93totrytosolvetheproblembyyourself.Ifyoustillcannotstartyourcomputer,usetherecovery
USBdrivetorecoveryourcomputer.
TousearecoveryUSBdrive,dothefollowing:
Note:Ensurethatyourcomputerisconnectedtoacpower.
1.ConnecttherecoveryUSBdrivetothecomputer.
2.Turnonorrestartthecomputer.BeforetheWindowsoperatingsystemstarts,repeatedlypresstheF12
key.TheBootMenuwindowopens.
3.SelecttherecoveryUSBdriveasthebootdevice.
4.Selectapreferredkeyboardlayout.
5.ClickTroubleshoottodisplaytheoptionalrecoverysolutions.
6.Selectacorrespondingrecoverysolutionaccordingtoyoursituation.Thenfollowtheinstructionson
thescreentocompletetheprocess.
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Chapter10.Replacingdevices
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:
•“Staticelectricityprevention”onpage121
•“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121
•“InstallingorreplacingtheSIMcard”onpage123
•“Replacingtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage124
•“Replacingamemorymodule”onpage126
•“InstallingorreplacingtheM.2wireless-LANcard”onpage128
•“InstallingorreplacingtheM.2wireless-WANcard”onpage132
•“ReplacingtheUltrabaydevice”onpage135
•“Replacingthekeyboard”onpage138
•“Replacingthecoin-cellbattery”onpage143
Staticelectricityprevention
Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,canseriouslydamagecomputercomponentsandoptions.
Improperhandlingofstatic-sensitivepartscancausedamagetothepart.Whenyouunpackanoptionor
aCRU,donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthepartuntiltheinstructionsdirectyou
toinstallthepart.
WhenyouhandleoptionsorCRUs,orperformanyworkinsidethecomputer,takethefollowingprecautions
toavoidstatic-electricitydamage:
•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.
•Alwayshandlecomponentscarefully.Handleadapters,memorymodules,andothercircuitboardsbythe
edges.Nevertouchexposedcircuitry.
•Preventothersfromtouchingcomponents.
•Whenyouinstallastatic-sensitiveoptionorCRU,touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthe
parttoametalexpansion-slotcoverorotherunpaintedmetalsurfaceonthecomputerforatleasttwo
seconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityinthepackageandyourbody.
•Whenpossible,removethestatic-sensitivepartfromthestatic-protectivepackageandinstallthepart
withoutsettingitdown.Whenthisisnotpossible,placethestatic-protectivepackageonasmooth,
levelsurfaceandplacethepartonthepackage.
•Donotplacethepartonthecomputercoverorothermetalsurface.
Replacingthebatterypack
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
ThissystemsupportsonlybatteriesspeciallydesignedforthisspecificsystemandmanufacturedbyLenovo
oranauthorizedbuilder.Thesystemdoesnotsupportunauthorizedbatteriesorbatteriesdesignedforother
systems.Ifanunauthorizedbatteryorabatterydesignedforanothersystemisinstalled,thesystemwillnot
chargeandthefollowingmessagewillbedisplayed:
“Thebatteryinstalledisnotsupportedbythissystemandwillnotcharge.Pleasereplacethebattery
withthecorrectLenovobatteryforthissystem.”
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Attention:Lenovohasnoresponsibilityfortheperformanceorsafetyofunauthorizedbatteries,and
providesnowarrantiesforfailuresordamagearisingoutoftheiruse.
DANGER
Iftherechargeablebatterypackisincorrectlyreplaced,thereisdangerofanexplosion.Thebattery
packcontainsasmallamountofharmfulsubstances.Toavoidpossibleinjury:
•ReplaceonlywithabatteryofthetyperecommendedbyLenovo.
•Keepthebatterypackawayfromfire.
•Donotexposeittoexcessiveheat.
•Donotexposeittowaterorrain.
•Donotshort-circuitit.
•Donotdrop,crush,puncture,orsubjecttostrongforces.Batteryabuseormishandlingcan
causethebatterytooverheat,whichcancausegassesorflameto“vent”fromthebattery
packorcoincell.
Toreplacethebatterypack,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputer,thendisconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablesfromthecomputer.
2.Closethecomputerlidandturnoverthecomputer.
3.Unlockthebatterylatchesbyslidingthemtotheunlockedpositions1.Removethebatterypack2.
4.Insertanewbatterypackuntilitclicksintoplace.
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Afterthereplacement,turnoverthecomputerandconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablestothe
computer.
InstallingorreplacingtheSIMcard
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
SIMcardisasmallplasticcardwithanIntegratedCircuit(IC)chipmountedononesideofthecard.
Ifyourcomputersupportswireless-WANconnections,yourcomputermightrequireaSIMcardtoestablish
wireless-WANconnections.Dependingonthecountryorregionofdelivery,youmightneedtopurchase
aSIMcardoraSIMcardmightalreadybeinstalledinyourcomputerorispartoftheshippingcontents
thatcomewithyourcomputer.
ToinstallorreplacetheSIMcard,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputer,thendisconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablesfromthecomputer.
2.Removethebatterypack.See“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121.
3.LocatetheSIM-cardslotinsidethebatterycompartment.IftherealreadyisaSIMcardintheslot,push
theSIMcardinwardalittle1,theSIMcardpopsout2.GentlyslidetheSIMcardoutoftheslot.
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4.InsertthenewSIMcardfirmlyintotheslotuntilyouhearaclick.
5.Installthebatterypack.See“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121.
6.Turnoverthecomputerandconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.
Replacingtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
Attention:Theharddiskdriveorsolid-statedriveisverysensitive.Incorrecthandlingcancausedamage
andpermanentlossofdata.Observethefollowingguidelines:
•Replacetheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedriveonlyifyouupgradeitorhaveitrepaired.Theconnectors
andslotoftheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivearenotdesignedforfrequentchangesorreplacement.
•Donotdroptheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedriveorsubjectittophysicalshocks.Puttheharddiskdrive
orsolid-statedriveonamaterial,suchassoftcloth,thatabsorbsanyphysicalshocks.
•Donotapplypressuretothecoveroftheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.
•Donottouchtheconnector.
•Beforeremovingtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,makeabackupcopyofalltheinformation
onit,andthenturnoffthecomputer.
•Neverremovetheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivewhilethecomputerisoperating,insleepmode,
orinhibernationmode.
Toreplacetheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputer,thendisconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablesfromthecomputer.
2.Removethebatterypack.See“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121.
3.Loosenthescrews1thatsecurethebasecoverassembly.Thenremovethebasecoverassemblyin
thedirectionshownbythearrow2.
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7.Installthescrewtosecurethenewharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.
8.Installthebasecoverassembly1andtightenthescrews2.
9.Installthebatterypack.See“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121.
10.Turnoverthecomputerandconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.
Replacingamemorymodule
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
Increasingmemorycapacityisaneffectivewaytomakeprogramsrunfaster.Youcanincreasememory
capacitybyreplacingoraddingamemorymodule.
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Note:Theoperatingspeedofthememorymodulehasdependencyonthesystemconfiguration.Insome
conditions,thememorymoduleinyourcomputermightnotbeabletooperateatthemaximumspeed.
Attention:Beforehandlingamemorymodule,touchametalobjecttoreduceanystaticelectricityfromyour
body.Staticelectricitycoulddamagethememorymodule.
Toreplaceamemorymodule,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputer,thendisconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablesfromthecomputer.
2.Removethebatterypack.See“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121.
3.Loosenthescrews1thatsecurethebasecoverassembly.Thenremovethebasecoverassemblyin
thedirectionshownbythearrow2.
4.Openthelatchesonbothsidesofthememoryslotatthesametime1,andthenremovethememory
module2.Savetheremovedmemorymoduleforfutureuse.
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5.Placethenotchedendofthenewmemorymoduletowardthecontactedgesideofthememoryslot,
andinsertthememorymodule1intotheslotatanangleofabout20degrees.Pivotthememory
moduledownwarduntilitsnapsintoplace2.Ensurethatthememorymoduleisfirmlyinstalledin
theslotandcannotbemovedeasily.
Attention:
•Donottouchthecontactedgeofthememorymodule.Otherwisethememorymodulemightbe
damaged.
•Ifyouinstallonlyonememorymodule,ensurethatyouinstallitintothebottomslot,whichisthe
primaryslot.
6.Installthebasecoverassembly1andtightenthescrews2.
7.Installthebatterypack.See“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121.
8.Turnoverthecomputerandconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.
InstallingorreplacingtheM.2wireless-LANcard
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
DANGER
Electriccurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.T oavoidshock
hazard,disconnectthecablesbeforeopeningthecoverofthisslot.
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Attention:Beforehandlingacard,touchametaltableoragroundedmetalobject.Thisactionreducesany
staticelectricityfromyourbody.Staticelectricitycoulddamagethecard.
ToinstallorreplaceanM.2wireless-LANcard,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputer,thendisconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablesfromthecomputer.
2.Removethebatterypack.See“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121.
3.Loosenthescrews1thatsecurethebasecoverassembly.Thenremovethebasecoverassemblyin
thedirectionshownbythearrow2.
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4.Ifyouareinstallingawireless-LANcard,gotostep5.Ifyouarereplacingawireless-LANcard,dothe
followingtoremovetheoldcardfirst:
a.Ifatoolisprovidedwiththenewcardtohelpyoudisconnectcables,usethetooltodisconnectthe
cablesfromtheoldcard.Ifnosuchatoolisprovided,holdthecableconnectorwithyourfingers
andgentlydisconnecteachcablefromtheoldcard.
b.Removethescrew.Thecardisreleasedfromthesecuredpositionandpivotsupward.
c.Carefullyremovethewireless-LANcardoutoftheslot.
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5.Alignthenotchededgeofthenewwireless-LANcardwiththekeyintheslot.Thencarefullyinsertthe
cardintotheslotatanangleofabout20degrees.
6.Pivotthenewwireless-LANcarddownward1,andtheninstallthescrewtosecurethecardinplace2.
7.Connecttheantennacablestothenewwireless-LANcard.Ensurethatyouattachthegraycabletothe
mainconnectoronthecard,andtheblackcabletotheauxiliaryconnectoronthecard.
8.Installthebasecoverassembly1andtightenthescrews2.
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9.Installthebatterypack.See“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121.
10.Turnoverthecomputerandconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.
InstallingorreplacingtheM.2wireless-WANcard
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
DANGER
Electriccurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.T oavoidshock
hazard,disconnectthecablesbeforeopeningthecoverofthisslot.
Attention:Beforehandlingacard,touchametaltableoragroundedmetalobject.Thisactionreducesany
staticelectricityfromyourbody.Staticelectricitycoulddamagethecard.
ToinstallorreplacetheM.2wireless-WANcard,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputer,thendisconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablesfromthecomputer.
2.Removethebatterypack.See“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121.
3.Loosenthescrews1thatsecurethebasecoverassembly.Thenremovethebasecoverassemblyin
thedirectionshownbythearrow2.
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4.Ifyourcomputeralreadyisinstalledwithawireless-WANcard,removethecardbydoingStep4to6.
Ifatoolisprovidedwiththenewcardtohelpyoudisconnectcables,usethetooltodisconnectthe
cablesfromtheoldcard.Ifnosuchatoolisprovided,holdthecableconnectorwithyourfingersand
gentlydisconnecteachcablefromtheoldcard.
5.Removethescrew.Thecardisreleasedfromthesecuredpositionandpivotsupward.
6.Carefullyremovethewireless-WANcardoutoftheslot.
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7.Alignthenotchededgeofthenewwireless-WANcardwiththekeyintheslot.Thencarefullyinsertthe
cardintotheslotatanangleofabout20degrees.
8.Pivotthenewwireless-WANcarddownward1andtheninstallthescrewtosecurethecardinplace2.
