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UserGuide

ThinkPadS431

Notes:Beforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,besuretoreadandunderstandthe

following:

•Safety,Warranty,andSetupGuide

•RegulatoryNotice

•“Importantsafetyinformation”onpagevi

•AppendixD“Notices”onpage131

TheSafety,Warranty,andSetupGuideandtheRegulatoryNoticehavebeenuploadedtotheWebsite.To

refertothem,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadUserGuidesandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

FirstEdition(May2013)

©CopyrightLenovo2013.

LIMITEDANDRESTRICTEDRIGHTSNOTICE:IfdataorsoftwareisdeliveredpursuantaGeneralServicesAdministration

“GSA”contract,use,reproduction,ordisclosureissubjecttorestrictionssetforthinContractNo.GS-35F-05925.

Contents

Readthisrst..............v

Importantsafetyinformation..........vi

Conditionsthatrequireimmediateaction..vii

Safetyguidelines............vii

Chapter1.Productoverview......1

Locatingcomputercontrols,connectors,and

indicators..................1

Frontview................1

Right-sideview..............3

Left-sideview..............4

Bottomview...............6

Statusindicators.............7

Locatingimportantproductinformation......8

Machinetypeandmodellabel........8

FCCIDandICCerticationnumberlabel...8

CerticateofAuthenticitylabel.......9

Features.................10

Specications...............11

Operatingenvironment...........11

Lenovoprograms.............12

AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows

7operatingsystem...........12

AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows

8operatingsystem...........14

Lenovoprogramsoverview........14

Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer...17

Registeringyourcomputer..........17

Frequentlyaskedquestions.........17

Usingthemulti-touchscreen.........19

Specialkeys...............21

UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice......23

Powermanagement............25

Checkingthebatterystatus........25

Usingtheacpoweradapter........25

Chargingthebattery..........26

Maximizingthebatterylife........26

Managingthebatterypower.......27

Power-savingmodes..........27

Connectingtothenetwork..........29

Ethernetconnections..........29

Wirelessconnections..........29

Attachinganexternalmonitor.........32

Changingdisplaysettings........34

UsingtheExtenddesktopfunction.......34

Settingupapresentation..........35

UsingtheAMDSwitchableGraphicsfeature...35

Usingaudiofeatures............35

Usingtheintegratedcamera.........36

Usingamediacard.............36

Insertingamediacard..........37

Removingamediacard.........37

Chapter3.Youandyourcomputer..39

Accessibilityandcomfort..........39

Ergonomicinformation..........39

Comfort...............40

Accessibilityinformation.........40

T ravelingwithyourcomputer.........41

T raveltips...............41

T ravelaccessories...........42

Chapter4.Security..........43

Attachingamechanicallock.........43

Usingpasswords..............43

Passwordsandsleepmode........43

T ypingpasswords...........43

Power-onpassword...........44

Harddiskpasswords..........44

Supervisorpassword..........46

Harddisksecurity.............48

Settingthesecuritychip...........49

Usingthengerprintreader..........50

Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdrive

orsolid-statedrive.............52

Usingrewalls...............52

Protectingdataagainstviruses........52

Chapter5.Recoveryoverview....55

RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows7operating

system..................55

Creatingandusingarecoverymedia....55

Performingbackupandrecoveryoperations.56

UsingtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace.57

Creatingandusingarescuemedium....58

Reinstallingpreinstalledapplicationsand

devicedrivers.............59

Solvingrecoveryproblems........59

RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows8operating

system..................60

Refreshingyourcomputer........60

Resettingyourcomputertothefactorydefault

settings................60

Advancedstartupoptions........60

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Chapter6.Replacingdevices.....63

Staticelectricityprevention..........63

Disablingthebuilt-inbattery.........63

Replacingthebasecoverassembly......64

Replacingtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.65

Replacingamemorymodule.........67

ReplacingaMiniPCIExpressCardforwireless

LANconnection..............68

Replacingthebackupbattery.........70

Chapter7.Advancedconguration..73

Installinganewoperatingsystem.......73

Beforeyoubegin............73

InstallingtheWindows7operatingsystem..74

InstallingtheWindows8operatingsystem..75

Installingdevicedrivers...........75

Installingthedriverforthe4-in-1mediacard

reader................75

InstallingthedriverforUSB3.0(forWindows

7).................

InstallingtheThinkPadmonitorlefor

Windows2000/XP/Vista/7/8(forWindows

7).................

Installingotherdriversandsoftware(for

Windows7)..............76

ThinkPadSetup..............76

Mainmenu..............77

Congmenu..............77

Date/Timemenu............81

Securitymenu.............82

Startupmenu.............85

Restartmenu.............87

UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS.....88

Usingsystemmanagement..........88

Systemmanagement..........88

Settingmanagementfeatures.......89

Chapter8.Preventingproblems...91

Generaltipsforpreventingproblems......91

Makingsuredevicedriversarecurrent.....92

Takingcareofyourcomputer.........93

Cleaningthecoverofyourcomputer....94

Chapter9.Troubleshootingcomputer

problems...............97

Diagnosingproblems............97

Troubleshooting..............97

Computerstopsresponding.......97

Spillsonthekeyboard..........98

Errormessages............98

Errorswithoutmessages.........100

Beeperrors..............101

Memorymoduleproblems........102

Networkingproblems..........102

Problemswiththekeyboardandotherpointing

devices................104

Problemswiththedisplayandmultimedia

devices................104

Fingerprintreaderproblems........109

Batteryandpowerproblems.......110

Problemswithdrivesandotherstorage

devices................112

Asoftwareproblem...........113

Problemswithportsandconnectors....113

Chapter10.Gettingsupport....115

BeforeyoucontactLenovo..........115

Gettinghelpandservice...........116

Usingdiagnosticprograms........116

LenovoSupportWebsite.........116

CallingLenovo.............116

FindingThinkPadoptions........117

Purchasingadditionalservices........118

AppendixA.Regulatory

information.............119

Wirelessrelatedinformation.........119

LocationoftheUltraConnectwireless

antennas...............120

Locatingwirelessregulatorynotices....121

Exportclassicationnotice..........121

Electronicemissionnotices..........121

FederalCommunicationsCommission

DeclarationofConformity........121

IndustryCanadaClassBemissioncompliance

statement...............121

EuropeanUnion-Compliancetothe

ElectromagneticCompatibilityDirective...122

GermanClassBcompliancestatement...122

KoreaClassBcompliancestatement....123

JapanVCCIClassBcompliancestatement..123

Japancompliancestatementforproducts

whichconnecttothepowermainswith

ratedcurrentlessthanorequalto20Aper

phase................123

Lenovoproductserviceinformationfor

Taiwan................123

Eurasiancompliancemark..........123

AppendixB.WEEEandrecycling

statements.............125

ImportantWEEEinformation.........125

Japanrecyclingstatements.........125

RecyclinginformationforBrazil........126

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BatteryrecyclinginformationfortheEuropean

Union..................126

BatteryrecyclinginformationforTaiwan.....127

BatteryrecyclinginformationfortheUnitedStates

andCanada................127

RecyclinginformationforChina........127

AppendixC.ENERGYSTARmodel

information.............129

AppendixD.Notices.........131

Trademarks................132

AppendixE.RestrictionofHazardous

SubstancesDirective(RoHS)....133

EuropeanUnionRoHS...........133

ChinaRoHS................133

TurkishRoHS...............133

UkraineRoHS...............134

IndiaRoHS................134

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ivUserGuide

Readthisrst

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,andensurethatthepowerbuttonisofforisblinking:

•T urnitoff.

•Putitinsleepmode.

•Putitinhibernationmode.

Thiswillhelptopreventdamagetothecomputer,andpossiblelossofdata.

Handleyourcomputergently.

Donotdrop,bump,scratch,twist,hit,vibrate,push,orplaceheavyobjectson

yourcomputer,display,orexternaldevices.

Carryyourcomputercarefully.

•Useaqualitycarryingcasethatprovidesadequatecushioningandprotection.

•Donotpackyourcomputerinatightlypackedsuitcaseorbag.

•Beforeputtingyourcomputerinacarryingcase,ensurethatitisoff,insleep

mode,orinhibernationmode.Donotputacomputerinacarryingcasewhileit

isturnedon.

Importantsafetyinformation

Note:Readtheimportantsafetyinformationrst.

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.Ifyou

haveanyquestionabouttheconditionofacomponent,donotusetheproduct.ContacttheCustomer

SupportCenterortheproductmanufacturerforinstructionsonhowtoinspecttheproductand

haveitrepaired,ifnecessary.

Intheunlikelyeventthatyounoticeanyofthefollowingconditions,orifyouhaveanysafetyconcerns

withyourproduct,stopusingtheproductandunplugitfromthepowersourceandtelecommunication

linesuntilyoucanspeaktotheCustomerSupportCenterforfurtherguidance.

•Powercords,plugs,poweradapters,extensioncords,surgeprotectors,orpowersuppliesthatare

cracked,broken,ordamaged.

•Signsofoverheating,smoke,sparks,orre.

•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.Y oumustcloselyfollowallinstructionswheninstallingor

replacingparts.TheOffstateofapowerindicatordoesnotnecessarilymeanthatvoltagelevelsinsidea

productarezero.Beforeyouremovethecoversfromaproductequippedwithapowercord,alwaysensure

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thatthepoweristurnedoffandthattheproductisunpluggedfromanypowersource.Ifyouhaveany

questionsorconcerns,contacttheCustomerSupportCenter.

Althoughtherearenomovingpartsinyourcomputerafterthepowercordhasbeendisconnected,the

followingwarningsarerequiredforyoursafety.

CAUTION:

Hazardousmovingparts.Keepngersandotherbodypartsaway.

CAUTION:

BeforereplacinganyCRUs,turnoffthecomputerandwaitthreetoveminutestoletthecomputer

coolbeforeopeningthecover.

Powercordsandpoweradapters

DANGER

Useonlythepowercordsandpoweradapterssuppliedbytheproductmanufacturer.

Thepowercordsshallbesafetyapproved.ForGermany,itshallbeH05VV-F ,3G,0.75mm 2,or

better.Forothercountries,thesuitabletypesshallbeusedaccordingly.

Neverwrapapowercordaroundapoweradapterorotherobject.Doingsocanstressthecordin

waysthatcancausethecordtofray,crack,orcrimp.Thiscanpresentasafetyhazard.

Alwaysroutepowercordssothattheywillnotbewalkedon,trippedover,orpinchedbyobjects.

Protectpowercordsandpoweradaptersfromliquids.Forinstance,donotleaveyourpowercord

orpoweradapternearsinks,tubs,toilets,oronoorsthatarecleanedwithliquidcleansers.

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,donotusetheoutletuntilitisreplacedbyaqualiedelectrician.

Donotbendormodifytheplug.Iftheplugisdamaged,contactthemanufacturertoobtain

areplacement.

Donotshareanelectricaloutletwithotherhomeorcommercialappliancesthatdrawlargeamounts

ofelectricity;otherwise,unstablevoltagemightdamageyourcomputer,data,orattacheddevices.

Someproductsareequippedwithathree-prongedplug.Thisplugtsonlyintoagrounded

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:

DonotconnectordisconnectanyexternaldevicecablesotherthanUSBcablewhilethecomputer

powerison;otherwise,youmightdamageyourcomputer.Toavoidpossibledamagetoattached

devices,waitatleastvesecondsafterthecomputerisshutdowntodisconnectexternaldevices.

Generalbatterynotice

DANGER

PersonalcomputersmanufacturedbyLenovocontainacoincellbatterytoprovidepowerto

thesystemclock.Inaddition,manymobileproducts,suchasnotebookcomputers,utilizea

rechargeablebatterypacktoprovidesystempowerwheninportablemode.Batteriessuppliedby

Lenovoforusewithyourproducthavebeentestedforcompatibilityandshouldonlybereplaced

withapprovedparts.

Neverattempttoopenorserviceanybattery.Donotcrush,puncture,orincineratebatteriesor

shortcircuitthemetalcontacts.Donotexposethebatterytowaterorotherliquids.Onlyrecharge

thebatterypackstrictlyaccordingtoinstructionsincludedintheproductdocumentation.

Batteryabuseormishandlingcancausethebatterytooverheat,whichcancausegassesorame

to“vent”fromthebatterypackorcoincell.Ifyounoticeanysignsofbulging,leakageorcorrosion

ontheexterioroftheproduct,thismaybetheresultofaninternalbatteryfault.Ifthisoccurs,stop

usingtheproductimmediatelyandpleasecontacttheLenovoSupportteamforfurtherinstructions.

Factoryreplacementofthebatteriesmayberequired.

Batteriescandegradewhentheyareleftunusedforlongperiodsoftime.Forsomerechargeable

batteries(particularlyLithiumIonbatteries),leavingabatteryunusedinadischargedstatecould

increasetheriskofabatteryshortcircuit,whichcouldshortenthelifeofthebatteryandcanalso

poseasafetyhazard.DonotletrechargeableLithium-Ionbatteriescompletelydischargeorstore

thesebatteriesinadischargedstate.

Built-inrechargeablebatterynotice

DANGER

Donotattempttoreplacetheinternalrechargeablelithiumionbatteries.ContactLenovoSupport

forfactoryreplacement.

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Lithiumcoincellbatterynotice

DANGER

Dangerofexplosionifbatteryisincorrectlyreplaced.

Whenreplacingthelithiumcoincellbattery,useonlythesameoranequivalenttypethatis

recommendedbythemanufacturer.Thebatterycontainslithiumandcanexplodeifnotproperly

used,handled,ordisposedof.

Donot:

•Throworimmerseintowater

•Heattomorethan100°C(212°F)

•Repairordisassemble

Disposeofthebatteryasrequiredbylocalordinancesorregulations.

ThefollowingstatementappliestousersinthestateofCalifornia,U.S.A.

CaliforniaPerchlorateInformation:

Productscontainingmanganesedioxidelithiumcoincellbatteriesmaycontainperchlorate.

PerchlorateMaterial-specialhandlingmayapply,See

www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate

Heatandproductventilation

DANGER

Computers,acpoweradapters,andmanyaccessoriescangenerateheatwhenturnedonandwhen

batteriesarecharging.Notebookcomputerscangenerateasignicantamountofheatduetotheir

compactsize.Alwaysfollowthesebasicprecautions:

•Whenyourcomputeristurnedonorthebatteryischarging,thebase,thepalmrest,andsome

otherpartsmaybecomehot.Avoidkeepingyourhands,yourlap,oranyotherpartofyour

bodyincontactwithahotsectionofthecomputerforanyextendedlengthoftime.Whenyou

usethekeyboard,avoidkeepingyourpalmsonthepalmrestforaprolongedperiodoftime.

Yourcomputergeneratessomeheatduringnormaloperation.Theamountofheatdependson

theamountofsystemactivityandthebatterychargelevel.Extendedcontactwithyourbody,

eventhroughclothing,couldcausediscomfortorevenaskinburn.Periodicallytakebreaks

fromusingthekeyboardbyliftingyourhandsfromthepalmrest;andbecarefulnottouse

thekeyboardforanyextendedlengthoftime.

•Donotoperateyourcomputerorchargethebatterynearammablematerialsorinexplosive

environments.

•Ventilationslots,fansand/orheatsinksareprovidedwiththeproductforsafety,comfort,and

reliableoperation.Thesefeaturesmightinadvertentlybecomeblockedbyplacingtheproducton

abed,sofa,carpet,orotherexiblesurface.Neverblock,cover,ordisablethesefeatures.

•Whentheacpoweradapterisconnectedtoanelectricaloutletandyourcomputer,itgenerates

heat.Donotplacetheadapterincontactwithanypartofyourbodywhileusingit.Neverusethe

acpoweradaptertowarmyourbody.Extendedcontactwithyourbody,eventhroughclothing,

maycauseaskinburn.

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Foryoursafety,alwaysfollowthesebasicprecautionswithyourcomputer:

•Keepthecoverclosedwheneverthecomputerispluggedin.

•Regularlyinspecttheoutsideofthecomputerfordustaccumulation.

•Removedustfromventsandanyperforationsinthebezel.Morefrequentcleaningsmightbe

requiredforcomputersindustyorhigh-trafcareas.

•Donotrestrictorblockanyventilationopenings.

•Donotoperateyourcomputerinsidefurniture,asthismightincreasetheriskofoverheating.

•Airowtemperaturesintothecomputershouldnotexceed35°C(95°F).

Electricalcurrentsafetyinformation

DANGER

Electriccurrentfrompower,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.

Toavoidashockhazard:

•Donotuseyourcomputerduringalightningstorm.

•Donotconnectordisconnectanycablesorperforminstallation,maintenance,orreconguration

ofthisproductduringanelectricalstorm.

•Connectallpowercordstoaproperlywiredandgroundedelectricaloutlet.

•Connecttoproperlywiredoutletsanyequipmentthatwillbeattachedtothisproduct.

•Wheneverpossible,useonehandonlytoconnectordisconnectsignalcables.

•Neverturnonanyequipmentwhenthereisevidenceofre,water,orstructuraldamage.

•Disconnectallattachedcablesanddisablebatteriesbeforeopeninganyaccessibledevice

coversunlessinstructedotherwiseintheinstallationandcongurationprocedures.

•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.

Thepowercordmustbedisconnectedfromthewalloutletorreceptaclebeforeinstallingallother

electricalcablesconnectedtothecomputer.

Thepowercordmaybereconnectedtothewalloutletorreceptacleonlyafterallotherelectrical

cableshavebeenconnectedtothecomputer.

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Liquidcrystaldisplay(LCD)notice

CAUTION:

Theliquidcrystaldisplay(LCD)ismadeofglass,androughhandlingordroppingthecomputercan

causetheLCDtobreak.IftheLCDbreaksandtheinternaluidgetsintoyoureyesoronyour

hands,immediatelywashtheaffectedareaswithwaterforatleast15minutes;ifanysymptomsare

presentafterwashing,getmedicalcare.