9.Connecttheantennacablestothenewwireless-WANcard.Ensurethatyouconnecttheredcableto
themainconnectoronthecard,andthebluecabletotheauxiliaryconnectoronthecard.
10.Installthebasecoverassembly1andtightenthescrews2.
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11.Installthebatterypack.See“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121.
12.Turnoverthecomputerandconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.
ReplacingtheUltrabaydevice
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
ForThinkPadL440
ToreplacetheUltrabaydeviceforThinkPadL440,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputer,thendisconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablesfromthecomputer.
2.Removethebatterypack.See“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121.
3.Loosenthescrews1thatsecurethebasecoverassembly.Thenremovethebasecoverassemblyin
thedirectionshownbythearrow2.
4.RemovethescrewthatsecurestheUltrabaydevice.
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5.RemovetheUltrabaydevice.
6.InsertthenewUltrabaydeviceintothebay.
7.InstallthescrewtosecurethenewUltrabaydevice.
8.Installthebasecoverassembly1andtightenthescrews2.
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9.Installthebatterypack.See“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121.
10.Turnoverthecomputerandconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.
ForThinkPadL540
ToreplacetheUltrabaydeviceforThinkPadL540,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputer,thendisconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablesfromthecomputer.
2.Removethebatterypack.See“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121.
3.RemovethescrewthatsecurestheUltrabaydevice.
4.RemovetheUltrabaydevice.
5.InsertthereplaceableUltrabaydeviceintothebay.
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6.InstallthescrewtosecurethenewUltrabaydevice.
7.Installthebatterypack.See“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121.
8.Turnoverthecomputerandconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.
Replacingthekeyboard
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
DANGER
Electriccurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.T oavoidshock
hazard,disconnectthecablesbeforeopeningthecoverofthisslot.
Toremovethekeyboard,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputer,thendisconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablesfromthecomputer.
2.Removethebatterypack.See“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121.
3.Findthekeyboardmulti-toolintheshippingpackageofthenewkeyboard.
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6.Pivotthekeyboardslightlyupwardasshownbythearrow1untilyoucanseetheconnectorsonthe
bottomsideofthekeyboard.Thenturnoverthekeyboardasshownbythearrow2.
7.Putthekeyboardonthepalmrestanddetachtheconnectors.Thenremovethekeyboard.
Toinstallthenewkeyboard,dothefollowing:
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3.Ensurethatthescrewheadsareexposedcompletely.Otherwise,revealthescrewheadsbyslidingthe
keyboardframeforwardwiththeflatendofthekeyboardmulti-tool.
4.Tightenthescrewswiththecrossendofthekeyboardmulti-tooltosecurethekeyboardinplace.
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5.Slidethekeyboardframebackwardby2.5mm(0.1inch)withtheflatendofthekeyboardmulti-toolto
hidethelatchesofthekeyboardframeunderthekeyboardbezel.
Note:Donotpressorholdthekeyswhileslidingthekeyboardframe,otherwisethekeyboardframe
cannotbemoved.
6.Inserttheflatendofthekeyboardmulti-toolintothegapsaroundthekeysasshowntoslidethe
keyboardframebackward.Ensurethatthereisnogapbetweenthekeyboardframeandkeyboardbezel.
Note:Donotpressandholdthekeyswhileslidingthekeyboardframe,otherwisethekeyboardframe
cannotbemoved.
7.Installthebatterypack.See“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121.
8.Turnoverthecomputerandconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.
Replacingthecoin-cellbattery
Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.
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DANGER
Ifthecoin-cellbatteryisincorrectlyreplaced,thereisdangerofanexplosion.Thecoin-cellbattery
containsasmallamountofharmfulsubstances.Toavoidpossibleinjury:
•ReplaceonlywithabatteryofthetyperecommendedbyLenovo.
•Keepthebatterypackawayfromfire.
•Donotexposeittoexcessiveheat.
•Donotexposeittowaterorrain.
•Donotshort-circuitit.
•Donotdrop,crush,puncture,orsubjecttostrongforces.Batteryabuseormishandlingcan
causethebatterytooverheat,whichcancausegassesorflameto“vent”fromthebattery
packorcoincell.
Toreplacethecoin-cellbattery,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffthecomputer,thendisconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablesfromthecomputer.
2.Removethebatterypack.See“Replacingthebatterypack”onpage121.
3.Loosenthescrews1thatsecurethebasecoverassembly.Thenremovethebasecoverassemblyin
thedirectionshownbythearrow2.
4.Detachtheconnector1,andthenremovethecoin-cellbattery2.
5.Installthenewcoin-cellbattery1andattachtheconnector2.
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Chapter11.Gettingsupport
ThischapterprovidesinformationaboutgettinghelpandsupportfromLenovo.
•“BeforeyoucontactLenovo”onpage147
•“Gettinghelpandservice”onpage147
•“Purchasingadditionalservices”onpage149
BeforeyoucontactLenovo
Often,youcansolveyourcomputerproblemsbyreferringtotheinformationintheexplanationsoferror
codes,runningdiagnosticprograms,orbyconsultingtheLenovoWebsite.
Registeringyourcomputer
RegisteryourcomputerwithLenovo.Formoreinformation,see“Registeringyourcomputer”onpage23.
Downloadingsystemupdates
Downloadingupdatedsoftwaremightresolveproblemsyouexperiencewithyourcomputer.
Todownloadupdatedsoftware,gotothefollowingWebsiteandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
Recordinginformation
BeforeyoutalktoaLenovorepresentative,recordthefollowingimportantinformationaboutyourcomputer.
Recordingproblemsymptomsanddetails
Collecttheanswerstothequestionsbelowbeforeyoucallforhelp.Then,youwillbeabletogethelp
asquicklyaspossible.
•Whatistheproblem?Isitcontinuousorintermittent?
•Isthereanerrormessage?Whatistheerrorcode,ifany?
•Whatoperatingsystemareyouusing?Whichversion?
•Whichsoftwareprogramswererunningatthetimeoftheproblem?
•Cantheproblembereproduced?Ifso,how?
Recordingsysteminformation
Theserialnumberlabelisonthebottomofyourcomputer.Recordthemachinetypeandtheserialnumber.
•WhatisthenameofyourLenovoproduct?
•Whatisthemachinetype?
•Whatistheserialnumber?
Gettinghelpandservice
Ifyouneedhelp,service,technicalassistance,orjustwantmoreinformationaboutLenovoproducts,you
willfindawidevarietyofsourcesavailablefromLenovotoassistyou.Thissectioncontainsinformation
aboutwheretogoforadditionalinformationaboutLenovoandourproducts,whattodoifyouexperiencea
problemwithyourcomputer,andwhomtocallforserviceshoulditbenecessary.
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Informationaboutyourcomputerandpreinstalledsoftware,ifany,isavailableinthedocumentationthat
comeswithyourcomputer.Thatdocumentationincludesprintedbooks,onlinebooks,readmefiles,and
helpfiles.Inaddition,informationaboutLenovoproductsisavailableontheWorldWideWeb.
MicrosoftServicePacksarethelatestsoftwaresourceforWindowsproductupdates.Theyareavailable
throughWebdownload(connectionchargesmightapply)orthroughdisc.Formorespecificinformationand
links,gotohttp://www.microsoft.com.Lenovoofferstechnicalassistancewithinstallationof,orquestions
relatedto,ServicePacksforyourLenovo-preloadedMicrosoftWindowsproduct.Formoreinformation,
contacttheCustomerSupportCenter.
Usingdiagnosticprograms
Manycomputerproblemscanbesolvedwithoutoutsideassistance.Ifyouexperienceaproblemwithyour
computer,thefirstplacetostartisthetroubleshootinginformationofyourcomputerdocumentation.Ifyou
suspectasoftwareproblem,seethedocumentation,includingreadmefilesandhelpinformationsystems,
thatcomeswiththeoperatingsystemorapplicationprogram.
ThinkPadnotebookcomputerscomewithasetofdiagnosticprogramsthatyoucanusetohelpyouidentify
hardwareproblems.See“Diagnosingproblems”onpage93forinstructionsonusingthediagnostic
programs.
Thetroubleshootinginformationorthediagnosticprogramsmighttellyouthatyouneedadditionalor
updateddevicedriversorothersoftware.Youcangetthelatesttechnicalinformationanddownloaddevice
driversandupdatesfromtheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
LenovoSupportWebsite
TechnicalsupportinformationisavailableontheLenovoSupportWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
ThisWebsiteisupdatedwiththelatestsupportinformationsuchasthefollowing:
•Driversandsoftware
•Diagnosticsolutions
•Productandservicewarranty
•Productandpartsdetails
•Userguidesandmanuals
•Knowledgebaseandfrequentlyaskedquestions
CallingLenovo
Ifyouhavetriedtocorrecttheproblemyourselfandstillneedhelp,duringthewarrantyperiod,youcan
gethelpandinformationbytelephonethroughtheCustomerSupportCenter.Thefollowingservicesare
availableduringthewarrantyperiod:
•Problemdetermination-Trainedpersonnelareavailabletoassistyouwithdeterminingifyouhavea
hardwareproblemanddecidingwhatactionisnecessarytofixtheproblem.
•Lenovohardwarerepair-IftheproblemisdeterminedtobecausedbyLenovohardwareunderwarranty,
trainedservicepersonnelareavailabletoprovidetheapplicablelevelofservice.
•Engineeringchangemanagement-Occasionally,theremightbechangesthatarerequiredafteraproduct
hasbeensold.Lenovooryourreseller,ifauthorizedbyLenovo,willmakeselectedEngineeringChanges
(ECs)thatapplytoyourhardwareavailable.
Thefollowingitemsarenotcovered:
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•ReplacementoruseofpartsnotmanufacturedfororbyLenovoornonwarrantedparts
•Identificationofsoftwareproblemsources
•ConfigurationoftheUEFIBIOSaspartofaninstallationorupgrade
•Changes,modifications,orupgradestodevicedrivers
•Installationandmaintenanceofnetworkoperatingsystems(NOS)
•Installationandmaintenanceofapplicationprograms
ForthetermsandconditionsoftheLenovoLimitedWarrantythatappliestoyourLenovohardwareproduct,
see“Warrantyinformation”intheSafety,Warranty,andSetupGuidethatcomeswithyourcomputer.
Ifpossible,benearyourcomputerwhenyoumakeyourcallincasethetechnicalassistancerepresentative
needstohelpyouresolveacomputerproblem.Ensurethatyouhavedownloadedthemostcurrentdrivers
andsystemupdates,rundiagnostics,andrecordedinformationbeforeyoucall.Whencallingfortechnical
assistance,havethefollowinginformationavailable:
•Machinetypeandmodel
•Serialnumbersofyourcomputer,monitor,andothercomponents,oryourproofofpurchase
•Descriptionoftheproblem
•Exactwordingofanyerrormessages
•Hardwareandsoftwareconfigurationinformationforyoursystem
Telephonenumbers
ForalistoftheLenovoSupportphonenumbersforyourcountryorregion,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/support/phoneorrefertotheSafety,Warranty,andSetupGuidethatcomeswith
yourcomputer.
Note:Phonenumbersaresubjecttochangewithoutnotice.Thelatestphonenumbersareavailableat
http://www.lenovo.com/support/phone.Ifthenumberforyourcountryorregionisnotprovided,contact
yourLenovoresellerorLenovomarketingrepresentative.
Purchasingadditionalservices
Duringandafterthewarrantyperiod,youcanpurchaseadditionalservices,suchassupportforLenovo
andnon-Lenovohardware,operatingsystems,andapplicationprograms;networksetupandconfiguration
services;upgradedorextendedhardwarerepairservices;andcustominstallationsservices.Service
availabilityandservicenamemightvarybycountry.