Note:Forproductswithmercury-containinguorescentlamps(forexample,non-LED),theuorescentlamp

intheliquidcrystaldisplay(LCD)containsmercury;disposeofaccordingtolocal,state,orfederallaws.

Usingheadphonesorearphones

CAUTION:

Excessivesoundpressurefromearphonesandheadphonescancausehearingloss.Adjustmentof

theequalizertomaximumincreasestheearphoneandheadphoneoutputvoltageandthesound

pressurelevel.Therefore,toprotectyourhearing,adjusttheequalizertoanappropriatelevel.

Excessiveuseofheadphonesorearphonesforalongperiodoftimeathighvolumecanbedangerousifthe

outputoftheheadphoneorearphoneconnectorsdonotcomplywithspecicationsofEN50332-2.The

headphoneoutputconnectorofyourcomputercomplieswithEN50332-2Subclause7.Thisspecication

limitsthecomputer’smaximumwidebandtrueRMSoutputvoltageto150mV.Tohelpprotectagainst

hearingloss,ensurethattheheadphonesorearphonesyouusealsocomplywithEN50332-2(Clause7

limits)forawidebandcharacteristicvoltageof75mV.UsingheadphonesthatdonotcomplywithEN

50332-2canbedangerousduetoexcessivesoundpressurelevels.

IfyourLenovocomputercamewithheadphonesorearphonesinthepackage,asaset,thecombinationof

theheadphonesorearphonesandthecomputeralreadycomplieswiththespecicationsofEN50332-1.

Ifdifferentheadphonesorearphonesareused,ensurethattheycomplywithEN50332-1(Clause6.5

LimitationValues).UsingheadphonesthatdonotcomplywithEN50332-1canbedangerousdueto

excessivesoundpressurelevels.

Additionalsafetyinformation

DANGER

Plasticbagscanbedangerous.Keepplasticbagsawayfrombabiesandchildrentoavoiddanger

ofsuffocation.

Noticefortabletpersonalcomputerusers

SafetynoticeforusersinAustralia

DANGER

Donotconnectphonelinewhileusingtabletmode.

NoticeforusersintheU.S.A.

Manypersonalcomputerproductsandaccessoriescontaincords,cablesorwires,suchaspowercordsor

cordstoconnecttheaccessorytoapersonalcomputer.Ifthisproducthassuchacord,cableorwire,then

thefollowingwarningapplies:

WARNING:Handlingthecordonthisproductorcordsassociatedwithaccessoriessoldwiththisproduct

willexposeyoutolead,achemicalknowntotheStateofCaliforniatocausecancer,andbirthdefectsor

otherreproductiveharm.Washhandsafterhandling.

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Chapter1.Productoverview

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutthelocationsofconnectors,locationsofimportantproductlabels,

computerfeatures,specications,operatingenvironment,andpreinstalledprograms.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

•“Locatingcomputercontrols,connectors,andindicators”onpage1

•“Locatingimportantproductinformation”onpage8

•“Features”onpage10

•“Specications”onpage11

•“Operatingenvironment”onpage11

•“Lenovoprograms”onpage12

Locatingcomputercontrols,connectors,andindicators

Thissectionintroducesthecomputerhardwarefeaturestogiveyouthebasicinformationyouwillneed

tostartusingthecomputer.

Frontview

Figure1.Frontview

1Camera 6T rackPoint ®pointingstick

2Microphones

3Powerbuttonedrive

4Fingerprintreaderouvers

5Systemstatusindicator(illuminatedThinkPad ®logo)

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1Camera

Usethecameratotakepicturesorholdavideoconference.Fordetails,see“Usingtheintegratedcamera”

onpage36.

2Microphones

Themicrophonescapturesoundandvoicewhenusedwithanapplicationprogramcapableofhandling

audio.

3Powerbutton

Usethepowerbuttontoturnonthecomputer.

Toturnoffthecomputer,usetheStartmenushutdownoptionontheMicrosoft ®Windows®7operating

system.FortheMicrosoftWindows8operatingsystem,movethepointertothebottomrightcornerofthe

screentobringupthecharms.ThenclickSettings➙Power➙Shutdown.

Ifyourcomputerstopsrespondingandyoucannotturnitoff,pressandholdthepowerbuttonforfour

secondsormore.Ifthecomputerstillisnotresponding,removetheacpoweradapterandresetthe

computerbyinsertinganeedleorastraightenedpaperclipintotheemergencyresetholetoturnoffthe

computer.Tolocatetheemergencyresethole,see“Bottomview”onpage6 .

Youalsocanprogramthepowerbuttonsothatbypressingthepowerbuttonyoucanshutdownthe

computerorputitintosleeporhibernationmode.Toachievethis,youneedtochangeyourpowerplan

settings.Toaccesspowerplansettings,dothefollowing:

•ForMicrosoftWindows7:StartthePowerManagerprogramandthenclickthePowerPlantab.For

instructionsonhowtostartthePowerManagerprogram,see“AccessingLenovoprogramsonthe

Windows7operatingsystem”onpage12 .

•ForWindows8:Right-clickthebatterystatusiconfromtheWindowsnoticationareaandclickMore

poweroptions➙Choosewhatthepowerbuttonsdo.

4Fingerprintreader

Somemodelshaveangerprintreader.Fingerprintauthenticationtechnologyprovidesasimpleandsecure

useraccessbyassociatingyourngerprintwithapassword.Fordetails,see“Usingthengerprintreader”

onpage50 .

5Systemstatusindicator(illuminatedThinkPadlogo)

TheilluminatedThinkPadlogoonthepalmrestfunctionsasasystemstatusindicator.Yourcomputerhas

severalstatusindicators.Forinformationaboutthelocationandmeaningofeachindicator,see“Status

indicators”onpage7 .

ThinkPadpointingdevice

6TrackPointpointingstick

7Touchpad

ThekeyboardcontainstheThinkPadpointingdevice.Pointing,selecting,anddraggingareallpartofasingle

processthatyoucanperformwithoutmovingyourngersfromatypingposition.Formoreinformation,see

“UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice”onpage23.

8M.2solid-statedrive

Forsomemodels,anM.2solid-statedriveisinstalledonyourcomputer.

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9Fanlouvers

Thelouversandinternalfanenableairtocirculateinthecomputertoensurepropercooling,especiallythe

coolingofthemicroprocessor.

Note:Thefanlouversarelocatedbehindthehinge.

Right-sideview

Figure2.Right-sideview

Note:Yourcomputermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationabove.

1Mediacardreaderslot 4USB3.0connector

2Comboaudiojackurity-lockslot

3HighDenitionMultimediaInterface(HDMI)port

1Mediacardreaderslot

Themediacardreaderslotsupportsthefollowingcards:

•SecureDigital(SD)card

•SecureDigitalHigh-Capacity(SDHC)card

•SecureDigitaleXtended-Capacity(SDXC)card

•MultiMediaCard(MMC)

2Comboaudiojack

Tolistentothesoundfromyourcomputer,connectheadphonesoraheadsetthathasa3.5mm4-pole

plugtothecomboaudiojack.

Notes:

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•Ifyouareusingaheadsetwithafunctionswitch,forexample,aheadsetforamobiledigitaldevice,do

notpressthisswitchwhileusingtheheadset.Ifyoupressit,theheadsetmicrophonewillbedisabled,

andtheintegratedmicrophonesonthecomputerwillbeenabledinstead.

•Thecomboaudiojackdoesnotsupportaconventionalmicrophone.Formoreinformation,see“Using

audiofeatures”onpage35.

3HighDenitionMultimediaInterface(HDMI)port

Adigitalaudioandvideointerfacethatcanconnectacompatibledigitalaudiodeviceorvideomonitor,

suchasaDVDplayeroradigitaltelevision(DTV).

4USB3.0connector

TheUniversalSerialBus(USB)3.0connectorisusedforconnectingdevicescompatiblewithaUSB

interface,suchasaUSBprinteroradigitalcamera.

Attention:WhenyouattachaUSBcabletoconnector,ensurethattheUSBmarkisfacingupward.

Otherwisetheconnectormightbedamaged.

5Security-lockslot

Toprotectyourcomputerfromtheft,purchaseasecuritycablelock,usuallyaKensington-stylecablelock,

thattsthissecurity-lockslottolockyourcomputertoastationaryobject.

Left-sideview

Figure3.Left-sideview

Note:Yourcomputermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationabove.

1acpowerconnector 3Ethernetconnector

2LenovoOneLinkconnector4AlwaysOnUSBconnector(USB3.0)

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1acpowerconnector

2LenovoOneLinkconnector

Whentheacpoweradapterisconnectedtotheacpowerconnector,itprovidesacpowertothecomputer

andchargesthebattery.WhenasupportedThinkPadOneLinkDockisconnectedtotheLenovoOneLink

connector,itcannotonlyextendthecomputercapabilitiesbutalsoprovideacpowertothecomputer

andchargethebattery.

2Ethernetconnector

ConnectyourcomputertoaLANwiththeEthernetconnector.

DANGER

Toavoidtheriskofelectricalshock,donotconnectthetelephonecabletotheEthernetconnector.

YoucanonlyconnectanEthernetcabletothisconnector.

Therearetwoindicatorstoshowthestatusofthenetworkconnection,onelocatedtotheupperrightof

theconnectorandtheothertotheupperleft.WhenyourcomputerconnectstoaLANandasessionwith

thenetworkisavailable,theupperleftindicatorissolidgreen.Whiledataisbeingtransmitted,theupper

rightindicatorblinksyellow.

3AlwaysOnUSBconnector(USB3.0)

Bydefault,theAlwaysOnUSBconnectorenablesyoutochargesomemobiledigitaldevicesand

smartphoneswhenyourcomputerisinsleeporhibernationmode.

Ifyouwanttochargethesedeviceswhenyourcomputeristurnedoff,dothefollowing:

1.Connectthecomputertoanacpoweradapter.

2.GotoThinkPadSetupandenableAlwaysOnUSBChargeinoffmode.Formoreinformation,see

“Congmenu”onpage77.

3.Dooneofthefollowing:

•ForWindows7:OpenthePowerManagerprogramandclickGlobalPowerSettingsorclick

Advanced➙GlobalPowerSettings.ThenselectEnableAlwaysOnUSBandclickOK.

•ForWindows8:PresstheWindowskeytogototheStartscreen.ClickLenovoSettings➙Power.

ThenselectEnablewhenthecomputerisoffunderAlwaysOnUSB.

Note:WhenyouattachaUSBcabletotheconnector,ensurethattheUSBmarkisfacingupward.

Otherwisetheconnectormightbedamaged.

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Bottomview

Figure4.Bottomview

Note:Yourcomputerbottomviewmightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationabove.

1Harddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive4Integratedbattery

2MiniPCIExpressCardslotforwirelessLANcard 5Memory-upgradeslot

3Emergencyresethole 6Stereospeakers

1Harddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive

Dependingonthemodel,yourcomputermighthavealarge-capacity,customer-upgradableharddisk

drivethatcanmeetavarietyofstoragedemands.

Somemodelsareequippedwithasolid-statedrivefordatastorage,makingyourcomputerlighterandfaster.

Note:Thehiddenservicepartitionisthereasonwhythereislessfreespacethanexpectedonyourhard

diskdriveorsolid-statedrive.Thisreductionismorenoticeableonthesolid-statedrivebecauseofits

smallercapacity.

2MiniPCIExpressCardslotforwirelessLANcard

Yourcomputermightincludeawirelesslocalareanetwork(LAN)cardintheMiniPCIExpressCardslotfor

youtoestablishwirelessLANconnections.

3Emergencyresethole

Ifthecomputerdoesnotrespond,removetheacpoweradapterandresetthecomputerbyinsertinga

straightenedpaperclipintotheemergencyresetholetoturnoffthecomputer.

4Integratedbattery

Useyourcomputerwiththebatterypowerwheneveracpowerisunavailable.

5Memory-upgradeslot

Youcanincreasetheamountofmemoryinyourcomputerbyinstallingamemorymoduleinthe

memory-upgradeslot.MemorymodulesareavailableasoptionsfromLenovo.

6Stereospeakers

Fordetails,see“Specialkeys”onpage21.

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Statusindicators

Yourcomputerhasseveralstatusindicatorsthatshowthestatusofyourcomputer.

Note:Yourcomputermightlookslightlydifferentfromthefollowingillustration.

1FnLockindicator

TheFnLockindicatorshowsthestatusoftheFnLockfunction.Formoreinformation,see“Specialkeys”

onpage21.

2Speakermuteindicator

Whenthespeakermuteindicatorison,thespeakersaremuted.

3Microphonemuteindicator

Whenthemicrophonemuteindicatorison,themicrophonesaremuted.

4Camerastatusindicator

WhentheCamerastatusindicatorison,thecameraisinuse.

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TheilluminateddotsintheThinkPadlogoontheouterlidofyourcomputerandonthepalmrestshowthe

systemstatusofyourcomputer:

•Blinksthreetimes:Thecomputerisinitiallyconnectedtothepower.

•On:Thecomputerisinuse.

•Off:Thecomputerisofforinhibernationmode.

•Slowblinking:Thecomputerisenteringsleepmode.

•Fastblinking:Thecomputerisenteringhibernationmode.

Locatingimportantproductinformation

Thissectionprovidesinformationtohelpyoulocateyourmachinetypeandmodellabel,FCCIDandIC

Certicationlabel,andtheWindowsCerticateofAuthenticity(COA)label.

Machinetypeandmodellabel

Themachinetypeandmodellabelidentiesyourcomputer.WhenyoucontactLenovoforhelp,themachine

typeandmodelinformationhelpssupporttechnicianstoidentifyyourcomputerandprovidefasterservice.

Thefollowinggureshowsthelocationofthemachinetypeandmodelofyourcomputer:

FCCIDandICCerticationnumberlabel

ThereisnoFCCIDorICCerticationnumberforthePCIExpressMiniCard1shownontheenclosure

ofthecomputer.TheFCCIDandICCerticationnumberlabelisafxedonthecardinstalledinthePCI

ExpressMiniCardslotofthecomputer.

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Onsomemodels,LenovoprovidesyoutheinformationaboutthelocationoftheFCCIDandICCertication

numberlabelonthecomputerbackcoverassembly.Thefollowinggureshowswhereyoucanndthe

informationaboutthelocationoftheFCCIDandICCerticationnumberlabelofthecomputer.

ThefollowinggureshowsthelocationoftheFCCIDandICCerticationnumberlabelofyourcomputer:

ToremovetheWirelessLANcardforrepairorreplacement,see“ReplacingaMiniPCIExpressCardfor

wirelessLANconnection”onpage68.

Note:LenovoauthorizedwirelessLANcardsareallowedtobeusedinthecomputer.Ifyouinstallan

unauthorizedPCIExpressMiniCardthatisnotapprovedforuseinyourcomputer,anerrormessageis

displayedandthecomputerbeepswhenyouturnonthecomputer.

CerticateofAuthenticitylabel

TheCerticateofAuthenticitylabelforthepreinstalledoperatingsystemisattached.Printedonthislabelare

theproductIDandtheproductkeyinformationforyourcomputer.Recordthisinformationandkeepitina

safeplace.Youmightneedthesenumberstostartyourcomputerorreinstalltheoperatingsystem.

TheCerticateofAuthenticitylabelappliesonlytocomputerspreinstalledwiththeWindows7operating

system.

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TheCerticateofAuthenticitylabelofyourcomputerisshownasbelow:

Features

Thistopicliststhefeaturesofyourcomputer.

Processor

Toviewthesystempropertiesofyourcomputer,dothefollowing:

•ForWindows7:ClickStart,right-clickComputer.ThenclickProperties.

•ForWindows8:Movethecursortothebottomrightcornerofthescreentobringupthecharms.Then

clickSettings➙PCinfo.

Memory

Doubledatarate3low-voltagesynchronousdynamicrandomaccessmemorymodules(DDR3LSDRAM)

Storagedevice

•7.5mm(2.5-inchheight)harddiskdrive

•7.5mm(2.5-inchheight)solid-statedrive

•2.75mm(0.1-inchheight)M.2solid-statedriveforcacheonly(onsomemodels)

Display

ThecolordisplayusestheThinFilmTransistor(TFT)technology.

•Size:355.60mm(14inches)

•Resolution:

–LCD:1366x768or1600x900,dependingonthemodel

–Externalmonitor:upto1920x1200

•Brightnesscontrol

•Built-inmicrophones

•Integratedcamera

Keyboard

•6-rowkeyboard

•Fnkey

•ThinkPadpointingdevice(TrackPointpointingdeviceandmulti-touchtouchpad)

Interface

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•4-in-1mediacardreader

•Comboaudiojack

•HDMIport

•RJ45Ethernetconnector

•OneUSB3.0connector

•OneAlwaysOnUSBconnector

Wirelessfeatures

•IntegratedwirelessLAN

•IntegratedBluetooth

Securityfeatures

Fingerprintreader

Specications

Thissectionliststhephysicalspecicationsforyourcomputer.

Size

•Width:333mm(13.11inches)

•Depth:225mm(8.86inches)

•Height:21mmto23mm(0.83to0.91inches)

Heatoutput

45W(154Btu/hr)maximumor65W(222Btu/hr)maximum,dependingonthemodel

Powersource(acpoweradapter)

•Sine-waveinputat50to60Hz

•Inputratingoftheacpoweradapter:100to240Vac,50to60Hz

Batterypack

Integratedlithium-ion(Li-Ion)batterypack

Batterystatus

Tocheckthebatterystatus,dothefollowing:

•ForWindows7:OpenthePowerManagerprogram.ClicktheBatterytab.Forinstructionsonhowto

starttheAccessConnections™program,see“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows7operating

system”onpage12 .

•ForWindows8:PresstheWindowskeytogototheStartscreen.ClickLenovoSettings➙Power.

Operatingenvironment

Thissectionprovidesinformationaboutyourcomputeroperatingenvironment.

Environment:

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•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:Whenyouchargethebatterypack,itstemperaturemustbeatleast10°C(50°F).

•Relativehumidity:

–Operating:8%to80%

–Storage:5%to95%

Ifpossible,placeyourcomputerinawell-ventilatedanddryareawithoutdirectexposuretosunshine.

Keepelectricalappliancessuchasanelectricfan,radio,airconditioner,andmicrowaveovenawayfrom

yourcomputerbecausethestrongmagneticeldsgeneratedbytheseappliancescandamagethemonitor

anddataontheharddiskdrive.

Donotplaceanybeveragesontopoforbesidethecomputerorotherattacheddevices.Ifliquidisspilledon

orinthecomputeroranattacheddevice,ashortcircuitorotherdamagemightoccur.

Donoteatorsmokeoveryourkeyboard.Particlesthatfallintoyourkeyboardcancausedamage.

Lenovoprograms

YourcomputercomeswithLenovoprogramstohelpyouworkmoreeasilyandsecurely.Dependingon

theWindowsoperatingsystempreinstalled,theprogramsmightvary.

TolearnmoreabouttheprogramsandothercomputingsolutionsofferedbyLenovo,goto:

http://www.lenovo.com/support

AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows7operatingsystem

OntheWindows7operatingsystem,youcanaccessLenovoprogramsfromeithertheLenovo

ThinkVantage®ToolsprogramorfromControlPanel.

AccessingLenovoprogramsfromtheLenovoThinkVantageToolsprogram

ToaccessLenovoprogramsfromtheLenovoThinkVantageToolsprogram,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙

LenovoThinkVantageTools.Thendouble-clickaprogramicontoaccesstheprogram.

Note:IfaprogramiconintheLenovoThinkVantageToolsprogramnavigationwindowisdimmed,it

indicatesthatyouneedtoinstalltheprogrammanually.Toinstalltheprogrammanually,double-clickthe

programicon.Then,followtheinstructionsonthescreen.Whentheinstallationprocesscompletes,the

programiconwillbeactivated.

Note:Dependingonyourcomputermodel,someoftheprogramsmightnotbeavailable.

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Table1.ProgramsintheLenovoThinkVantageToolsprogram

Program

AccessConnectionsnternetConnection

ActiveProtectionSystem™AirbagProtection

ClientSecuritySolutionEnhancedSecurity

CommunicationsUtilityWebConferencing

FingerprintSoftware FingerprintReader

LenovoSolutionCenterSystemHealthandDiagnostics

PasswordManagersswordVault

PowerManager PowerControls

RecoveryMediacoveryDisks

RescueandRecovery ®EnhancedBackupandRestore

SimpleTap

SystemUpdate UpdateandDrivers

AccessingLenovoprogramsfromControlPanel

ToaccessLenovoprogramsfromControlPanel,clickStart➙ControlPanel.Thendependingonthe

programyouwanttoaccess,clickthecorrespondingsectionandthenclickthecorrespondinggreentext.

Note:IfyoudonotndtheprogramyouneedinControlPanel,opentheLenovoThinkVantageTools

programnavigationwindowanddouble-clickthedimmedicontoinstalltheprogramyouneed.Then,

followtheinstructionsonthescreen.Whentheinstallationprocesscompletes,theprogramiconwillbe

activated,andyoucanndtheprograminControlPanel.

TheprogramsandthecorrespondingsectionsandgreentextsinControlPanelarelistedinthefollowing

table.

Note:Dependingonyourcomputermodel,someoftheprogramsmightnotbeavailable.

Table2.ProgramsinControlPanel

Program ControlPanelsectionGreentextinControlPanel

AccessConnections NetworkandInternet Lenovo-InternetConnection

ActiveProtectionSystemSystemandSecurity

HardwareandSound

Lenovo-AirbagProtection

ClientSecuritySolutionSystemandSecurityLenovo-EnhancedSecurity

CommunicationsUtilityHardwareandSoundLenovo-WebConferencing

FingerprintSoftwareSystemandSecurity

HardwareandSound

Lenovo-FingerprintReader

Lenovo-NotebookFingerprint

Reader

LenovoSolutionCenterSystemandSecurityLenovo-SystemHealthand

Diagnostics

MessageCenterPlus Programs MessagesfromLenovo

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Table2.ProgramsinControlPanel(continued)

Program ControlPanelsectionGreentextinControlPanel

PasswordManager SystemandSecurity

UserAccountsandFamilySafety

Lenovo-PasswordVault

PowerManager HardwareandSound

SystemandSecurity

Lenovo-PowerControls

RecoveryMedia SystemandSecurity Lenovo-FactoryRecoveryDisks

SimpleTap Programs Lenovo-SimpleTap

SystemUpdateSystemandSecurity Lenovo-UpdateandDrivers

RescueandRecovery SystemandSecurity Lenovo-EnhancedBackupand

Restore

AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows8operatingsystem

IfyourcomputerispreinstalledwiththeWindows8operatingsystem,youcanaccessLenovoprogramsby

doingeitherofthefollowing:

•ClicktheLenovoQuickLaunchiconfromthetaskbar.Alistofprogramsisdisplayed.Double-clicka

Lenovoprogramtolaunchit.Ifadesiredprogramisnotinthelist,clicktheplusicon+.

•PresstheWindowskeytogototheStartscreen.ClickaLenovoprogramtolaunchit.Ifyoucannotnd

theprogramyouneed,movethecursortothebottomrightcornerofthescreentobringupthecharms.

ThenclicktheSearchcharmtosearchthedesiredprogram.

YourcomputersupportsthefollowingLenovoprograms:

•ActiveProtectionSystem

•FingerprintSoftware

•LenovoCompanion

•LenovoQuickSnip

•LenovoSettings

•LenovoSolutionCenter

•LenovoQuickLaunch

•LenovoSupport

•LenovoThinkVantageTools

•PasswordManager

•SystemUpdate

Foranintroductiontotheseprograms,see“Lenovoprogramsoverview”onpage14 .

Lenovoprogramsoverview

ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutsomeLenovoprograms.

Note:Dependingonyourcomputermodel,someoftheprogramsmightnotbeavailable.

•AccessConnections

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TheAccessConnectionsprogramisaconnectivityassistantprogramforcreatingandmanaginglocation

proles.EachlocationprolestoresallthenetworkandInternetcongurationsettingsneededfor

connectingtoanetworkinfrastructurefromaspeciclocationsuchasahomeoranofce.

Byswitchingbetweenlocationprolesasyoumoveyourcomputerfromplacetoplace,youcanquickly

andeasilyconnecttoanetworkwithnoneedtorecongureyoursettingsmanuallyandrestartthe

computereachtime.

•ActiveProtectionSystem

TheActiveProtectionSystemprogramprotectsyourharddiskdrivewhentheshocksensorinsideyour

computerdetectsaconditionthatcoulddamagethedrive,suchassystemtilt,excessivevibration,or

shock.Theharddiskdriveislessvulnerabletodamagewhenitisnotoperating.Thisisbecausewhen

theharddiskdriveisnotoperating,thesystemstopsitfromspinning,andmightalsomovetheread

andwriteheadsofthedrivetoareasthatdonotcontaindata.Assoonastheshocksensorsenses

thattheenvironmentisstableagain(minimalchangeinsystemtilt,vibration,orshock),itturnsthe

harddiskdriveon.

•ClientSecuritySolution

TheClientSecuritySolutionprogramprotectsyourcomputerbysecuringclientdataanddeecting

securitybreachattempts.Italsocanhelpmanageyourpasswords,recoveraforgottenpassword,

monitorsecuritysettingsonyourcomputer,andsuggesthowtoenhanceyourcomputersecurity.

•CommunicationsUtility

UsetheCommunicationsUtilityprogramtoconguresettingsfortheintegratedcameraandaudiodevices.

•FingerprintSoftware

Ifyoursystemcomeswithangerprintreader,theFingerprintSoftwareprogramenablesyoutoenroll

yourngerprintandassociateitwithyourWindowspassword.Asaresult,thengerprintauthentication

canreplaceyourpasswordandenablesimpleandsecureuseraccess.

•LenovoCompanion

ThroughtheLenovoCompanionprogram,youcangettheinformationabouttheaccessoriesforyour

computer,viewbolgsandarticlesaboutyourcomputer,andcheckforotherrecommendedprograms.

•LenovoMobileAccess

TheLenovoMobileAccessprogramenablesyoutomanageyourmobilebroadbandconnection.You

cancreateanaccount,addmoneytotheaccount,andpurchasemobilebroadbandsessionsusing

youraccount.

•LenovoQuickSnip

TheLenovoQuickSnipprogramprovidesyouwithaquickandeasywaytocaptureandshareyour

experience.Itenablesyoutograbascreenshot,snipandsavethescreenshot,anduseitinother

applications.

•LenovoSettings

UsetheLenovoSettingsprogramtoenhanceyourcomputingexperiencebyturningyourcomputerinto

aportablehotspot,conguringcameraandmicrophonesettings,optimizingyourpowersettings,and

creatingandmanagingmultiplenetworkproles.

•LenovoSolution

TheLenovoSolutionprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolvecomputerproblems.Itcombines

diagnostictests,systeminformationcollection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,alongwith

hintsandtipsformaximumsystemperformance.

•LenovoQuickLaunch

TheLenovoQuickLaunchprogramprovidesyouwithquickaccesstoprogramsinstalledonyour

computer,includingLenovoprograms,Microsoft ®programs,andotherthirdpartyprograms.

•LenovoSupport

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TheLenovoSupportprogramenablesyoutoregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,checkthecomputer

healthconditionandbatterystatus,downloadandviewusermanualsforyourcomputer,getthewarranty

informationofyourcomputer,andexplorehelpandsupportinformation.

•LenovoThinkVantageTools

TheLenovoThinkVantageToolsprogramhelpsyouworkmoreeasilyandsecurelybyprovidingeasy

accesstovarioustechnologies,suchasFingerprintSoftware,LenovoSolutionCenter,andsoon.

•MessageCenterPlus

TheMessageCenterPlusprogramautomaticallydisplaysmessagestoinformyouaboutimportantnotices

fromLenovo,suchasalertsonsystemupdatesandalertsonconditionsthatrequireyourattention.

•PasswordManager

ThePasswordManagerprogramautomaticallycapturesandllsinauthenticationinformationfor

WindowsprogramsandWebsites.

•PowerManager

ThePowerManagerprogramprovidesconvenient,exible,andcompletepowermanagementforyour

computer.Itenablesyoutoadjustyourcomputerpowersettingstoachievethebestbalancebetween

performanceandpowersaving.

•RecoveryMedia

TheRecoveryMediaprogramenablesyoutorestorethecontentsoftheharddiskdrivetothefactory

defaultsettings.

•RescueandRecovery

TheRescueandRecoveryprogramisaone-buttonrecoveryandrestoresolutionthatincludesasetof

self-recoverytoolstohelpyoudiagnosecomputerproblems,gethelp,andrecoverfromsystemcrashes,

evenifyoucannotstarttheWindowsoperatingsystem.

•SimpleTap

TheSimpleT approgramprovidesyouwithaquickwaytocustomizesomebasiccomputersettingssuch

asmutingthespeakers,adjustingthevolume,lockingthecomputeroperatingsystem,launchinga

program,openingaWebpage,openingale,andsoon.YoualsocanusetheSimpleT approgramto

accesstheLenovoAppShop,fromwhichyoucandownloadvariousprogramsandcomputersoftware.

TostarttheSimpleT apprograminaquickway,doanyofthefollowing:

–ClicktheredSimpleT aplaunchpointonthedesktop.Theredlaunchpointisavailableonthedesktop

afteryouhavelaunchedtheSimpleT approgramforthersttime.

–Presstheblackbuttononthekeyboard(nexttothevolumecontrolbuttons).

Note:TheSimpleT approgramisonlyavailableoncertainmodelspreinstalledwiththeWindows7

operatingsystem.IfyourWindows7modelisnotpreinstalledwiththeSimpleT approgram,youcan

downloaditfromhttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

•SystemUpdate

TheSystemUpdateprogramhelpsyoukeepthesoftwareonyourcomputerup-to-datebydownloading

andinstallingsoftwareupdatepackages(Lenovoprograms,devicedrivers,UEFIBIOSupdates,and

otherthirdpartyprograms).

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Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer

Thischapterprovidesinformationonusingsomeofthecomputercomponents.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

•“Registeringyourcomputer”onpage17

•“Frequentlyaskedquestions”onpage17

•“Specialkeys”onpage21

•“UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice”onpage23

•“Powermanagement”onpage25

•“Connectingtothenetwork”onpage29

•“Attachinganexternalmonitor”onpage32

•“UsingtheExtenddesktopfunction”onpage34

•“Settingupapresentation”onpage35

•“UsingtheAMDSwitchableGraphicsfeature”onpage35

•“Usingaudiofeatures”onpage35

•“Usingtheintegratedcamera”onpage36

•“Usingamediacard”onpage36

Registeringyourcomputer

Whenyouregisteryourcomputer,informationisenteredintoadatabase,whichenablesLenovotocontact

youincaseofarecallorothersevereproblem.AfteryouregisteredyourcomputerwithLenovo,youwill

alsoreceivequickerservicewhenyoucallLenovoforhelp.Inaddition,somelocationsofferextended

privilegesandservicestoregisteredusers.

ToregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,dooneofthefollowing:

•Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/registerandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

•ConnectyourcomputertotheInternetandregisteryourcomputerthroughapreinstalledregistration

program:

–ForWindows7:ThepreinstalledLenovoProductRegistrationprogramlaunchesautomaticallyafteryou

haveusedyourcomputerforatime.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

–ForWindows8:LaunchtheLenovoSupportprogram.ThenclickRegistrationandfollowthe

instructionsonthescreentoregisteryourcomputer.

Frequentlyaskedquestions

Thefollowingareafewtipsthatwillhelpyouoptimizetheuseofyourcomputer.

Toensurethatyoureceivethebestperformancefromyourcomputer,gotothefollowingWebpage

tondinformationsuchasaidsfortroubleshootingandanswerstofrequentlyaskedquestions:

http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq

CanIgetmyuserguideinanotherlanguage?

©CopyrightLenovo2013 17

•Todownloadtheuserguideinanotherlanguage,goto:http://www.lenovo.com/support.Thenfollow

theinstructionsonthescreen.

Howtousethebatterypowermoreeffectively?

•Toconservepower,ortosuspendoperationwithoutexitingapplicationsorsavingles,see“Power-saving

modes”onpage27.

•Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,createandapplypowerplans.

See“Managingthebatterypower”onpage27 .

•Ifyourcomputerwillbeturnedoffforanextendedperiodoftime,youcanpreventbatterypower

fromdrainingbyremovingthebattery.Lookformoreinformationaboutusingthebatteryin“Power

management”onpage25.

Concernedaboutsecurityorneedtosecurelydisposeofdatastoredonyourharddiskdriveor

solid-statedrive?

•StudyChapter4“Security”onpage43tondouthowyoucanprotectyourcomputerfromtheftand

unauthorizeduse.

•UsethePasswordManagerprogramtoprotectthedatastoredonyourcomputer.Fordetails,seethe

helpinformationsystemoftheprogram.

•Beforeyoudisposeofthedataontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,besuretoread“Noticeon

deletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage52 .

Isgettingconnectedindifferentlocationsachallenge?

•Totroubleshootawirelessnetworkingissue,goto:

http://www.lenovo.com/support/faq

•TakeadvantageofthenetworkingfeaturesbyuseoftheAccessConnectionsprogram(ontheWindows7

operatingsystem)orLocationAwarenessprogram(ontheWindows8operatingsystem).

•Tolearnmoreaboutusingthewirelessfeaturesofyourcomputer,referto“Wirelessconnections”on

page29.

•Totravelmorecondently,besuretocheckthetipsin“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage41 .

•PressF8toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures.

Needtogivepresentationsorattachanexternalmonitoroften?

•Ensurethatyoufollowtheprocedurefor“Attachinganexternalmonitor”onpage32.

•WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,youcandisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternal

monitor.

Needtoattachorreplaceadevice?

•SeeChapter6“Replacingdevices”onpage63formoreinformationaboutreplacingthedevicesof

yourcomputer.

Youhavebeenusingyourcomputerforsometimealready,anditisgettingslower?

•Followthe“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage91 .

•Youcandiagnoseproblemsyourselfbyusingthepreinstalleddiagnosticsoftware.

•CheckforrecoverysolutionsinChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage55 .

Printthefollowingsectionsandkeepthemwithyourcomputerincaseyouareunabletoaccessthisonline

userguidewhennecessary.

•“Installinganewoperatingsystem”onpage73

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•“Computerstopsresponding”onpage97

•“Powerproblems”onpage110

Usingthemulti-touchscreen

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtousethemulti-touchscreenthatisavailableonsomemodels.

Tap

Taponthescreenwithyourngertiptolaunchanapplication,selectanitem,oropenamenu.

Pressandhold

Pressandholdanitemorablankareaonthescreenforafewsecondsuntilanactionoccurs.

Drag

Tapandholdyourngeronanitem,suchasanimageoranicononthescreen,thenpullitalongwithyour

ngertothedesiredlocation.

Swipeorslide

MoveyourngerhorizontallyonthescreentoscrollthroughWebpages,lists,picturethumbnails,andsoon.

Zoominorzoomout

Movetwongersclosertogetheronthescreentozoomout,ormovetwongersapartonthescreen

tozoomin.

Rotate

Puttwoormorengersonanitem,andthenrotateyourngers.Thisoperationenablesyoutorotatethe

selecteditemsinadirectionyoumoveyourngers.

Doubletap

Forsomeapplications,quicklytaptwiceonthescreentozoomin.Double-tapagaintozoomout.

Windows8touchgesturesandmouseactions

ThefollowingtableliststhetouchgesturesandmouseactionssupportedbytheWindow8operatingsystem.

Tasks Touchgestures(touchmodelsonly) Mouseactions

Todisplaythecharmsthatcontain

systemcommands,suchasStart,

Settings,Search,Share,and

Devices

Swipeinfromtherightedge. Movethepointertothelower-rightor

upper-rightcornerofyourscreen.