Formoreinformationabouttheseservices,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/essentials
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AppendixA.RegulatoryInformation
Wirelessrelatedinformation
Wirelessinteroperability
TheM.2wireless-LANcardisdesignedtobeinteroperablewithanywireless-LANproductthatisbased
onDirectSequenceSpreadSpectrum(DSSS),ComplementaryCodeKeying(CCK),and/orOrthogonal
FrequencyDivisionMultiplexing(OFDM)radiotechnology,andiscompliantto:
•The802.11b/gStandard,802.11a/b/gor802.11ndraft2.0onwireless-LANs,asdefinedandapprovedby
theInstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineers.
•TheWirelessFidelity(WiFi)certificationasdefinedbytheWi-FiAlliance.
YourBluetoothcardiscompliantwithBluetoothSpecification4.0asdefinedbytheBluetoothSpecial
InterestGroupSIG.Itsupportsthefollowingprofiles:
•AdvancedAudioDistributionProfile(A2DP)
•Audio/VideoControlTransportProtocol(AVCTP)
•Audio/VideoDistributionTransportProtocol(AVDTP)
•A/VRemoteControlProfile(AVRCP)
•BasicImagingProfile(BIP)
•BasicPrintingProfile(BPP)
•Dial-UpNetworkingProfile(DUN)
•FileTransferProfile(FTP)
•GenericAccessProfile(GAP)
•GenericA/VDistributionProfile(GAVDP)
•HardcopyCableReplacementProfile(HCRP)
•HeadsetProfile(HSP)
•Hands-FreeProfile(HFP)
•HumanInterfaceDeviceProfile(HID)
•MessageAccessProfile(MAP)
•ObjectExchangeProtocol(OBEX)
•ObjectPushProfile(OPP)
•PersonalAreaNetworkingProfile(PAN)
•PhoneBookAccessProfile(PBAP)
•ServiceDiscoveryProtocol(SDP)
•SynchronizationProfile(SYNC)
•VideoDistributionProfile(VDP)
•GenericAttributeProfile(GATT)
•ProximityProfile
•FindMeProfile
•ImmediateAlertProfile
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•BatteryStatusProfile
Usageenvironmentandyourhealth
Integratedwirelesscardsemitradiofrequencyelectromagneticenergylikeotherradiodevices.However,the
levelofenergyemittedisfarmuchlessthantheelectromagneticenergyemittedbywirelessdeviceslike
forexamplemobilephones.
Duetothefactthatintegratedwirelesscardsoperatewithintheguidelinesfoundinradiofrequencysafety
standardsandrecommendations,Lenovobelievestheyaresafeforusebyconsumers.Thesestandardsand
recommendationsreflecttheconsensusofthescientificcommunityandresultfromdeliberationsofpanels
andcommitteesofscientistswhocontinuallyreviewandinterprettheextensiveresearchliterature.
Insomesituationorenvironment,theuseofintegratedwirelesscardsmightberestrictedbytheproprietor
ofthebuildingorresponsiblerepresentativesoftheorganization.Thesesituationsandareasmightfor
exampleinclude:
•Usingtheintegratedwirelesscardsonboardofairplanes,inhospitalsornearpetrolstations,blasting
areas(withelectro-explosivedevices),medicalimplantsorbody-wornelectronicmedicaldevices,such
aspacemakers.
•Inanyotherenvironmentwheretheriskofinterferencetootherdevicesorservicesisperceivedor
identifiedasharmful.
Ifyouareuncertainofthepolicythatappliestotheuseofwirelessdevicesinaspecificorganization(suchas
airportorhospital),youareencouragedtoaskforauthorizationtouseintegratedwirelesscardspriorto
turningonthecomputer.
LocationsoftheUltraConnect™wirelessantennas
ThinkPadmodelsfeatureadiversifiedantennasystembuiltintothedisplayforoptimalreception,which
enableswirelesscommunicationwhereveryouare.
1Wireless-LANantenna(main)
2Wireless-WANantenna(main)
3Wireless-WANantenna(auxiliary)
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4Wireless-LANantenna(auxiliary)
Wireless-radiocomplianceinformation
Computermodelsequippedwithwirelesscommunicationscomplywiththeradiofrequencyandsafety
standardsofanycountryorregioninwhichithasbeenapprovedforwirelessuse.
Brazilwireless-radiocomplianceinformation
Esteequipamentooperaemcarátersecundário,istoé,nãotemdireitoaproteçãocontrainterferência
prejudicial,mesmodeestaçõesdomesmotipo,enãopodecausarinterferênciaasistemasoperandoem
caráterprimário.
Thisequipmentisasecondarytypedevice,thatis,itisnotprotectedagainstharmfulinterference,even
iftheinterferenceiscausedbyadeviceofthesametype,anditalsocannotcauseanyinterferenceto
primarytypedevices.
Mexicowireless-radiocomplianceinformation
Advertencia:EnMexicolaoperacióndeesteequipoestásujetaalassiguientesdoscondiciones:(1)es
posiblequeesteequipoodispositivonocauseinterferenciaperjudicialy(2)esteequipoodispositivodebe
aceptarcualquierinterferencia,incluyendolaquepuedacausarsuoperaciónnodeseada.
Locatingwirelessregulatorynotices
Formoreinformationaboutthewirelessregulatorynotices,refertotheRegulatoryNoticeshippedwiththe
computer.
IfthecomputerisshippedwithouttheRegulatoryNotice,youcanfinditontheWebsiteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManual
Certificationrelatedinformation
Thefollowingtablecontainsinformationoftheproductname,complianceID,andmachinetypes.
ProductnameComplianceIDMachinetypes
ThinkPadL440TP00057A20ASand20AT
ThinkPadL540TP00058A20AUand20AV
Exportclassificationnotice
ThisproductissubjecttotheUnitedStatesExportAdministrationRegulations(EAR)andhasanExport
ClassificationControlNumber(ECCN)of5A992.c.Itcanbere-exportedexcepttoanyoftheembargoed
countriesintheEARE1countrylist.