Todisplaytheopenapplicationsand

switchapplications

Swipeinfromtheleftedge. Movethepointertotheupper-left

cornerofyourscreen,andthenclick.

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Tasks Touchgestures(touchmodelsonly) Mouseactions

Toviewtherecentlyusedapplications

orselectanapplicationfromthelist

Swipeinandoutontheleftedge. Movethepointertotheupper-left

cornerofyourscreen,andthenmove

itdownward.

Toviewallapplicationsonthe

Startscreenorviewtheapplication

commandsonanopenapplication,

suchasCopy,Save,andDelete,

dependingontheapplications

Swipeinfromthetoporbottomedge. Right-clickablankareaonthe

Startscreenorright-clickanopen

application.

Toclosethecurrentapplication Swipeinfromthetopedgetothe

bottom.

Clickthetopoftheapplication,and

thendragittothebottomofyour

screen.

Toenlargeorreducethesizeofan

icon,removeaniconfromtheStart

screen,orremoveanapplication

Movethedesiredicondownward

untilatickicon( )isdisplayed,then

releaseyournger.

Right-clickthedesiredicon.

ToopenanapplicationontheStart

screenorperformanactiononan

openapplication,suchasCopy,

Save,andDelete,dependingonthe

application

Tap. Click.

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Tasks Touchgestures(touchmodelsonly) Mouseactions

Toscrollthroughitems,suchaslists,

pages,andphotos

Slide.Scrollthemousewheel,movethe

scrollbar,orclickthescrollarrow.

TomoveanobjectDraganitemtothedesiredlocation. Click,hold,anddraganitem.

Tozoomout Movetwongersclosertogether. PresstheCtrlkeywhilescrollingthe

mousewheelbackward.

Tozoomin Movetwongersfartherapart. PresstheCtrlkeywhilescrollingthe

mousewheelforward.

Torotateanitem Puttwoormorengersonan

item,andthenrotateyourngers

(supportedonlyonsomemodels).

Iftheapplicationsupportsrotation,

clicktherotationicon.

Specialkeys

Yourcomputerhasseveralspecialkeys1and2tohelpyouworkmoreeasilyandeffectively.Thefollowing

gureshowsthelocationsofthespecialkeys.

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1Functionkeys

•+:PressFn+EsctoenableordisabletheFnLockfunction.

WhentheFnLockfunctionisdisabled:TheFnLockindicatorisoff(defaultmode).T oinitiatethe

specialfunctionofeachkey,pressthefunctionkeysdirectly.ToinputF1–F12,youneedtopresstheFn

keyandthecorrespondingfunctionkey .

WhentheFnLockfunctionisenabled:TheFnLockindicatorturnson.ToinputF1–F12,pressthe

functionkeysdirectly.Toinitiatethespecialfunctionofeachkey,youneedtopresstheFnkeyandthe

correspondingfunctionkey.

• :Mutesorunmutesthespeakers.Whenthespeakersaremuted,thespeakermuteindicatorturnson.

Ifyoumutethesoundandturnoffyourcomputer,thesoundwillremainmutedwhenyouturnonyour

computeragain.Toturnonthesound,pressF1,F2,orF3.

•:Decreasesthespeakervolume.

•:Increasesthespeakervolume.

•:Mutesorunmutesthemicrophones.Whenthemicrophonesaremuted,themicrophonemute

indicatorturnson.

Ifyoumutethemicrophonesandturnoffyourcomputer,themicrophoneswillremainmutedwhenyou

turnonyourcomputeragain.T ounmutethemicrophones,pressF4.

• :Darkensthedisplay.

•:Brightensthedisplay.

Youcantemporarilychangethecomputerdisplaybrightnessbypressingthetwokeys.Tochangethe

defaultbrightnesslevel,right-clickthebatterystatusiconintheWindowsnoticationarea.Thenclick

Adjustscreenbrightnessandmakechangesasdesired.

•:Switchesthedisplayoutputlocationbetweenthecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor.For

moreinformation,referto“Attachinganexternalmonitor”onpage32 .

Note:Toswitchbetweenthecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor,theWindows+Pkeycombination

alsoisavailable.

•:Enablesordisablesthebuilt-inwirelessnetworkingfeatures.Formoreinformationonthewireless

features,referto“Wirelessconnections”onpage29 .

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•:

ForWindows8:OpenstheSettingscharm.

ForWindows7:OpensControlPanel.

•:

ForWindows8:OpenstheSearchcharm.

ForWindows7:OpensWindowsSearch.

•:Viewstheprogramsthatyouhaveopened.

• :

ForWindows8:Viewsalltheprograms.

ForWindows7:OpensComputer.

•+olsthekeyboardbacklight

Therearethreemodesforthekeyboardbacklight:Off,Low,andHigh.PressFn+Spacebartochange

themodesofthekeyboardbacklight.

•Fn+B:HasthesamefunctionastheBreakkey.

•Fn+P:HasthesamefunctionasthePausekey.

•Fn+S:HasthesamefunctionastheSysRqkey.

•Fn+K:HasthesamefunctionastheScrLKkey.

2Windowskey

OntheWindows7operatingsystem,presstheWindowskeytoopentheStartmenu.OntheWindows8

operatingsystem,presstheWindowskeytoswitchbetweenthecurrentworkspaceandtheStartscreen.

ForinformationaboutusingtheWindowskeywithotherkeys,refertothehelpinformationsystemofthe

Windowsoperatingsystem.

UsingtheThinkPadpointingdevice

TheThinkPadpointingdeviceconsistsoftheTrackPointpointingstick1andthetouchpad2.Thewhole

touchpadisanactiveareasensitivetongermovement.Theleftclickzones3andrightclickzones5

workastheleftandrightmousebuttonsonaconventionalmouse.Thescrollzone4enablesyouto

scrollWebpagesordocumentsinanydirection.

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Note:Yourcomputerkeyboardmightlookslightlydifferentfromthefollowingillustration.

UsingtheTrackPointpointingstick

TousetheTrackPointpointingstick,applypressuretothenonslipcaponthepointingstickinanydirection

paralleltothekeyboard.Thenyoucanmovethecursor.Butthepointingstickitselfdoesnotmove.The

speedatwhichthecursormovesdependsonthepressureyouapplytothepointingstick.

Usingthemulti-touchtouchpad

Thetouchpadofyourcomputersupportsmulti-touchwithwhichyoucanzoomin,zoomout,scroll,or

rotateonthescreenwhilebrowsingtheInternetorreadingoreditingadocument.

CustomizingtheThinkPadpointingdevice

YoucancustomizetheThinkPadpointingdevicetoachievetheextendedfunctionsoftheThinkPad

pointingdevice.

TocustomizetheThinkPadpointingdevice,dothefollowing:

1.GotoControlPanel.

2.ClickHardwareandSound➙Mouse➙ThinkPad.

3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Replacingthecap

Thecap1ontheendoftheTrackPointpointingstickisremovable.Afteryouusethecapforaperiod

oftime,youcanreplacethecapwithanewone.

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Note:TheTrackPointcapusedinyourcomputerhasgrooves2asshowninthefollowingillustration.

EnsurethatyoureplacetheTrackPointcapwithacorrectonethathassuchgrooves.

Powermanagement

Whenyouneedtouseyourcomputerawayfromelectricaloutlets,youdependonbatterypowertokeep

yourcomputerrunning.Differentcomputercomponentsconsumepoweratdifferentrates.Themoreyou

usethepower-intensivecomponents,thefasteryouconsumebatterypower.Mobilityhasrevolutionized

businessbyallowingyoutotakeyourworkwhereveryougo.WithThinkPadbatteries,youwillbeableto

worklongerwithoutbeingtiedtoanelectricaloutlet.

Checkingthebatterystatus

ThebatteryiconintheWindowsnoticationareadisplaysthepercentageofbatterypowerremaining.

Therateatwhichyouusebatterypowerwilldeterminehowlongyoucanusethebatteryofyourcomputer

betweencharges.Becauseeachcomputeruserhasdifferenthabitsandneeds,itisdifculttopredicthow

longabatterychargewilllast.Therearetwomainfactors:

•Howmuchenergyisstoredinthebatterywhenyoubegintowork.

•Thewayyouuseyourcomputer.Forexample:

–Howoftenyouaccesstheharddiskdrive.

–Howbrightyoumakethecomputerdisplay.

–Howoftenyouusethewirelessfeatures.

Tocheckfordetailedbatterystatusinformation,dothefollowing:

•FortheWindows7operatingsystem:OpenthePowerManagerprogramandclicktheBatterytab.

•FortheWindows8operatingsystem:

–OpentheLenovoSettingsprogramandclickPower.

–OpentheLenovoSupportprogramandclickBatteryHealth.

Usingtheacpoweradapter

Thepowertorunyourcomputercancomeeitherfromthelithium-ion(Li-ion)batterypackprovidedwithit,

orfromacpowerthroughtheacpoweradapter.Whileyouuseacpower,thebatterychargesautomatically.

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Theacpoweradapterthatcomeswithyourcomputerhastwobasiccomponents:

•Thetransformerpackthatconvertsacpowerforusewiththecomputer.

•Thepowercordthatplugsintotheacoutletandintothetransformerpack.

Attention:Usinganimproperpowercordcouldcauseseveredamagetoyourcomputer.

Connectingtheacpoweradapter

Tousetheacpoweradapter,dothefollowing.Besuretotakethesestepsintheorderinwhichtheyare

givenhere.

1.Plugtheacpoweradapterintoanacoutlet.

2.Connectthepowercordtothetransformerpack.

3.Insertthepowerjackintothecomputer.

Tipsonusingtheacpoweradapter

Youcancheckthestatusofyourbatteryatanytimebylookingatthebatterymeteratthebottomofyour

display.

•Whentheacpoweradapterisnotinuse,disconnectitfromtheelectricaloutlet.

•Donotbindthepowercordtightlyaroundtheacpoweradaptertransformerpackwhenitisconnectedto

thetransformer.

•Beforeyouchargethebattery,ensurethatitstemperatureisatleast10°C(50°F).

•Youcanchargethebatterywhentheacpoweradapterisconnectedtothecomputerandthebatteryis

installed.Youneedtochargeitinanyofthefollowingconditions:

–Whenyoupurchaseanewbattery.

–Thepercentageofpowerremainingislow.

–Thebatteryhasnotbeenusedforalongtime.

Chargingthebattery

Whenyoucheckbatterystatusandndthatthepercentageofpowerremainingisloworwhenthepower

alarmalertsyouthattheremainingpowerislow,youneedtochargeyourbattery.

Ifanacoutletisconvenient,plugtheacpoweradapterintoit,andtheninsertthejackintothecomputer.

Thebatterywillbefullychargedinabout3to6hours.Thisisaffectedbythebatterysizeandthephysical

environment.

Note:Toincreasethelifeofthebattery,thecomputerdoesnotstartrechargingthebatteryiftheremaining

powerisgreaterthan95%.

Maximizingthebatterylife

Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,adjustyourpowerplansettings.

Toaccesspowerplansettings,dothefollowing:

•Usethebatteryuntilthechargeiscompletelydepleted.

•Rechargethebatterycompletelybeforeusingit.Youcanseewhetherthebatteryisfullychargedfromthe

batterystatusiconintheWindowsnoticationarea.

•Alwaysusepowermanagementfeaturessuchaspowermodes,screenblank,sleep,andhibernation.

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Managingthebatterypower

Toachievethebestbalancebetweenperformanceandpowersaving,adjustyourpowerplansettings.

Toaccesspowerplansettings,dothefollowing:

•ForWindows7:StartthePowerManagerprogramandthenclickthePowerPlantab.Forinstructionson

howtostartthePowerManagerprogram,see“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows7operating

system”onpage12.

•ForWindows8:Right-clickthebatterystatusiconfromtheWindowsnoticationareaandclickPower

Options.ThenclickChangeplansettingsthatisnexttoyourpowerplan.

Formoreinformation,refertothehelpinformationsystem.

Power-savingmodes

Thereareseveralmodesthatyoucanuseatanytimetoconservepower.Thissectionintroduceseach

modeandgivestipsontheeffectiveuseofthebatterypower.

Understandingthepower-savingmodes

•Screenblank(fortheWindows7operatingsystemonly):

Thecomputerdisplayrequiresconsiderablebatterypower.Toturnoffpowertothedisplay,dothe

following:

1.Right-clickthePowerManagerbatterygaugeonthetaskbar.

2.SelectPoweroffdisplay.

•Sleep:

Insleepmode,yourworkissavedtomemory,andthenthesolid-statedriveortheharddiskdriveandthe

computerdisplayareturnedoff.Whenyourcomputerwakesup,yourworkisrestoredwithinseconds.

–ForWindows7:

1.ClickStart.

2.ClickthetrianglemarkontherightsideoftheShutdownicon;thenselectSleep.

–ForWindows8:

1.Movethecursortothebottomrightcornerofthescreentobringupthecharm.

2.ClickSettings➙Power➙Sleep.

Dependingonthecomputermodel,yourcomputermightsupportthe30DayStandbyfunction.Whenthis

functionisenabled,thecomputerconsumesevenlesspowerinsleepmodeandtakesonlyseconds

toresumenormaloperationwhenyoupressthepowerbutton.Toenablethe30DayStandbyfunction,

dothefollowing:

–ForWindows7:

1.OpenthePowerManagerprogram.

2.ClickGlobalPowerSettingsorclickAdvanced➙GlobalPowerSettings.

3.SelectEnable30DayStandby;thenclickOK.

–ForWindows8:

1.OpentheLenovoSettingsprogram.

2.ClickPower.

3.Under30DayStandby,movetheslidertotheright.

•Hibernation:

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Byusingthismode,youcanturnoffyourcomputercompletelywithoutsavinglesorexitingfromany

programsthatarerunning.Whenthecomputerentershibernation,allopenprograms,folders,andles

aresavedtotheharddisk,andthenthecomputerturnsoff.

Toputthecomputerintohibernationmode,changeyourpowerplansettings.Toaccesspowerplan

settings,dothefollowing:

–ForWindows7:StartthePowerManagerprogramandthenclickthePowerPlantab.Forinstructions

onhowtostartthePowerManagerprogram,see“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows7

operatingsystem”onpage12 .

–ForWindows8:Right-clickthebatterystatusiconfromtheWindowsnoticationareaandclickPower

Options.ThenclickChangeplansettingsthatisnexttoyourpowerplan.

•AlwaysOnUSBfunctionoff

TheAlwaysOnUSBdrainsyourbatterypower.Youcandisableitwhenyoudonotneedit.Todisable

theAlwaysOnUSBfunction,dothefollowing:

–ForWindows7:

1.OpenthePowerManagerprogram.

2.ClickGlobalPowerSettingsorclickAdvanced➙GlobalPowerSettings.

3.UnselectEnableAlwaysOnUSB;thenclickOK.

–ForWindows8:

1.OpentheLenovoSettingsprogram.

2.ClickPower.

3.UnderAlwaysOnUSB,movetheslidertotheleft.

•Wirelessoff

Whenyouarenotusingthewirelessfeatures,suchasBluetoothorwirelessLAN,turnthemoff.This

willhelpconservepower.Toturnoffthewirelessfeatures,pressF8.

Enablingthewakeupfunction

Ifyouputyourcomputerintohibernationmode,andthewakeupfunctionisdisabled(thisisthedefault

setting),thecomputerdoesnotconsumeanypower.Ifthewakeupfunctionisenabled,itconsumesa

smallamountofpower.

Toenablethefunction,dothefollowing:

1.GotoControlPanel.SystemandSecurity.

2.ClickAdministrativeT ools.

3.Double-clickTaskScheduler.Ifyouarepromptedforanadministratorpasswordorconrmation,type

thepasswordorprovideconrmation.

4.Fromtheleftpane,selectthetaskfolderforwhichyouwanttoenablethewakeupfunction.The

scheduledtasksaredisplayed.

5.Clickascheduledtask,andthenclicktheConditionstab.

6.UnderPower,selectthecheckboxforWakethecomputertorunthistask.

EnablingthebatteryalarmontheWindows7operatingsystem

FortheWindows7operatingsystem,youcanprogramyourcomputersothatwhenthebatterypowerfalls

belowacertainlevel,threeeventsoccur:thealarmgoesoff,amessageisdisplayed,andtheLCDis

turnedoff.

Toenablethebatteryalarm,dothefollowing:

1.StartPowerManager.

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2.ClicktheGlobalPowerSettingstab.

3.ForLowbatteryalarmorCriticallylowbatteryalarm,setthepercentageofthepowerlevelandset

theaction.

Note:Ifyourcomputerenterssleeporhibernationmodewhenthebatteryislow,butthealarmmessage

hasnotyetbeendisplayed,themessagewillbedisplayedwhenthecomputerresumes.Toresumenormal

operation,clickOK.

Connectingtothenetwork

YourcomputerhasoneormorenetworkcardsforconnectingtotheInternetandtoyourcompany'swired

LANorwirelessLANnetwork.

Ethernetconnections

YoucanconnecttoalocalnetworkorabroadbandconnectionbyuseoftheEthernetfeaturebuiltintoyour

computer.

ToconnecttoanetworkthroughEthernet,dothefollowing:

•ForWindows7:UsetheAccessConnectionsprogram.ForinstructionsonhowtostarttheAccess

Connectionsprogram,see“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows7operatingsystem”onpage12.

•ForWindows8:OpentheLenovoSettingsprogramandclickLocationAwareness.Thenfollowthe

instructionsonthescreen.

DANGER

YourcomputerhasanEthernetconnector.Toavoidtheriskofelectricalshock,donotconnect

thetelephonecabletotheEthernetconnector.

Wirelessconnections

Wirelesscommunicationisthetransferofdatawithouttheuseofcablesbutbymeansofradiowavesonly.

Dependingonthewirelessdeviceusedinyourcomputer,youmightbeabletoconnecttothefollowing

categoriesofwirelessnetworks.

WirelessLAN

AwirelessLANcoversarelativelysmallgeographicarea,suchasanofcebuildingorahouse.Devices

basedonthe802.11standardscanconnecttothisnetwork.

Yourcomputercomeswithabuilt-inwirelessnetworkcardandacongurationutilitytohelpyoumake

wirelessconnectionsandmonitorthestatusofyourconnection,sothatyoucanstayconnectedtoyour

networkwhileyouareintheofce,inameetingroom,orathome,withnoneedforawiredconnection.

TipsforusingthewirelessLANfeature

Toachievethebestconnection,usethefollowingguidelines:

•PlaceyourcomputersothatthereareasfewobstaclesaspossiblebetweenthewirelessLANaccess

pointandthecomputer.

•Openyourcomputerdisplaytoanangleofslightlymorethan90degrees.

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•Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standard)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywithaBluetooth

option,thedatatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeaturecanbe

degraded.

Bluetooth

Bluetoothisoneofanumberoftechnologiesusedtocreateawirelesspersonalareanetwork.Bluetooth

canconnectdevicesashortdistancefromoneanother,andiscommonlyusedforconnectingperipheral

devicestoacomputer,transferringdatabetweenhand-helddevicesandapersonalcomputer,orremotely

controllingandcommunicatingwithdevicessuchasmobilephones.

Establishingawirelessconnection

Toestablishawirelessconnection,dothefollowing:

1.PressF8toturnonthewirelessfeature.

2.ClickthewirelessnetworkconnectionstatusiconintheWindowsnoticationarea.Alistofavailable

wirelessnetworksisdisplayed.

3.Double-clickanetworktoconnecttoit.Providerequiredinformationifneeded.

Ifyouneedtoconnecttodifferentwirelessnetworksindifferentlocations,usethefollowingsoftwareto

managemultiplenetworkprolessothatthecomputerconnectstoanavailablenetworkautomaticallywhen

thelocationchanges:

•ForWindows7:UsetheAccessConnectionsprogram.ForinstructionsonhowtostarttheAccess

Connectionsprogram,see“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows7operatingsystem”onpage12 .

•ForWindows8:OpentheLenovoSettingsprogramandclickLocationAwareness.See“Accessing

LenovoprogramsontheWindows8operatingsystem”onpage14 .

Attention:

•Ifyouwanttousethewirelessfeaturesonanairplane,checkthewirelessserviceswiththeairlinebefore

boardingtheairplane.

•Iftherearerestrictionsontheuseofcomputerwirelessfeaturesonanairplane,youneedtodisableyour

computerwirelessfeaturesbeforeboarding.Todisablethewirelessfeatures,see“Enablingordisabling

thewirelessfeatures”onpage32.

UsingBluetooth

SomemodelsareequippedwithaBluetoothcardthatiscompliantwithBluetoothSpecication4.0.

ToenabletheBluetoothfeatureontheWindows7operatingsystem,pressF8toopenthewirelessradio

switchboard.ThenturnontheBluetoothradio.FortheWindows8operatingsystem,theBluetoothfeature

isonbydefault.

TocongureaBluetoothdeviceormanageconnectionsettings,useBluetoothDevicesinControlPanel.

1.OpenControlPanel.

2.ClickHardwareandSound.

3.ClickDevicesandPrinters.

TosenddatatoaBluetooth-enableddevice,dothefollowing:

1.Right-clickthedatathatyouwanttosend.

2.SelectSendTo➙BluetoothDevices.

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Note:Ifyouusethewirelessfeature(the802.11standard)ofyourcomputersimultaneouslywithaBluetooth

option,thedatatransmissionspeedcanbedelayedandtheperformanceofthewirelessfeaturecanbe

degraded.

FormoreinformationaboutusingtheBluetoothfeature,refertotheWindowshelpinformationsystemand

theBluetoothhelpinformationsystem.

Checkingthewirelessnetworkconnectionstatus

Youcancheckyourcomputerwirelessnetworkconnectionstatusandwirelesssignalstrengththroughthe

wirelessnetworkconnectionstatusiconintheWindowsnoticationarea.Themorebarsencompassed,the

betterthesignal.

FortheWindows7operatingsystem,youalsocanchecktheAccessConnectionsgauge,theAccess

Connectionsstatusicon,ortheAccessConnectionswirelessnetworkconnectionstatusiconinthe

Windowsnoticationarea.

AccessConnectionsgauge

OntheWindows7operatingsystem,theAccessConnectionsgaugeintheWindowsnoticationarea

displaysthestatusandsignalstrengthofyourwirelessconnection.

Youcanndmoredetailedinformationaboutthestatusandsignalstrengthofyourwirelessconnection

byopeningtheAccessConnectionsprogramorbyright-clickingtheAccessConnectionsgaugeinthe

WindowsnoticationareaandselectingViewStatusofWirelessConnection.

•AccessConnectionsgaugestates:wirelessLAN

–Powertothewirelessradioisoffornosignal.

–Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionispoor.To

improvethesignalstrength,moveyourcomputerclosertothewirelessaccesspoint.

–Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnection

ismarginal.

–Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionis

excellent.

AccessConnectionsstatusicon

TheAccessConnectionsstatusicondisplaysgeneralconnectionstatus.

•AccessConnectionsstatusiconstates

– Nolocationproleisactiveornoneexists.

– Currentlocationproleisdisconnected.

– Currentlocationproleisconnected.

AccessConnectionswirelessstatusicon

TheAccessConnectionswirelessstatusicondisplaysthestatusandsignalstrengthofyourwireless

connection.

Youcanndmoredetailedinformationaboutthestatusandsignalstrengthofyourwirelessconnection

eitherbyopeningtheAccessConnectionsprogramorbydouble-clickingtheAccessConnectionswireless

statusiconintheWindowsnoticationarea.

•Wirelessstatusiconstates:wirelessLAN

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–Powertothewirelessradioisoff.

– Powertothewirelessradioison.Noassociation.

–Powertothewirelessradioison.Nosignal.

–Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionisexcellent.

– Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionismarginal.

–Powertothewirelessradioison.Thesignalstrengthofthewirelessconnectionispoor.Toimprove

thesignalstrength,moveyourcomputerclosertothewirelessaccesspoint.

Note:Ifyouhavetroubleinmakingaconnection,trymovingyourcomputerclosertoyourwirelessaccess

point.

Enablingordisablingthewirelessfeatures

Toenableordisablethewirelessfeatures,dooneofthefollowing:

•ForWindows7:PressF8toopenthewirelessradioswitchboard.T urnonorturnoffthewirelessfeature

asdesired.

•ForWindows8:PressF8toenableordisabletheAirplanemode.WhentheAirplanemodeisenabled,all

ofyourwirelessdevicesareturnedoff.

Youalsocanusethewirelessradioswitchtoturnonorturnoffthewirelessradiosofallthewirelessdevices

onyourcomputer.

Attachinganexternalmonitor

Youcanattachanexternalmonitortoyourcomputertoexpandyourcomputercapabilities.

Note:Ifyouattachanexternalmonitor,avideointerfacecablewithaferritecoreinstalledonthecable

isrequired.

Yourcomputersupportsamaximumvideoresolutionofupto1920x1200,providedthattheexternal

monitoralsosupportsthatresolution.Formoredetails,refertothemanualsprovidedwithyourmonitor.

Youcansetanyresolutionforeitherthecomputerdisplayortheexternalmonitor.Whenyouusebothatthe

sametime,theresolutionofbothisthesame.Ifyousetahigherresolutionforthecomputerdisplay,you

canseeonlypartofthescreenatatime.YoucanseeotherpartsbymovingtheimagewiththeT rackPoint

pointingdeviceoranotherpointingdevice.

Youcanmovethedisplayoutputtothecomputerdisplay,theexternalmonitor,orbothbyconguring

settingsintheDisplaySettingswindow.

Connectinganexternalmonitor

Ifyourcomputercannotdetecttheexternalmonitor,right-clickonthedesktop,thenselectScreen

resolution.ClicktheDetectbutton.

Toattachanexternalmonitor,dothefollowing:

1.ConnecttheexternalmonitortotheHDMIport;thenconnectthemonitortoanelectricaloutlet.

2.T urnontheexternalmonitor.

3.ChangethedisplayoutputlocationbypressingF7.Thisenablesyoutoswitchbetweenviewingoutput

ontheexternalmonitor,thecomputermonitor,andbothmonitors.

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Note:IfthemonitorconnectorisnotcompatiblewiththeHDMIportonyourcomputer,youcanusea

convertcabletoestablishtheconnection.ConvertcablesareavailableasoptionsfromLenovoat:

http://www.lenovo.com/accessories/services/index.html

Settingthemonitortype

Tosetyourmonitortype,dothefollowing:

1.Connecttheexternalmonitortothemonitorconnector,andthenconnectthemonitortoanelectrical

outlet.

2.Turnontheexternalmonitor.

3.Right-clickonthedesktop,andclickScreenresolution.

Note:Ifyourcomputercannotdetecttheexternalmonitor,clicktheDetectbutton.

4.Clicktheiconforthedesiredmonitor(theMonitor-2iconisfortheexternalmonitor).

5.SetResolution.

6.ClickAdvancedSettings.

7.ClicktheMonitortab.Checkthemonitorinformationwindowtoensurethatthemonitortypeiscorrect.

Ifitis,clickOKtoclosethewindow;otherwiseproceedwiththefollowingsteps.

8.Ifmorethantwomonitortypesaredisplayed,selectGenericPnPMonitororGenericNon-PnP

Monitor.

9.ClickProperties.Ifyouarepromptedforanadministratorpasswordorconrmation,typethepassword

orprovideconrmation.

10.ClicktheDrivertab.

11.ClickUpdateDriver.

12.ClickBrowsemycomputerfordriversoftware,andthenclickLetmepickfromalistofdevice

driversonmycomputer.

13.CleartheShowcompatiblehardwarecheckbox.

14.SelectManufacturerandModelforyourmonitor.Ifyoucannotndyourmonitoronthelist,stopthe

installationofthisdriverandusethedrivershippedwithyourmonitor.

15.Afterupdatingthedriver,clickClose.

16.FortheWindows7operatingsystem,tochangethecolorsettings,right-clickonthedesktop,andclick

Screenresolution.ClickAdvancedSettings,selecttheMonitortab,thensetColors.

17.ClickOK.

Note:Tochangethecolorsettings,right-clickonthedesktop,andclickScreenresolution.ClickAdvanced

Settings,selecttheMonitortab,thensetColors.

Considerationsforattachinganexternalmonitor

•Wheninstallinganoperatingsystem,youmustinstallthedisplaydriverforyourmonitorthatissupplied

withthecomputer,andthemonitorINFlethatissuppliedwiththeexternalmonitor.

•Ifyousetaresolutionhigherthantheresolutionyouareusingonthecomputermonitor,andusean

externalmonitorthatdoesnotsupportthatresolution,takeadvantageofthevirtualscreenfunction,

whichenablesyoutodisplayonlyapartofthehigh-resolutionscreenimageyourcomputerproduces.

YoucanseeotherpartsoftheimagebymovingthescreenwiththeTrackPointpointingdeviceoranother

pointingdevice.

•Iftheexternalmonitoryouareusingisoutdated,theresolutionandtherefreshratemightbelimited.

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Changingdisplaysettings

Youcanchangethedisplaysettings,suchasthedisplayresolution,fontsize,andsoon.

Tochangethedisplaysettings,dothefollowing:

1.OpenControlPanelandclickAppearanceandPersonalization.

2.ClickDisplayforfurtherconguration.

UsingtheExtenddesktopfunction

YourcomputersupportsafunctionnamedtheExtenddesktop.WiththeExtenddesktopfunction,you

candisplayoutputonboththecomputerdisplayandanexternalmonitor.Youalsocandisplaydifferent

desktopimagesoneachmonitor.

YoucanusetheExtenddesktopfunctionwithoutchanginganysettings.Ifthefunctiondoesnotwork,refer

to“EnablingtheExtenddesktopfunction”onpage34toenableit.

ConsiderationsforusingtheExtenddesktopfunction

•IfyouwanttoshowDOSfull-screenwhileintheExtenddesktopmode,onlytheprimarydisplayshows

DOS;theotherdisplayisblackedout.

•IfyourcomputerhastheIntel ®graphicscard,youcandesignatetheotherdisplayastheprimarydisplay

bydoingthefollowing:

1.PressCtrl+Alt+Fn+F12.TheIntelGraphicsandMediaControlPanelwindowopens.

2.SelectAdvanceModeandclickOK.

3.ClickMultipleDisplay.

4.Selectthedesireddisplayastheprimarydisplay.

•WhenanapplicationusingDirectDraworDirect3Displayedinfull-screenmode,itisshownonlyonthe

primarydisplay.

•YoucannotusethedisplayswitchingfunctionwhenyouareintheExtenddesktopmode.

EnablingtheExtenddesktopfunction

ToenabletheExtenddesktopfunction,dothefollowing:

1.ConnecttheexternalmonitortotheHDMIport;thenconnectthemonitortoanelectricaloutlet.

2.Turnontheexternalmonitor.

3.PressF7,thenselectExtend.

Note:IfthemonitorconnectorisnotcompatiblewiththeHDMIportonyourcomputer,youcanusea

convertcabletoestablishtheconnection.ConvertcablesareavailableasoptionsfromLenovoat:

http://www.lenovo.com/accessories/services/index.html

Tochangetheresolutionforeachmonitor,dothefollowing:

1.Right-clickonthedesktop,andclickScreenresolution.

2.ClicktheMonitor-1icon(fortheprimarydisplay,thecomputerdisplay).

3.Settheresolutionfortheprimarydisplay.

4.ClicktheMonitor-2icon(forthesecondarydisplay,theexternaldisplay).

5.Settheresolutionforthesecondarydisplay.

6.ClickOKtoapplythechanges.

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Note:Tochangethecolorsettings,right-clickonthedesktop,andclickScreenresolution.ClickAdvanced

Settings,selecttheMonitortab,thensetColors.

Settingupapresentation

Tomakepresentations,youcanattachaprojectortoyourcomputerthroughtheHDMIportonyourcomputer.

Note:IftheprojectorconnectorisnotcompatibletotheHDMIportonyourcomputer,youcanpurchasea

convertercableonhttp://www.lenovo.com/accessories/services/index.html.

Itmighttakeseveralsecondsbeforetheprojectordisplaystheimage.Ifyoudonotseeyourdesktop

displayedafter60seconds,pressF7toswitchbetweendifferentdisplayoutputlocations.

Yourprojectormighthaveoneormoreaudio-inputconnectors.Toprojectsound,youwillneedtoattachthe

comboaudiojackonyourcomputertotheseconnectors,usinganaudiocable(commerciallyavailable).

UsingtheAMDSwitchableGraphicsfeature

SomeThinkPadnotebookcomputerssupporttheAMDSwitchableGraphicsfeature.

Toachievethebestbalancebetweenthecomputerperformanceandalongbatterylife,dependingonthe

graphicsqualitydemandoftherunningprogramandthesettingsofthepowerplanthatyouuse,theAMD

SwitchableGraphicsfeatureautomaticallyswitchesbetweenHighPerformanceGraphicsandEnergySaving

Graphics,withnoneedtorestartyourcomputer,closeprograms,orintervenemanually.

Usingaudiofeatures

Yourcomputerisequippedwiththefollowing:

•Comboaudiojack,1/8inch(3.5mm)indiameter

•Built-instereospeakers

•Built-indigitalmicrophone

Yourcomputeralsohasanaudiochipthatenablesyoutoenjoyvariousmultimediaaudiofeatures:

•CompliantwithIntelHighDenitionAudio

•RecordingandplaybackofPCMandWAVlesin16-bitor24-bitformat

•PlaybackofaWAVleatasamplerateof44.1KHzto192KHz

•PlaybackofMIDIlesthroughaWavetablesynthesizerunderMicrosoftWindowsoperatingsystems

•PlaybackofMP3lesthroughtheWindowsMediaPlayerorasoftwareMP3player

•Recordingfromvarioussoundsources

Note:Thecomboaudiojackdoesnotsupportaconventionalmicrophone.

Thefollowingtableshowswhichfunctionsoftheaudiodevicesattachedtothejacksonyourcomputerare

supported.

T able3.Audiofeaturelist

Jackdsetwitha3.5mm

4-poleplug

Conventional

headphone

Conventional

microphone

Comboaudiojack Headphoneand

microphonefunctions

supported

Headphonefunction

supported

Notsupported

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Conguringforsoundrecording

Tocongurethemicrophoneforoptimizedsoundrecording,opentheRealtekHDAudioManagerwindow

bydoingthefollowing:

OpenControlPanel.ThenclickHardwareandSound➙RealtekHDAudioManager.TheRealtekHD

AudioManagerwindowopens.

Usingtheintegratedcamera

Ifyourcomputerhasanintegratedcamera,youcanusethecameratopreviewyourvideoimageand

takeasnapshotofyourcurrentimage.

Tostartthecamera,dothefollowing:

•ForWindows7:PressF9toopenControlPanel.ClickLenovo-WebConferencing.

•ForWindows8:ClickCamerafromtheStartscreen.

Whenthecameraisstarted,thegreencamera-in-useindicatorturnson.

Youalsocanusetheintegratedcamerawithotherprogramsthatprovidefeaturessuchasphotographing,

videocapturing,andvideoconferencing.Tousetheintegratedcamerawithotherprograms,openoneofthe

programsandstartthephotographing,videocapturing,orvideoconferencingfunction.Then,thecamera

willstartautomaticallyandthegreencamera-in-useindicatorwillturnon.Formoreinformationaboutusing

thecamerawithaprogram,refertothedocumentationthatcamewiththeprogram.

Conguringcamerasettings

Youcancongurethecamerasettingstomeetyourneeds,suchasadjustingthequalityofthevideooutput.

Tocongurethecamerasettings,dothefollowing:

•ForWindows7:PressF9toopenControlPanel.ClickLenovo-WebConferencingandcongurethe

camerasettingsasdesired.

•ForWindows8,dooneofthefollowing:

–Congurethecamerasettingsdirectlyfromtheprogramthatisusingthecamera.Formoreinformation,

seethehelpinformationsystemoftheprogram.