Electronicemissionnotices
FederalCommunicationsCommissionDeclarationofConformity
ThefollowinginformationreferstotheThinkPadL440andL540computer,machinetypes20AS,20AT,
20AU,and20AV.
ThisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassBdigitaldevice,pursuant
toPart15oftheFCCRules.Theselimitsaredesignedtoprovidereasonableprotectionagainstharmful
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interferenceinaresidentialinstallation.Thisequipmentgenerates,uses,andcanradiateradiofrequency
energyand,ifnotinstalledandusedinaccordancewiththeinstructions,maycauseharmfulinterference
toradiocommunications.However,thereisnoguaranteethatinterferencewillnotoccurinaparticular
installation.Ifthisequipmentdoescauseharmfulinterferencetoradioortelevisionreception,whichcanbe
determinedbyturningtheequipmentoffandon,theuserisencouragedtotrytocorrecttheinterferenceby
oneormoreofthefollowingmeasures:
•Reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna.
•Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver.
•Connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacircuitdifferentfromthattowhichthereceiverisconnected.
•Consultanauthorizeddealerorservicerepresentativeforhelp.
Lenovoisnotresponsibleforanyradioortelevisioninterferencecausedbyusingotherthanspecifiedor
recommendedcablesandconnectorsorbyunauthorizedchangesormodificationstothisequipment.
Unauthorizedchangesormodificationscouldvoidtheuser'sauthoritytooperatetheequipment.
ThisdevicecomplieswithPart15oftheFCCRules.Operationissubjecttothefollowingtwoconditions:(1)
thisdevicemaynotcauseharmfulinterference,and(2)thisdevicemustacceptanyinterferencereceived,
includinginterferencethatmaycauseundesiredoperation.
ResponsibleParty:
Lenovo(UnitedStates)Incorporated
1009ThinkPlace-BuildingOne
Morrisville,NC27560
PhoneNumber:919-294-5900
IndustryCanadaClassBemissioncompliancestatement
CANICES-3(B)/NMB-3(B)
EuropeanUnion-CompliancetotheElectromagneticCompatibility
Directive
ThisproductisinconformitywiththeprotectionrequirementsofEUCouncilDirective2004/108/EConthe
approximationofthelawsoftheMemberStatesrelatingtoelectromagneticcompatibility.Lenovocannot
acceptresponsibilityforanyfailuretosatisfytheprotectionrequirementsresultingfromanon-recommended
modificationoftheproduct,includingtheinstallationofoptioncardsfromothermanufacturers.
ThisproducthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforClassBInformationTechnology
EquipmentaccordingtoEuropeanStandardEN55022.ThelimitsforClassBequipmentwerederived
fortypicalresidentialenvironmentstoprovidereasonableprotectionagainstinterferencewithlicensed
communicationdevices.
EUcontact:Lenovo,Einsteinova21,85101Bratislava,Slovakia
GermanClassBcompliancestatement
DeutschsprachigerEUHinweis:
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HinweisfürGerätederKlasseBEU-RichtliniezurElektromagnetischenVerträglichkeit
DiesesProduktentsprichtdenSchutzanforderungenderEU-Richtlinie2004/108/EG(früher89/336/EWG)zur
AngleichungderRechtsvorschriftenüberdieelektromagnetischeVerträglichkeitindenEU-Mitgliedsstaaten
undhältdieGrenzwertederEN55022KlasseBein.
Umdiesessicherzustellen,sinddieGerätewieindenHandbüchernbeschriebenzuinstallierenundzu
betreiben.DesWeiterendürfenauchnurvonderLenovoempfohleneKabelangeschlossenwerden.
LenovoübernimmtkeineVerantwortungfürdieEinhaltungderSchutzanforderungen,wenndasProdukt
ohneZustimmungderLenovoverändertbzw.wennErweiterungskomponentenvonFremdherstellernohne
EmpfehlungderLenovogesteckt/eingebautwerden.
Deutschland:
EinhaltungdesGesetzesüberdieelektromagnetischeVerträglichkeitvonBetriebsmitteln
DiesesProduktentsprichtdem„GesetzüberdieelektromagnetischeVerträglichkeitvonBetriebsmitteln“
EMVG(früher„GesetzüberdieelektromagnetischeVerträglichkeitvonGeräten“).DiesistdieUmsetzungder
EU-Richtlinie2004/108/EG(früher89/336/EWG)inderBundesrepublikDeutschland.
ZulassungsbescheinigunglautdemDeutschenGesetzüberdieelektromagnetischeVerträglichkeit
vonBetriebsmitteln,EMVGvom20.Juli2007(früherGesetzüberdieelektromagnetische
VerträglichkeitvonGeräten),bzw.derEMVEGRichtlinie2004/108/EC(früher89/336/EWG),für
GerätederKlasseB.
DiesesGerätistberechtigt,inÜbereinstimmungmitdemDeutschenEMVGdasEG-Konformitätszeichen
-CE-zuführen.VerantwortlichfürdieKonformitätserklärungnachParagraf5desEMVGistdieLenovo
(Deutschland)GmbH,Gropiusplatz10,D-70563Stuttgart.
InformationeninHinsichtEMVGParagraf4Abs.(1)4:
DasGeräterfülltdieSchutzanforderungennachEN55024undEN55022KlasseB.
KoreaClassBcompliancestatement
JapanVCCIClassBcompliancestatement
Japancompliancestatementforproductswhichconnecttothepower
mainswithratedcurrentlessthanorequalto20Aperphase
Japannoticeforacpowercord
Theacpowercordshippedwithyourproductcanbeusedonlyforthisspecificproduct.Donotusetheac
powercordforotherdevices.
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LenovoproductserviceinformationforTaiwan
Eurasiancompliancemark
Brazilaudionotice
Ouvirsonscommaisde85decibéisporlongosperíodospodeprovocardanosaosistemaauditivo.