–PressF9tostarttheLenovoSettingsprogram.ThenclickCamera.Followtheinstructionsonthe

screentocongurethecamerasettingsasdesired.

Usingamediacard

Yourcomputerhasonemediacardreaderslot.Themediacardreaderslotsupportsthefollowingfour

typesofcards:

•SecureDigital(SD)card

•SecureDigitalHigh-Capacity(SDHC)card

•SecureDigitaleXtended-Capacity(SDXC)card

•MultiMediaCard(MMC)

Note:Whiletransferringdatatoorfromamediacard,suchasanSDcard,donotputyourcomputerinto

sleeporhibernationmodebeforethedatatransferiscomplete;otherwise,yourdatacouldbecomedamaged.

Formoreinformationonmediacards,refertoanyofthefollowingtopics:

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Insertingamediacard

Attention:Beforeyoustartinstallinganyofthefollowingcards,touchametaltableoragroundedmetal

object.Thisactionreducesanystaticelectricityfromyourbody.Thestaticelectricitycoulddamagethecard.

Toinsertamediacardintothe4-in-1mediacardreaderslot,dothefollowing:

1.Ensurethatthecardiscorrectlyoriented.

2.Insertthecardrmlyintothe4-in-1mediacardreaderslot.Pressthecardrmlyintotheslot.

Ifthemediacardisnotplugandplay,dothefollowing:

1.GotoControlPanel.ClickHardwareandSound➙DeviceManager.Ifyouarepromptedforan

administratorpasswordorconrmation,typethepasswordorprovideconrmation.

2.FromtheActionmenu,selectAddlegacyhardware.TheAddHardwareWizardstarts.

3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Removingamediacard

Attention:

•Beforeremovingthecard,stopthecardrst.Otherwise,dataonthecardmightbecorruptedorlost.

•Donotremovethecardwhilethecomputerisinsleepmodeorhibernationmode.Otherwise,thesystem

mightnotrespondwhenyoutrytoresumeoperation.

Toremoveamediacard,dothefollowing:

1.ClickthetriangulariconintheWindowsnoticationareatoshowhiddenicons.Then,right-clickthe

SafelyRemoveHardwareandEjectMediaicon.

2.SelectthecorrespondingitemtoejectthecardfromtheWindowsoperatingsystem.

3.Pressthecardtoejectitfromyourcomputer.

4.Removethecardfromyourcomputerandstoreitsafelyforfutureuse.

Note:IfyoudonotremovethecardfromyourcomputerafteryouejectthecardfromtheWindows

operatingsystem,thecardcannolongerbeaccessed.Toaccessthecard,youmustremoveitonce,

theninsertitagain.

Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer37

38UserGuide

Chapter3.Youandyourcomputer

Thischapterprovidesinformationaboutaccessibility,comfort,andtravellingwithyourcomputer.

•“Accessibilityandcomfort”onpage39

•“Travelingwithyourcomputer”onpage41

Accessibilityandcomfort

Goodergonomicpracticeisimportanttogetthemostfromyourpersonalcomputerandtoavoiddiscomfort.

Arrangeyourworkplaceandtheequipmentyouusetosuityourindividualneedsandthekindofwork

thatyouperform.Inaddition,usehealthyworkhabitstomaximizeyourperformanceandcomfortwhile

usingyourcomputer.

Thefollowingtopicsprovideinformationaboutarrangingyourworkarea,settingupyourcomputer

equipment,andestablishinghealthyworkhabits.

Lenovoiscommittedtoprovidingthelatestinformationandtechnologytoourcustomerswithdisabilities.

Refertoouraccessibilityinformationwhichoutlinesoureffortsinthisarea.

Ergonomicinformation

Workinginthevirtualofcemightmeanadaptingtofrequentchangesinyourenvironment.Followingsome

simpleruleswillmakethingseasierandbringyouthemaximumbenetsofyourcomputer.Keepinginmind

suchbasicsasgoodlightingandproperseating,forexample,canhelpyouimproveyourperformance

andachievegreatercomfort.

Thisexampleshowssomeoneinaconventionalsetting.Evenwhennotinsuchasetting,youcanfollow

manyofthesetips.Developgoodhabits,andtheywillserveyouwell.

Generalposture:Makeminormodicationsinyourworkingposturetodetertheonsetofdiscomfortcaused

bylongperiodsofworkinginthesameposition.Frequentshortbreaksfromyourworkalsohelptoprevent

minordiscomfortassociatedwithyourworkingposture.

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Display:Positionthedisplaytomaintainacomfortableviewingdistanceof20-30inches(510-760mm).

Avoidglareorreectionsonthedisplayfromoverheadlightingoroutsidesourcesoflight.Keepthedisplay

screencleanandsetthebrightnesstolevelsthatenableyoutoseethescreenclearly.PressF5orF6

toadjustdisplaybrightness.

Headposition:Keepyourheadandneckinacomfortableandneutral(vertical,orupright)position.

Chair:Useachairthatgivesyougoodbacksupportandseatheightadjustment.Usechairadjustmentsto

bestsuityourdesiredposture.

Armandhandposition:Ifavailable,usechairarmrestsoranareaonyourworkingsurfacetoprovide

weightsupportforyourarms.Keepyourforearms,wrists,andhandsinarelaxedandneutral(horizontal)

position.Typewithasofttouchwithoutpoundingthekeys.

Legposition:Keepyourthighsparalleltotheoorandyourfeetatontheoororonafootrest.

Whatifyouaretraveling?

Itmightnotbepossibletoobservethebestergonomicpracticeswhenyouareusingyourcomputer

whileonthemoveorinacasualsetting.Regardlessofthesetting,trytoobserveasmanyofthetipsas

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”onpage39andpractice“activesitting”to

avoiddiscomfortassociatedwithyourworkingpostures.Makingminorvoluntaryposturalchangesand

takingshortfrequentworkbreaksarethekeyingredientsforhealthycomputing.Y ourcomputerislightand

mobile;youcaneasilyrepositionyourworkingsurfacetoaccommodatemanyposturemodications.

Workareasetupoptions:Familiarizeyourselfwithallofyourofcefurnituresothatyouknowhowto

adjustyourworksurface,seat,andotherworktoolstoaccommodateyourpreferencesforcomfort.

Ifyourworkareaisnotinanofcesetting,besuretotakespecialnoteofemployingactivesitting

andtakingworkbreaks.ManyThinkPadproductsolutionsareavailabletohelpyoumodifyandexpand

yourcomputertobestsuityourneeds.AccessthefollowingWebsitetoviewsomeoftheseoptions:

http://www.lenovo.com/accessories/services/index.html.Exploreyouroptionsfordockingsolutionsand

externalproductsthatprovidetheadjustabilityandfeaturesthatyouwant.

Accessibilityinformation

Lenovoiscommittedtoprovidingpeoplewithdisabilitiesgreateraccesstoinformationandtechnology.

Asaresult,thefollowinginformationprovideswaystohelpusersthathavehearing,vision,andmobility

limitationsgetthemostoutoftheircomputerexperience.

40UserGuide

•Whentakingoff,remembertoturnoffyourcomputerorputitintohibernationmode.

Travelaccessories

Thefollowingisachecklistofitemstoconsiderpackingwhenyouaregoingtotravel:

•ThinkPadacpoweradapter

•ThinkPadAC/DCcomboadapter

•Externalmouse(ifyouareaccustomedtousingone)

•Ethernetcable

•Aqualitycarryingcasethatprovidesadequatecushionandprotection

•Externalstoragedevice

•HDMIcable

•ConvertercableforHDMIport

Ifyouaretravelingtoanothercountry,youmightneedtoconsideranacpoweradapterforthecountryto

whichyouaretravelling.

Topurchasetravelaccessories,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/accessories.

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Chapter4.Security

Thischapterprovidesinformationabouthowtoprotectyourcomputerfromtheftandunauthorizeduse.

•“Attachingamechanicallock”onpage43

•“Usingpasswords”onpage43

•“Harddisksecurity”onpage48

•“Settingthesecuritychip”onpage49

•“Usingthengerprintreader”onpage50

•“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage52

•“Usingrewalls”onpage52

•“Protectingdataagainstviruses”onpage52

Attachingamechanicallock

Youcanattachamechanicallocktoyourcomputertohelppreventitfrombeingremovedwithoutyour

permission.

Attachamechanicallocktothesecurity-lockslotofthecomputer;thensecurethechainonthelocktoa

stationaryobject.Refertotheinstructionsshippedwiththemechanicallock.

Note:Youareresponsibleforevaluating,selecting,andimplementingthelockingdevicesandsecurity

features.Lenovomakesnocomments,judgments,orwarrantiesaboutthefunction,quality,orperformance

oflockingdevicesandsecurityfeatures.

Usingpasswords

Byusingpasswords,youcanhelppreventyourcomputerfrombeingusedbyothers.Onceyouseta

password,apromptisdisplayedonthescreeneachtimeyouturnonthecomputer.Enteryourpasswordat

theprompt.Youcannotusethecomputerunlessyoutypethecorrectpassword.

Passwordsandsleepmode

Ifyouhavesetpasswordsandyouputyourcomputerintosleepmode,theprocedureforresuming

operationisasfollows:

•Youarenotpromptedtotypethepasswordwhenresumingoperation.

•Ifanyharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivehasapassword,itisunlockedautomaticallywhenyouresume

operation.

Note:IfaWindowspasswordhasbeenset,youwillbepromptedtoenterit.

Typingpasswords

Ifthisiconisdisplayed,typeapower-onpasswordorasupervisorpassword.

Ifthisiconisdisplayed,typeauserharddiskpassword.Ifyouwanttotypeamasterharddisk

password,dothefollowing:

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1.PressF1.Theiconchangestothis:

2.Typethemasterharddiskpassword.

Note:Toreturntotheicon,pressF1again.

Note:PresstheBackspacekeyifyouenterawrongpasswordwhileyouaretypingyourpassword.

Power-onpassword

Youcansetapower-onpasswordtohelpprotectyourcomputeragainstaccessbyunauthorizedusers.

Ifyousetapower-onpassword,thepasswordpromptisdisplayedonthescreenwheneveryouturnonthe

computer.Youmustenterthecorrectpasswordtostartusingthecomputer.

Settingapower-onpassword

1.Printtheseinstructions.

2.Saveallopenles,andexitallapplications.

3.Turnyourcomputeroffandthenturnitonagain.

4.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1.TheThinkPadSetupprogrammainmenuopens.

5.SelectSecurity,usingthecursordirectionalkeystomovedownthemenu.

6.SelectPassword.

7.SelectPower-onPassword.

8.IntheEnterNewPasswordeld,typeadesiredpassword,andpressEnter.

9.IntheConrmNewPasswordeld,retypethepasswordandpressEnter.

Note:Youmightwanttorecordyourpasswordandstoreitinasafeplace.Otherwise,ifyouforgetit,

youhavetotakeyourcomputertoaLenovoreselleroramarketingrepresentativetohavethepassword

canceled.

10.IntheSetupNoticewindowthatisdisplayed,pressEntertocontinue.

11.PressF10.TheSetupConrmationwindowopens.SelectYestosavecongurationchangesandexit.

Changingorremovingthepower-onpassword

Tochangethepower-onpassword,followsteps1through7.Enteryourcurrentpassword.WhentheEnter

NewPasswordeldisdisplayed,typeanewpasswordintheeldandthenretypeittoverify.Toremove

thepassword,followsteps1through7.Typeyourcurrentpassword.WhentheEnterNewPasswordeld

isdisplayed,leaveitblankandpressEntertwice.

Harddiskpasswords

Twotypesofharddiskpasswordshelpprotecttheinformationstoredontheharddiskdrive:

•Userharddiskpassword

•Masterharddiskpassword,whichrequiresauserharddiskpassword

Ifauserharddiskpasswordhasbeenset,butnomasterharddiskpasswordhasbeen,theusermustenter

theuserharddiskpasswordinordertogainaccesstolesandapplicationsontheharddiskdrive.

Themasterpasswordcanbesetandusedonlybyasystemadministrator.Likeamasterkey,itenablesthe

administratortogetaccesstoanyharddiskdriveinasystem.Theadministratorsetsthemasterpassword;

nooneelseknowsit.Thentheadministratorsetsauserpasswordforeachcomputerinthenetwork,and

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tellseachuserthepasswordforhisorhercomputer.Theusercanthenchangetheuserpasswordas

desired,buttheadministratorstillcangetaccessbyusingthemasterpassword.

Note:Whenamasterharddiskpasswordisset,onlytheadministratorcanremovetheuserharddisk

password.

Settingaharddiskpassword

1.Printtheseinstructions.

2.Saveallopenles,andexitallapplications.

3.Turnyourcomputeroffandthenonagain.

4.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1.TheThinkPadSetupprogrammainmenuopens.

5.SelectSecurity,usingthecursordirectionalkeystomovedownthemenu.

6.SelectPassword.

7.SelectHardDisk1PasswordorHardDisk2Password.

8.Apasswordwindowopens.Y ouarepromptedtoselectUserorUser+Master.SelectUserifyouwant

tosetonlyoneharddiskpassword.Ifyouareanadministratororsupervisor,youcanselectUser+

Mastertosettwopasswords.(Theusercanchangetheuserpasswordlater.)

•IfyouselectUser+Master,dothefollowing:

a.Whenawindowfortypingthenewuserharddiskpasswordopens,typeyournewpasswordin

theEnterNewPasswordeld.PressEnter.

b.IntheConrmNewPasswordeld,retypethepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyit.PressEnter.

c.Amessagewindowopensandpromptsyoutosetthemasterharddiskpassword.PressEnterto

continue.

d.Awindowfortypingthenewmasterharddiskpasswordopens.Typeyournewpasswordin

theEnterNewPasswordeld.PressEnter.

e.IntheConrmNewPasswordeld,retypethepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyit.PressEnter.

•IfyouselectUseronly,dothefollowing:

a.Whenawindowfortypingthenewpasswordopens,typeyournewpasswordintheEnterNew

Passwordeld.PressEnter.

Notes:

–YoucansettheminimumlengthofaharddiskpasswordthroughtheSecuritymenu.

–Ifyousetaharddiskpasswordofoversevencharacters,theharddiskdrivecanbeusedonly

withacomputerthatcanrecognizeaharddiskpasswordofoversevencharacters.Ifyouthen

installtheharddiskdriveinacomputerthatcannotrecognizeaharddiskpasswordthat

containsmorethansevencharacters,youcannotgetaccesstothedrive.

b.IntheConrmNewPasswordeld,retypethepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyit.PressEnter.

Attention:Youmightwanttonotedownyourpasswordsandkeeptheminasafeplace.Otherwise,if

youforgettheuserpassword,orbothuserandmasterpasswords,Lenovocannotresetyourpasswords

orrecoverdatafromtheharddiskdrive.YoumusttakeyourcomputertoaLenovoresellerora

marketingrepresentativetohavetheharddiskdrivereplaced.Proofofpurchaseisrequired,andafee

willbechargedforpartsandservice.

9.IntheSetupNoticewindowthatisdisplayed,pressEntertocontinue.

10.PressF10.TheSetupConrmationwindowopens.SelectYestosavecongurationchangesandexit.

Thenexttimeyouturnonyourcomputer,youwillhavetotypetheuserormasterharddiskpasswordin

ordertostartyourcomputerandgetaccesstoyouroperatingsystem.

Chapter4.Security45

Changingorremovingaharddiskpassword

Followsteps1through7in“Settingaharddiskpassword”onpage45,typingyourpasswordtogetaccess

totheThinkPadSetupprogram.

Tochangeorremovetheuserharddiskpassword,dothefollowing:

•Tochangetheharddiskpassword,typethecurrentpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.Then

typethenewpasswordintheEnterNewPasswordeld,andretypethepasswordyoujustenteredto

verifyitintheConrmNewPasswordeld.PressEnter,andaSetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.Press

EntertoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.Theuserharddiskpasswordwillbechanged.

•Toremovetheharddiskpassword,typethecurrentpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.Then

leavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank,andpressEnter.ASetup

Noticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.Theuserharddisk

passwordwillberemoved.

TochangeorremovetheUser+Masterharddiskpasswords,selectUserHDPorMasterHDP.

IfyouchooseUserHDP,dothefollowing:

•Tochangetheuserharddiskpassword,typethecurrentuserharddiskpasswordorthecurrentmaster

harddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.Thentypethenewuserharddiskpasswordin

theEnterNewPasswordeld,andretypethepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyitintheConrmNew

Passwordeld.PressEnter,andaSetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertoexitfromtheSetup

Noticewindow.Theuserharddiskpasswordischanged.

•Toremovetheuserharddiskpassword,typethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrent

Passwordeld.ThenleavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank,and

pressEnter.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.

Theuserharddiskpasswordwillberemoved.

IfyouchooseMasterHDP,dothefollowing:

•Tochangethemasterharddiskpassword,typethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnter

CurrentPasswordeld.ThentypethenewmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterNewPassword

eld,andretypethepasswordyoujustenteredtoverifyitintheConrmNewPasswordeld.Press

Enter,andaSetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.The

masterharddiskpasswordischanged.

•Toremovethemasterharddiskpassword,typethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnter

CurrentPasswordeld.ThenleavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank,

andpressEnter.ASetupNoticewindowisdisplayed.PressEntertoexitfromtheSetupNoticewindow.

Boththeuserandmasterharddiskpasswordswillberemoved.

Supervisorpassword

ThesupervisorpasswordprotectsthesysteminformationstoredinThinkPadSetup.Withoutit,noonecan

changethecongurationofthecomputer.Itprovidesthefollowingsecurityfeatures:

•Ifasupervisorpasswordisset,apasswordpromptisdisplayedwhenyoutrytostarttheThinkPadSetup

program.Unauthorizeduserscannotgetaccesstocongurationdata.

•Thesystemadministratorcanusethesupervisorpasswordtogetaccesstoacomputereveniftheuserof

thatcomputerhassetapower-onpassword.Thesupervisorpasswordoverridesthepower-onpassword.

•Ifbothasupervisorpasswordandapower-onpasswordareset,youcandothefollowingonlyifyou

havethesupervisorpassword:

–Deletingthepower-onpassword

–Changingordeletingthesupervisorpassword

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–EnablingordisablingtheWakeonLANfeature

–EnablingordisablingtheInternalNetworkOptionROMfeature

–Changingdateandtime

–EnablingordisablingtheLockUEFIBIOSSettingsfeature

–EnablingordisablingthePasswordatunattendedbootfeature

–Specifyingtheminimumlengthforpower-onpasswordsandharddiskpasswords

–Changingthesettingforthesecuritychip

–EnablingordisablingtheBootDeviceListF12Optionfeature

–EnablingordisablingtheBootOrderLockfeature

–EnablingordisablingtheFlashBIOSUpdatingbyEnd-Usersfeature

–Enablingordisablingtheinternalnetworkdevice

–Enablingordisablingtheinternalwirelessdevice

–EnablingordisablingtheinternalBluetoothdevice

–EnablingordisablingtheSecuritymode

Notes:

•ThesystemadministratorcansetthesamesupervisorpasswordonmanyThinkPadnotebookcomputers

tomakeadministrationeasier.

•ByenablingtheLockUEFIBIOSSettingsfeatureonthePasswordmenuwhenyousetthesupervisor

password,youmakeitimpossibleforanyonebutyoutomakechanges.

Setting,changing,orremovingasupervisorpassword

Onlyasystemadministratorcanset,change,orremoveasupervisorpassword.

Toset,change,orremoveasupervisorpassword,dothefollowing:

1.Printtheseinstructions.

2.Saveallopenles,andexitallapplications.

3.Turnyourcomputeroffandthenturnitonagain.

4.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1.TheThinkPadSetupprogrammainmenuopens.

5.SelectSecurity,usingthecursordirectionalkeystomovedownthemenu.

6.SelectPassword.

7.SelectSupervisorPassword.

8.Awindowopens,promptingyoutoenteranewpassword.Dependingonyourneeds,dooneofthe

following:

•Tosetapassword,dothefollowing:

a.IntheEnterNewPasswordeld,typeadesiredpasswordandpressEnter.

b.IntheConrmNewPasswordeld,retypethepasswordandpressEnter.

•Tochangeapassword,dothefollowing:

a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordeld,typethecurrentsupervisorpasswordandpressEnter.

b.IntheEnterNewPasswordeld,typethenewsupervisorpassword;thenretypethepassword

youjustenteredtoverifyitintheConrmNewPasswordeld.PressEnter.

•Toremoveapassword,dothefollowing:

a.IntheEnterCurrentPasswordeld,typethecurrentsupervisorpasswordandpressEnter.

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b.LeavetheEnterNewPasswordandConrmNewPasswordeldsblank.PressEnter.

Attention:Youmightwanttonotedownyourpasswordandkeepitinasafeplace.Ifyouforgetyour

supervisorpassword,Lenovocannotresetyourpassword.YoumusttakeyourcomputertoaLenovo

reselleroraLenovomarketingrepresentativetohavethesystemboardreplaced.Proofofpurchaseis

required,andafeewillbechargedforpartsandservice.

9.IntheSetupNoticewindowthatisdisplayed,pressEntertocontinue.

10.PressF10.TheSetupConrmationwindowopens.SelectYestosavecongurationchangesandexit.

ThenexttimeyouopentheThinkPadSetupprogram,youwillbepromptedtotypeyourpasswordtoproceed.

Harddisksecurity

Toprotectpasswordsfromunauthorizedsecurityattacks,severalofthelatesttechnologiesandalgorithms

areintegratedintoUEFIBIOSandhardwaredesignofThinkPadnotebookcomputers.

Tomaximizesecurity,dothefollowing:

•Setapower-onpasswordaswellasaharddiskpasswordforyourinternalsolid-statedriveorharddisk

drive.Refertotheproceduresin“Power-onpassword”onpage44 and“Harddiskpasswords”onpage

44.Forsecurity,alongerpasswordisrecommended.

•ToprovidereliablesecurityforUEFIBIOS,usethesecuritychipandasecurityapplicationwithaTrusted

PlatformModule(TPM)managementfeature.Referto“Settingthesecuritychip”onpage49.

Note:TheWindows7andWindows8operatingsystemsupportstheTPMmanagementfeature.

•Ifaharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivewithencryptiontechnologyisinstalledinyourcomputer,besure

toprotectthecontentsofyourcomputermemoryfromunauthorizedaccessbyuseofdriveencryption

software,suchasMicrosoftWindowsBitLocker ®DriveEncryption,whichissupportedintheUltimateand

EnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows7operatingsystemandProfessionalandEnterpriseeditionsofthe

Windows8operatingsystem.See“UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption”onpage48 .

•Beforeyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,besuretodeletedatastoredonit.Referto

“Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage52 .

Note:TheharddiskdrivebuiltintoyourcomputercanbeprotectedbyUEFIBIOS.

UsingWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption

Tohelpprotectyourcomputeragainstunauthorizedaccess,besuretousedriveencryptionsoftware,such

asWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption.

WindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionisanintegralsecurityfeatureoftheWindows7andWindows8

operatingsystems.ItissupportedintheUltimateandEnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows7andProfessional

andEnterpriseeditionsoftheWindows8operatingsystem.

BitLockerusesaTrustedPlatformModuletoprovideenhancedprotectionforyourdataandtoensureearly

bootcomponentintegrity.AcompatibleTPMisdenedasaV1.2TPM.

TochecktheBitLockerstatus,gotoControlPanel,andclickSystemandSecurity➙BitLockerDrive

Encryption.

FordetailsaboutWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryption,seetheWindowsHelpandSupport,orsearchfor

“MicrosoftWindowsBitLockerDriveEncryptionStep-by-StepGuide”ontheMicrosoftWebsite.

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DiskEncryptionharddiskdriveandEncryptionsolid-statedrive

SomemodelscontaintheDiskEncryptionharddiskdriveorEncryptionsolid-statedrive.Thisfeature

helpstoprotectyourcomputeragainstsecurityattacksonmedia,NANDashordevicecontrollersbyuse

ofahardwareencryptionchip.Fortheefcientuseoftheencryptionfeature,besuretosetaharddisk

passwordfortheinternalstoragedevice.

Settingthesecuritychip

Strictsecurityrequirementsareimposedonnetworkclientcomputersthattransfercondentialinformation

electronically.Dependingontheoptionsyouordered,yourcomputermighthaveanembeddedsecurity

chip,acryptographicmicroprocessor.Withthesecuritychip,youcandothefollowing:

•Protectyourdataandsystem

•Strengthenaccesscontrols

•Securecommunications

Settingthesecuritychip

ThechoicesofferedontheSecurityChipsubmenuundertheSecuritymenuofThinkPadSetupareas

follows:

•SecurityChip:activate,inactivate,ordisablethesecuritychip.

•SecurityReportingOptions:enableordisableeachsecurityreportingoption.

•ClearSecurityChip:cleartheencryptionkey.

Notes:

1.EnsurethatthesupervisorpasswordhasbeensetinThinkPadSetup.Otherwiseanyonecanchange

thesettingsforthesecuritychip.

2.IfyouareusingClientSecuritySolution,handlethesecuritychipbydoingthefollowing:

•Donotclearthesecuritychip.Ifyoudo,thefunctionsassignedtothekeyswillbeerased.

•Donotdisablethesecuritychip.Ifyoudo,ClientSecuritySolutionwillnotwork.

3.Ifthesecuritychipisremovedorreplaced,oranewonehasbeenadded,thecomputerwillnotstart.

Youwillhearfourcyclesoffourbeepseach.

4.Ifthesecuritychipisinactiveordisabled,theClearSecurityChipoptionwillnotbedisplayed.

5.Whenyouclearthesecuritychip,besuretoturnyourcomputeroffandthenturnitonagainafteryou

setthesecuritychiptoActive.Otherwise,theClearSecurityChipoptionisnotdisplayed.

TosetanitemontheSecurityChipsubmenu,dothefollowing:

1.Printtheseinstructions.

2.Saveallopenles,andexitallapplications.

3.Turnyourcomputeroffandthenturnitonagain.

4.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,pressF1.TheThinkPadSetupprogrammainmenuopens.

5.Usingthecursorkeys,movetoSecurity.TheSecuritymenuopens.

6.Usingthecursorkeys,movetoSecurityChip,andpressEnter.TheSecurityChipsubmenuopens.

7.Usingthecursorkeys,movetoanitemyouwanttoset.Whentheitemishighlighted,pressEnter.

8.Setotheritemsthatyouwanttoset.

9.PressF10tosavechangesandexit.

10.PressEnterintheSetupConrmationwindowtoconrmtheexit.

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Usingthengerprintreader

Yourcomputerhasanintegratedngerprintreader.Fingerprintauthenticationcanreplacepasswordsand

enablesimpleandsecureuseraccess.ByenrollingyourngerprintandassociatingitwithaWindows

passwordyoucanlogontothecomputerbyswipingyourngeroverthereader,withouttypingpasswords.

Enrollingyourngerprint

Tousetheintegratedngerprintreader,beginbyenrollingyourngerprintasfollows:

1.Turnonyourcomputer.

2.Doeitherofthefollowing:

•IfyoursystemisinstalledwiththeWindows7operatingsystem,tostarttheLenovoFingerprint

software,referto“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows7operatingsystem”onpage12.

•IfyoursystemisinstalledwiththeWindows8operatingsystem,tostarttheLenovoFingerprint

software,referto“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows8operatingsystem”onpage14 .

3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentoenrollyourngerprint.Fordetails,refertothehelpinformation

systemfortheprogram.

Swipingyourngeroverthereader

Toswipeyourngeroverthereader,dothefollowing:

1.Placetheballofyournger(thecentralpartofthengerprint)onthesmallcircleabovethereader.

Ensurethattheentiretopjointofthengerisonthereader.

Note:Yourcomputerkeyboardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationabove.

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2.Applylightpressureandswipeyourngeracrossthereaderinonesmoothmotion.

Note:Yourcomputerkeyboardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationabove.

Maintainingthengerprintreader

Thefollowingactionscoulddamagethengerprintreaderorcauseitnottoworkproperly:

•Scratchingthesurfaceofthereaderwithahard,pointedobject.

•Scrapingthesurfaceofthereaderwithyourngernailoranythinghard.

•Usingortouchingthereaderwithadirtynger.

Ifyounoticeanyofthefollowingconditions,gentlycleanthesurfaceofthereaderwithadry,soft,lint-free

cloth:

•Thesurfaceofthereaderisdirtyorstained.

•Thesurfaceofthereaderiswet.

•Thereaderoftenfailstoenrollorauthenticateyourngerprint.

Ifyourngerhasanyofthefollowingconditions,youmightnotbeabletoregisterorauthenticateit:

•Yourngeriswrinkled.

•Yourngerisrough,dry,orinjured.

•Yourngerisstainedwithdirt,mud,oroil.

•Thesurfaceofyourngerisverydifferentfromwhenyouenrolledyourngerprint.

•Yourngeriswet.

•Angerthathasnotbeenenrolledisused.

Toimprovethesituation,trythefollowing:

•Cleanorwipeyourhandstoremoveanyexcessdirtormoisturefromthengers.

•Enrollanduseadifferentngerforauthentication.

•Ifyourhandsaretoodry,applylotiontothem.

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Noticeondeletingdatafromyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive

Ascomputersspreadintoeverycorneroflife,theyprocessmoreandmoreinformation.Thedataonyour

computer,someofwhichmightbesensitive,isstoredonaharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.Beforeyou

disposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer,besuretodeletedatastoredonit.

Handingyourcomputerovertosomeoneelsewithoutdeletingtheloadedsoftware,suchasoperating

systemsandapplicationsoftware,mightevenviolatelicenseagreements.Youareadvisedtocheckthe

termsandconditionsofthoselicenseagreements.

Therearemethodsthatseemtodeletethedata:

•Movethedatatotherecyclebin,andthenclickEmptyrecyclebin.

•UsetheDeleteoption.

•Formatyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,usingthesoftwareforinitializingit.

•Usingtherecoveryprogram,bringtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivebacktothefactorydefault

settings.

Theseoperations,however,onlychangetheleallocationofthedata;theydonotdeletethedataitself.In

otherwords,thedataretrievalprocessingisdisabledunderanoperatingsystemsuchasWindows.The

dataisstillthere,eventhoughitseemstobelost.Thus,itissometimespossibletoreadthedatabyuseof

specialsoftwarefordatarecovery.Thereisariskthatpeopleofbadfaithmightreadandmisusethecritical

dataonharddiskdrivesorsolid-statedrivesforunexpectedpurposes.

Topreventleakageofdata,itbecomesveryimportantthatyoutakeresponsibilityfordeletingallthedata

fromtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivewhenyoudisposeof,sell,orhandoveryourcomputer.Y ou

candestroythedataphysicallybysmashingtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivewithahammer,or

magneticallybymeansofstrongmagneticpower,thusmakingthedataunreadable.Butwerecommend

thatyoumakeuseofthesoftware(payware)orservice(payservice)specicallydevelopedforthepurpose.

Fordisposingofdataontheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,LenovoprovidestheSecureDataDisposal

tool.Todownloadtheapplication,goto:

http://www.lenovo.com/support

Note:Runningeitherapplicationwilltakeacoupleofhours.

Usingrewalls

Ifyoursystemispreinstalledwitharewallprogram,itprotectsagainstcomputerInternetsecuritythreats,

unauthorizedaccesses,intrusions,andInternetattacks.Italsoprotectsyourprivacy.

Formoreinformationabouthowtousetherewallprogram,refertothehelpinformationsystemthat

comeswiththeprogram.

Protectingdataagainstviruses

Yourcomputerispreinstalledwithanantivirusprogramsoyoucandetectandeliminateviruses.The

antivirusprogramisdesignedtohelpyoudetectandeliminateviruses.

Lenovoprovidesafullversionofantivirussoftwareonyourcomputerwithafree30-daysubscription.After

30days,youmustrenewthelicensetocontinuereceivingtheantivirussoftwareupdates.

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Formoreinformationabouthowtouseyourantivirussoftware,refertothehelpinformationsystemof

yourantivirussoftware.

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Chapter5.Recoveryoverview

ThischapterprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbyLenovo.

•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows7operatingsystem”onpage55

•“RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows8operatingsystem”onpage60

RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows7operatingsystem

ThissectionprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbyLenovoontheWindows7

operatingsystem.

Notes:

•Thereareavarietyofmethodstochoosefromwhenconsideringhowtorecoverintheeventofasoftware-

orhardware-relatedproblem.Somemethodsvarydependingonthetypeofyouroperatingsystem.

•Theproductontherecoverymediamightbeusedonlyforthefollowingpurposes:

–Restoretheproductpreinstalledonyourcomputer

–Reinstalltheproduct

–ModifytheproductusingtheAdditionalFiles

Notes:T opreventpotentialperformancerisksorunexpectedbehaviorthatmightbecausedbythenew

harddiskdrivetechnology,itisrecommendedthatyouuseoneofthefollowingback-upsoftwareprograms:

•ThinkVantageRescueandRecoveryversion4.3orlater

•SymantecNortonGhostversion15orlater

Notes:Tousethisprogram,dothefollowing:

1.ClickStart➙Run.TheRunwindowopens.

2.T ypecmdintheeld.ThenclickOK.

3.T ypeghost-align=1mbandpressEnter.

•AcronisTrueImage2010orlater

•ParagonBackup&Recovery10Suitorlater,ParagonBackup&Recovery10Homeorlater

Creatingandusingarecoverymedia

Youcanuserecoverymediatorestoretheharddiskdrivetothefactorydefaultsettings.Recoverymedia

areusefulifyoutransferthecomputertoanotherarea,sellthecomputer,recyclethecomputer,orputthe

computerinanoperationalstateafterallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailed.Asaprecautionarymeasure,

itisimportanttocreaterecoverymediaasearlyaspossible.

Note:Therecoveryoperationsyoucanperformusingrecoverymediavarydependingontheoperating

systemfromwhichtherecoverymediawerecreated.Therecoverymediamightcontainabootmedium

andadatamedium.YourMicrosoftWindowslicensepermitsyoutocreateonlyonedatamedium,soitis

importantthatyoustoretherecoverymediainasafeplaceafteryouhavemadethem.

Creatingrecoverymedia

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreaterecoverymedia.

Note:YoucancreaterecoverymediausingdiscsorexternalUSBstoragedevices.

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Performingarecoveryoperation

ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoperformarecoveryoperationusingtheRescueandRecovery

program.

1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoThinkVantageT ools➙Enhanced

BackupandRestore.TheRescueandRecoveryprogramopens.

2.IntheRescueandRecoveryprogrammainwindow,clicktheLaunchadvancedRescueandRecovery

arrow.

3.ClicktheRestoreyoursystemfromabackupicon.

4.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentocompletetherecoveryoperation.

FormoreinformationaboutperformingarecoveryoperationfromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,see

“UsingtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace”onpage57.

UsingtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace

TheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceresidesinaprotected,hiddenareaofyourharddiskdrivethat

operatesindependentlyfromtheWindowsoperatingsystem.Thisenablesyoutoperformrecovery

operationsevenifyoucannotstarttheWindowsoperatingsystem.Y oucanperformthefollowingrecovery

operationsfromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace:

•Rescuelesfromyourharddiskdriveorfromabackup

TheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceenablesyoutolocatelesonyourharddiskdriveandtransfer

themtoanetworkdriveorotherrecordablemedia,suchasaUSBdeviceoradisc.Thissolutionis

availableevenifyoudidnotbackupyourlesorifchangesweremadetothelessinceyourlastbackup

operation.Y oualsocanrescueindividuallesfromaRescueandRecoverybackuplocatedonyourlocal

harddiskdrive,aUSBdevice,oranetworkdrive.

•RestoreyourharddiskdrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackup

IfyouhavebackedupyourharddiskdriveusingtheRescueandRecoveryprogram,youcanrestorethe

harddiskdrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackup,evenifyoucannotstarttheWindowsoperating

system.