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AppendixB.WEEEandrecyclingstatements
Lenovoencouragesownersofinformationtechnology(IT)equipmenttoresponsiblyrecycletheirequipment
whenitisnolongerneeded.Lenovooffersavarietyofprogramsandservicestoassistequipmentownersin
recyclingtheirITproducts.ForinformationonrecyclingLenovoproducts,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/recycling
ImportantWEEEinformation
TheWEEEmarkingonLenovoproductsappliestocountrieswithWEEEande-wasteregulations(for
example,theEuropeanWEEEDirective,IndiaE-WasteManagement&HandlingRules,2011).Appliancesare
labeledinaccordancewithlocalregulationsconcerningwasteelectricalandelectronicequipment(WEEE).
Theseregulationsdeterminetheframeworkforthereturnandrecyclingofusedappliancesasapplicable
withineachgeography.Thislabelisappliedtovariousproductstoindicatethattheproductisnottobe
thrownaway,butratherputintheestablishedcollectionsystemsforreclaimingtheseendoflifeproducts.
Usersofelectricalandelectronicequipment(EEE)withtheWEEEmarkingmustnotdisposeofendoflife
EEEasunsortedmunicipalwaste,butusethecollectionframeworkavailabletothemforthereturn,recycle,
andrecoveryofWEEEandtominimizeanypotentialeffectsofEEEontheenvironmentandhumanhealth
duetothepresenceofhazardoussubstances.ForadditionalWEEEinformationgoto:
http://www.lenovo.com/recycling
RecyclinginformationforJapan
CollectingandrecyclingadisusedLenovocomputerormonitor
IfyouareacompanyemployeeandneedtodisposeofaLenovocomputerormonitorthatistheproperty
ofthecompany,youmustdosoinaccordancewiththeLawforPromotionofEffectiveUtilizationof
Resources.Computersandmonitorsarecategorizedasindustrialwasteandshouldbeproperlydisposed
ofbyanindustrialwastedisposalcontractorcertifiedbyalocalgovernment.InaccordancewiththeLaw
forPromotionofEffectiveUtilizationofResources,LenovoJapanprovides,throughitsPCCollectingand
RecyclingServices,forthecollecting,reuse,andrecyclingofdisusedcomputersandmonitors.Fordetails,
visittheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com/recycling/japan.
PursuanttotheLawforPromotionofEffectiveUtilizationofResources,thecollectingandrecyclingof
home-usedcomputersandmonitorsbythemanufacturerwasbegunonOctober1,2003.Thisservice
isprovidedfreeofchargeforhome-usedcomputerssoldafterOctober1,2003.Fordetails,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/recycling/japan.
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DisposingofLenovocomputercomponents
SomeLenovocomputerproductssoldinJapanmayhavecomponentsthatcontainheavymetalsorother
environmentalsensitivesubstances.Toproperlydisposeofdisusedcomponents,suchasaprintedcircuit
boardordrive,usethemethodsdescribedaboveforcollectingandrecyclingadisusedcomputerormonitor.
DisposingofdisusedlithiumbatteriesfromLenovocomputers
Abutton-shapedlithiumbatteryisinstalledinsideyourLenovocomputertoprovidepowertothecomputer
clockwhilethecomputerisoffordisconnectedfromthemainpowersource.Ifyouneedtoreplaceitwitha
newone,contactyourplaceofpurchaseorcontactLenovo.Ifyouneedtodisposeofadisusedlithium
battery,insulateitwithvinyltape,contactyourplaceofpurchaseoranindustrial-waste-disposaloperator,
andfollowtheirinstructions.Disposalofalithiumbatterymustcomplywithlocalordinancesandregulations.
DisposingofadisusedbatterypackfromLenovonotebookcomputers
YourLenovonotebookcomputerhasalithiumionbatterypackoranickelmetalhydridebatterypack.Ifyou
areacompanyemployeewhousesaLenovonotebookcomputerandneedtodisposeofabatterypack,
contacttheproperpersoninLenovosales,service,ormarketing,andfollowthatperson'sinstructions.You
alsocanrefertotheinstructionsathttp://www.lenovo.com/jp/ja/environment/recycle/battery/.
IfyouuseaLenovonotebookcomputerathomeandneedtodisposeofabatterypack,you
mustcomplywithlocalordinancesandregulations.Youalsocanrefertotheinstructionsat
http://www.lenovo.com/jp/ja/environment/recycle/battery/.
RecyclinginformationforChina
http://support.lenovo.com.cn/activity/551.htm
RecyclinginformationforBrazil
DeclaraçõesdeReciclagemnoBrasil
DescartedeumProdutoLenovoForadeUso
Equipamentoselétricoseeletrônicosnãodevemserdescartadosemlixocomum,masenviadosàpontosde
coleta,autorizadospelofabricantedoprodutoparaquesejamencaminhadoseprocessadosporempresas
especializadasnomanuseioderesíduosindustriais,devidamentecertificadaspelosorgãosambientais,de
acordocomalegislaçãolocal.
ALenovopossuiumcanalespecíficoparaauxiliá-lonodescartedessesprodutos.Casovocêpossua
umprodutoLenovoemsituaçãodedescarte,ligueparaonossoSACouencaminheume-mailpara:
reciclar@lenovo.com,informandoomodelo,númerodesérieecidade,afimdeenviarmosasinstruções
paraocorretodescartedoseuprodutoLenovo.
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BatteryrecyclinginformationforTaiwan
BatteryrecyclinginformationfortheEuropeanUnion
Notice:ThismarkappliesonlytocountrieswithintheEuropeanUnion(EU).
BatteriesorpackagingforbatteriesarelabeledinaccordancewithEuropeanDirective2006/66/EC
concerningbatteriesandaccumulatorsandwastebatteriesandaccumulators.TheDirectivedeterminesthe
frameworkforthereturnandrecyclingofusedbatteriesandaccumulatorsasapplicablethroughoutthe
EuropeanUnion.Thislabelisappliedtovariousbatteriestoindicatethatthebatteryisnottobethrown
away,butratherreclaimeduponendoflifeperthisDirective.
InaccordancewiththeEuropeanDirective2006/66/EC,batteriesandaccumulatorsarelabeledtoindicate
thattheyaretobecollectedseparatelyandrecycledatendoflife.Thelabelonthebatterymayalso
includeachemicalsymbolforthemetalconcernedinthebattery(Pbforlead,Hgformercury,andCdfor
cadmium).Usersofbatteriesandaccumulatorsmustnotdisposeofbatteriesandaccumulatorsasunsorted
municipalwaste,butusethecollectionframeworkavailabletocustomersforthereturn,recycling,and
treatmentofbatteriesandaccumulators.Customerparticipationisimportanttominimizeanypotential
effectsofbatteriesandaccumulatorsontheenvironmentandhumanhealthduetothepotentialpresenceof
hazardoussubstances.Forpropercollectionandtreatment,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/lenovo/environment
BatteryrecyclinginformationfortheUnitedStatesandCanada
AppendixB.WEEEandrecyclingstatements159
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AppendixC.RestrictionofHazardousSubstancesDirective
(RoHS)
EuropeanUnionRoHS
LenovoproductssoldintheEuropeanUnion,onorafter3January2013meettherequirementsofDirective
2011/65/EUontherestrictionoftheuseofcertainhazardoussubstancesinelectricalandelectronic
equipment(“RoHSrecast”or“RoHS2”).
FormoreinformationaboutLenovoprogressonRoHS,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/social_responsibility/us/en/RoHS_Communication.pdf
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ChinaRoHS
IndiaRoHS
RoHScompliantasperE-Waste(Management&Handling)Rules,2011.
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AppendixD.ENERGYSTARmodelinformation
ENERGYSTAR®isajointprogramoftheU.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgencyandtheU.S.Department
ofEnergyaimedatsavingmoneyandprotectingtheenvironmentthroughenergyefficientproductsand
practices.
LenovoisproudtoofferourcustomersproductswiththeENERGYSTARqualifieddesignation.Youmight
findanENERGYSTARmarkaffixedonthecomputerordisplayedonthepowersettingsinterface.Lenovo
computersofthefollowingmachinetypes,ifcarryanENERGYSTARmark,havebeendesignedandtested
toconformtotheENERGYSTARprogramrequirementsforcomputers.
20AS,20AT,20AU,and20AV
ByusingENERGYSTARqualifiedproductsandtakingadvantageofthepower-managementfeatures
ofthecomputer,youcanhelpreducetheconsumptionofelectricity.Reducedelectricalconsumption
cancontributetopotentialfinancialsavings,acleanerenvironment,andthereductionofgreenhousegas
emissions.
FormoreinformationaboutENERGYSTAR,goto:
http://www.energystar.gov
Lenovoencouragesyoutomakeefficientuseofenergyanintegralpartofyourday-to-dayoperations.To
helpinthisendeavor,Lenovohaspresetthefollowingpower-managementfeaturestotakeeffectwhenthe
computerhasbeeninactiveforaspecifiedlengthoftime:
Powerplan:Default
•Turnoffthedisplay:After10minutes
•Putthecomputerintosleep:After20minutes
Toawakenthecomputerfromsleepmode,pressFnonyourkeyboard.Formoreinformationaboutthese
settings,seetheWindowsHelpandSupportinformationonthecomputer.
TheWakeonLANfunctionisenabledwhenyourLenovocomputerisshippedfromthefactory,andthe
settingremainsvalidevenwhenthecomputerisinsleepmode.IfyoudonotneedtohaveWakeonLAN
enabledwhilethecomputerisinsleepmode,youcanreducethepowerconsumptionandprolongthetime
insleepmode,bydisablingthesettingofWakeonLANforsleepmode.
TodisablethesettingofWakeonLANforsleepmode,dothefollowing:
1.OpenControlPanelandclickHardwareandSound➙DeviceManager.
2.IntheDeviceManagerwindow,expandNetworkadapters.
3.Right-clickyournetworkadapterdevice,andclickProperties.
4.ClickthePowerManagementtab.
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5.CleartheAllowthisdevicetowakethecomputercheckbox.
6.ClickOK.
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yourlocalLenovorepresentativeforinformationontheproductsandservicescurrentlyavailableinyour
area.AnyreferencetoaLenovoproduct,program,orserviceisnotintendedtostateorimplythatonlythat
Lenovoproduct,program,orservicemaybeused.Anyfunctionallyequivalentproduct,program,orservice
thatdoesnotinfringeanyLenovointellectualpropertyrightmaybeusedinstead.However,itistheuser's
responsibilitytoevaluateandverifytheoperationofanyotherproduct,program,orservice.
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document.Thefurnishingofthisdocumentdoesnotgiveyouanylicensetothesepatents.Youcansend
licenseinquiries,inwriting,to:
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Attention:LenovoDirectorofLicensing
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ORIMPLIED,INCLUDING,BUTNOTLIMITEDTO,THEIMPLIEDWARRANTIESOFNON-INFRINGEMENT,
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disclaimerofexpressorimpliedwarrantiesincertaintransactions,therefore,thisstatementmaynotapply
toyou.
Thisinformationcouldincludetechnicalinaccuraciesortypographicalerrors.Changesareperiodically
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publicationatanytimewithoutnotice.
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applicationswheremalfunctionmayresultininjuryordeathtopersons.Theinformationcontainedinthis
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anymannerserveasanendorsementofthoseWebsites.ThematerialsatthoseWebsitesarenotpartof
thematerialsforthisLenovoproduct,anduseofthoseWebsitesisatyourownrisk.
Anyperformancedatacontainedhereinwasdeterminedinacontrolledenvironment.Therefore,theresult
obtainedinotheroperatingenvironmentsmayvarysignificantly.Somemeasurementsmayhavebeen
madeondevelopment-levelsystemsandthereisnoguaranteethatthesemeasurementswillbethesame
ongenerallyavailablesystems.Furthermore,somemeasurementsmayhavebeenestimatedthrough
extrapolation.Actualresultsmayvary.Usersofthisdocumentshouldverifytheapplicabledatafortheir
specificenvironment.
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