•Restoreyourharddiskdrivetothefactorydefaultsettings

TheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceenablesyoutorestorethecompletecontentsofyourharddiskdrive

tothefactorydefaultsettings.Ifyouhavemultiplepartitionsonyourharddiskdrive,youhavetheoption

torestorethefactorydefaultsettingstotheC:partitionandleavetheotherpartitionsintact.Becausethe

RescueandRecoveryworkspaceoperatesindependentlyfromtheWindowsoperatingsystem,youcan

restorethefactorydefaultsettingsevenifyoucannotstarttheWindowsoperatingsystem.

Attention:IfyourestoretheharddiskdrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackuporrestoretheharddisk

drivetothefactorydefaultsettings,alllesontheprimaryharddiskdrivepartition(usuallydriveC:)willbe

deletedintherecoveryprocess.Ifpossible,makecopiesofimportantles.Ifyouareunabletostartthe

Windowsoperatingsystem,youcanusetherescuelesfeatureoftheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceto

copylesfromyourharddiskdrivetoothermedia.

T ostarttheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,dothefollowing:

1.Ensurethatthecomputeristurnedoff.

2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF11keywhenturningonthecomputer.Whenyouhearbeepsor

seealogoscreen,releasetheF11key.

3.IfyouhavesetaRescueandRecoverypassword,typeyourpasswordwhenprompted.TheRescue

andRecoveryworkspaceopensafterashortdelay.

Note:IftheRescueandRecoveryworkspacefailstoopen,see“Solvingrecoveryproblems”onpage59 .

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4.Dooneofthefollowing:

•Torescuelesfromyourharddiskdriveorfromabackup,clickRescuelesandfollowthe

instructionsonthescreen.

•TorestoreyourharddiskdrivefromaRescueandRecoverybackuportorestoreyourharddiskdrive

tothefactorydefaultsettings,clickRestoreyoursystemandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

FormoreinformationaboutthefeaturesoftheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,clickHelp.

Notes:

1.Afterrestoringyourharddiskdrivetothefactorydefaultsettings,youmighthavetoreinstalldevice

driversforsomedevices.See“Reinstallingpreinstalledapplicationsanddevicedrivers”onpage59.

2.SomecomputerscomewithMicrosoftOfceorMicrosoftWorkspreinstalled.Ifyouneedtorecover

orreinstallyourMicrosoftOfceorMicrosoftWorksapplications,youmustusetheMicrosoftOfce

CDorMicrosoftWorksCD.ThesediscsareprovidedonlywithcomputerspreinstalledwithMicrosoft

OfceorMicrosoftWorks.

Creatingandusingarescuemedium

Witharescuemedium,suchasadiscoraUSBharddiskdrive,youcanrecoverthecomputerfromfailures

thatpreventyoufromgainingaccesstotheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceonyourharddiskdrive.

Notes:

1.Therecoveryoperationsyoucanperformusingarescuemediumvarydependingontheoperating

system.

2.Therescuedisccanbestartedinalltypesofopticaldrives.

Creatingarescuemedium

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreatearescuemedium.

1.FromtheWindowsdesktop,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoThinkVantageTools➙Enhanced

BackupandRestore.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

windowopens,releasetheF12key.

3.IntheBootMenuwindow,selectthedesiredopticaldriveastherstbootdevice.Then,insertthe

rescuediscintotheopticaldriveandpressEnter.Therescuemediumstarts.

•IfyouhavecreatedarescuemediumusingaUSBharddiskdrive,usethefollowinginstructionsto

usetherescuemedium:

1.AttachtheUSBharddiskdrivetooneoftheUSBconnectorsonyourcomputer.

2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF12keywhenturningonthecomputer.WhentheBootMenu

windowopens,releasetheF12key.

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3.IntheBootMenuwindow,selecttheUSBharddiskdriveastherstbootdeviceandpressEnter.

Therescuemediumstarts.

Whentherescuemediumstarts,theRescueandRecoveryworkspaceopens.Thehelpinformationfor

eachfeatureisavailablefromtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace.Followtheinstructionstocomplete

therecoveryprocess.

Reinstallingpreinstalledapplicationsanddevicedrivers

Yourcomputerhasprovisionsthatenableyoutoreinstallselectedfactory-installedapplicationsanddevice

drivers.

Reinstallingpreinstalledapplications

Toreinstallselectedapplicationprograms,dothefollowing:

1.Turnonyourcomputer.

2.GototheC:\SWTOOL Sdirectory.

3.OpentheAPPSfolder.Initareseveralsubfoldersnamedforthevariouspreinstalledapplications.

4.Openthesubfolderfortheapplicationyouarereinstalling.

5.Double-clickSetup,andthenfollowtheon-screenstepstoreinstalltheprogram.

Reinstallingpreinstalleddevicedrivers

Attention:Whenyoureinstalldevicedrivers,youarechangingthecurrentcongurationofyourcomputer.

Reinstalldevicedriversonlywhenitisnecessarytocorrectaproblemwithyourcomputer.

Toreinstalladevicedriverforafactory-installeddevice,dothefollowing:

1.Turnonyourcomputer.

2.GototheC:\SWTOOL Sdirectory.

3.OpentheDRIVERSfolder.WithintheDRIVERSfolderareseveralsubfoldersnamedforthevarious

devicesinstalledinyourcomputer(forexample,AUDIOandVIDEO).

4.Openthesubfolderforthedevice.

5.Reinstallthedevicedriverbyoneofthefollowingmethods:

•Inthesubfolderforthedevice,lookforatextle(alewiththeextension.txt).Thetextlecontains

informationonhowtoreinstallthatdevicedriver.

•Ifthesubfolderforthedevicecontainsaleofsetupinformation(alewiththeextension.inf),you

canusetheAddNewHardwareprogram(intheWindowsControlPanel)toreinstallthedevicedriver.

Notalldevicedriverscanbereinstalledbyuseofthisprogram.IntheAddNewHardwareprogram,

whenpromptedforthedevicedriveryouwanttoinstall,clickHaveDiskandBrowse.Thenselect

thedevicedriverlefromthedevicesubfolder.

•Inthesubfolderforthedevice,lookfortheexecutablele(alewiththeextension.exe).Double-click

thele,andfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Attention:Ifyouneedupdateddevicedrivers,donotdownloadthemfromtheWindowsUpdateWebsite.

ObtainthemfromLenovo.Formoreinformation,see“Makingsuredevicedriversarecurrent”onpage92.

Solvingrecoveryproblems

IfyouareunabletoaccesstheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceortheWindowsenvironment,doone

ofthefollowing:

•UsearescuemediumtostarttheRescueandRecoveryworkspace.See“Creatingandusingarescue

medium”onpage58.

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•Userecoverymediaifallothermethodsofrecoveryhavefailedandyouneedtorestoretheharddisk

drivetothefactorydefaultsettings.See“Creatingandusingarecoverymedia”onpage55.

Note:IfyouareunabletoaccesstheRescueandRecoveryworkspaceortheWindowsenvironmentfroma

rescuemediumorrecoverymedia,youmightnothavetherescuedevice(aninternalharddiskdrive,adisc,

aUSBharddiskdrive,orotherexternaldevices)setastherstbootdeviceinthestartupdevicesequence.

Youmustrstensurethatyourrescuedeviceissetastherstbootdeviceinthestartupdevicesequencein

theThinkPadSetupprogram.See“Startupmenu”onpage85 fordetailedinformationabouttemporarilyor

permanentlychangingthestartupdevicesequence.

Itisimportanttocreatearescuemediumandasetofrecoverymediaasearlyaspossibleandstorethem

inasafeplaceforfutureuse.

RecoveryoverviewfortheWindows8operatingsystem

ThissectionprovidesinformationabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedbyWindows8operatingsystem.

Refreshingyourcomputer

Ifyourcomputerdoesnotperformwellandtheproblemmightbecausedbyarecentlyinstalledprogram,

youcanrefreshyourcomputerwithoutlosingyourpersonallesorchangingyoursettings.

Attention:Ifyourefreshyourcomputer,theprogramsthatcamewithyourcomputerandtheprogramsthat

youinstalledfromWindowsStorewillbereinstalled,butallotherprogramswillberemoved.

Torefreshyourcomputer,dothefollowing:

1.Swipeinfromtherightedgeofthescreentodisplaythecharms.

2.TaptheSettingscharm.

3.TapChangePCsettings.

4.TapGeneral.

5.IntheRefreshyourPCwithoutaffectingyourlessection,clickGetstarted.

Resettingyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings

Youcanresetyourcomputertothefactorydefaultsettings.Resettingthecomputerwillreinstallthe

operatingsystem,andreinstallalltheprogramsandsettingsthatcamewithyourcomputer.

Attention:Ifyouresetyourcomputer,allyourpersonallesandsettingswillbedeleted.Toavoiddataloss,

makeabackupcopyofallthedatathatyouwanttokeep.

Toresetyourcomputer,dothefollowing:

1.Moveyourcursortothebottomrightcornerofthescreentobringupthecharms.ClickSettings

➙ChangePCsettings➙General.

2.IntheRemoveeverythingandreinstallWindowssection,clickGetstarted.

Advancedstartupoptions

AdvancedstartupoptionsenableyoutochangethestartupsettingsofyourWindowsoperatingsystem,

startthecomputerfromanexternaldevice,orrestoretheWindowsoperatingsystemfromasystemimage.

Tousetheadvancedstartupoptions,dothefollowing:

1.Moveyourcursortothebottomrightcornerofthescreentobringupthecharms.ClickSettings

➙ChangePCsettings➙General.

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2.IntheAdvancedstartupsection,clickRestartnow➙Troubleshoot➙Advancedoptions.

3.Restartyourcomputerfollowingtheinstructionsonthescreen.

FormoredetailsabouttherecoverysolutionsprovidedoncomputerspreinstalledwiththeWindows8

operatingsystem,refertothehelpinformationsystemoftheWindows8operatingsystem.

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Chapter6.Replacingdevices

Thischapterprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacedevicesforyourcomputer.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingitems:

•“Staticelectricityprevention”onpage63

•“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage63

•“Replacingtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive”onpage65

•“Replacingamemorymodule”onpage67

•“ReplacingaMiniPCIExpressCardforwirelessLANconnection”onpage68

•“Replacingthebackupbattery”onpage70

Staticelectricityprevention

Staticelectricity,althoughharmlesstoyou,canseriouslydamagecomputercomponentsandoptions.

Improperhandlingofstatic-sensitivepartscancausedamagetothepart.Whenyouunpackanoptionor

aCRU,donotopenthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthepartuntiltheinstructionsdirectyou

toinstallthepart.

WhenyouhandleoptionsorCRUs,orperformanyworkinsidethecomputer,takethefollowingprecautions

toavoidstatic-electricitydamage:

•Limityourmovement.Movementcancausestaticelectricitytobuilduparoundyou.

•Alwayshandlecomponentscarefully.Handleadapters,memorymodules,andothercircuitboardsbythe

edges.Nevertouchexposedcircuitry.

•Preventothersfromtouchingcomponents.

•Whenyouinstallastatic-sensitiveoptionorCRU,touchthestatic-protectivepackagecontainingthe

parttoametalexpansion-slotcoverorotherunpaintedmetalsurfaceonthecomputerforatleasttwo

seconds.Thisreducesstaticelectricityinthepackageandyourbody.

•Whenpossible,removethestatic-sensitivepartfromthestatic-protectivepackageandinstallthepart

withoutsettingitdown.Whenthisisnotpossible,placethestatic-protectivepackageonasmooth,

levelsurfaceandplacethepartonthepackage.

•Donotplacethepartonthecomputercoverorothermetalsurface.

Disablingthebuilt-inbattery

BeforereplacinganyCRU,ensurethatyouhavedisabledthebuilt-inbatterybydoingthefollowing:

1.Turnoffyourcomputeranddisconnecttheacpoweradapterandallcablesfromthecomputer.

2.Turnonyourcomputer.PressF1toenterThinkPadSetupwhentheThinkPadlogoappears.

3.SelectCong➙Power.ThePowersubmenuisdisplayed.

4.SelectDisableBuilt-inBattery.

5.ClickYesintheSetupWarningwindow.Thenthecomputerwillautomaticallyturnedoff.Waitthreeto

veminutestoletthecomputercool.

Replacingthebasecoverassembly

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

Toreplacethebasecoverassembly,dothefollowing:

1.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage63.

2.Closethecomputerdisplay,andturnthecomputerover.

3.Loosenthescrews1thatsecurethebasecoverassembly.Thenremovethebasecoverassembly2.

4.Installthenewbasecoverassembly1andtightenthescrews2.

5.Turnthecomputeroveragain.Connecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.

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Replacingtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

Attention:Theharddiskdriveisverysensitive.Incorrecthandlingcancausedamageandpermanentloss

ofdata.Observethefollowingguidelines:

•Replacetheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedriveonlyifyouupgradeitorhaveitrepaired.Theconnectors

andslotoftheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivearenotdesignedforfrequentchanges,ordrive

swapping.

•Donotdroptheharddiskorsolid-statedriveorsubjectittophysicalshocks.Puttheharddiskdriveor

solid-statedriveonamaterial,suchassoftcloth,thatabsorbsanyphysicalshocks.

•Donotapplypressuretothecoveroftheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.

•Donottouchtheconnectors.

•Beforeremovingtheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,makeabackupcopyofalltheinformation

onit,andthenturnthecomputeroff.

•Neverremovetheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivewhilethecomputerisoperating,insleepmode,

orinhibernationmode.

Toreplacetheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,dothefollowing:

1.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage63.

2.Closethecomputerdisplay,andturnthecomputerover.

3.Removethebasecoverassembly.See“Replacingthebasecoverassembly”onpage64.

4.Removethescrewsthatsecuretheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedriveasshowntoreleaseitfromthe

connector.

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivemightlookdifferentfrom

theillustrationsinthistopic.

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5.Liftthetabtoremovetheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedriveoutofthecomputer.

6.Inserttheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedriveintotheslot1andpositiontheharddiskdriveor

solid-statedrivermlyintoplace2.

7.Installthescrewstosecuretheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive.

8.Reinstallthebasecoverassembly.See“Replacingthebasecoverassembly”onpage64.

9.Turnthecomputeroveragain.Connecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.

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Replacingamemorymodule

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

Increasingmemorycapacityisaneffectivewaytomakeprogramsrunfaster.T oreplaceoraddamemory

module,readthefollowingprerequisites,andthentheinstructions.

Whenreplacingamemorymodule,besuretofollowtheprecautions.

Note:Theoperatingspeedofthememorymodulehasdependencyonthesystemconguration.Insome

conditions,thememorymoduleinyourcomputermightnotbeabletooperateatthemaximumspeed.

Attention:Beforeyoustartinstallingamemorymodule,touchametaltableoragroundedmetalobject.This

actionreducesanystaticelectricityfromyourbody.Thestaticelectricitycoulddamagethememorymodule.

T oreplaceamemorymodule,dothefollowing:

1.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage63.

2.Closethecomputerdisplay,andturnitover.

3.Removethebasecoverassembly.See“Replacingthebasecoverassembly”onpage64.

4.Ifthememorymodulealreadyisinthememoryslot,pressoutonthelatchesonbothedgesofthe

socketatthesametime1,andthenremovethememorymodule2.Savetheremovedmemory

moduleforfutureuse.

5.Findthenotchonthecontactedgesideofthememorymoduleyouareinstalling.

Attention:T oavoiddamagingthememorymodule,donottouchitscontactedge.

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6.Withthenotchedendofthememorymoduletowardthecontactedgesideofthesocket,insertthe

memorymodule1intothesocketatanangleofabout20degrees;thenpressitinrmly2.

7.Reinstallthebasecoverassembly.See“Replacingthebasecoverassembly”onpage64.

8.Turnthecomputeroveragain.Connecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.

ReplacingaMiniPCIExpressCardforwirelessLANconnection

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

DANGER

Duringelectricalstorms,donotconnectthecabletoordisconnectitfromthetelephoneoutlet

onthewall.

DANGER

Electriccurrentfrompower ,telephone,andcommunicationcablesishazardous.Toavoidshock

hazard,disconnectthecablesbeforeopeningthecoverofthisslot.

Attention:BeforeyoustartinstallingaMiniPCIExpressCard,touchametaltableoragroundedmetal

object.Thisactionreducesanystaticelectricityfromyourbody.Thestaticelectricitycoulddamagethecard.

ToreplacethewirelessLANcard,dothefollowing:

1.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage63.

2.Closethecomputerdisplay,andturnthecomputerover.

3.Removethebasecoverassembly.See“Replacingthebasecoverassembly”onpage64.

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4.Ifatoolforremovingconnectorsisincludedinthepackagewiththenewcard,usethetooltodisconnect

thecablesfromthecard.Ifnosuchtoolisincluded,disconnectthecablesbypickinguptheconnectors

withyourngersandgentlyunpluggingthem.

5.Removethescrew1.Thecardpopsup2.Removethecard.

6.AlignthecontactedgeofthenewPCIExpressMiniCardwiththecorrespondingsocket1.Pivotthe

carddownwarduntilitsnapsintoplace.Securethecardwiththescrew2.

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7.Connecttheantennacablestothenewcardasshowninthedrawing.

8.Reinstallthebasecoverassembly.See“Replacingthebasecoverassembly”onpage64.

9.Turnthecomputeroveragain.Connecttheacpoweradapterandallcables.

Replacingthebackupbattery

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

DANGER

Ifthebackupbatteryisincorrectlyreplaced,thereisdangerofanexplosion.Thebackupbattery

containsasmallamountofharmfulsubstances.Toavoidpossibleinjury:

•ReplaceonlywithabatteryofthetyperecommendedbyLenovo.

•Keepthebatterypackawayfromre.

•Donotexposeittoexcessiveheat.

•Donotexposeittowaterorrain.

•Donotshort-circuitit.

•Donotdrop,crush,puncture,orsubjecttostrongforces.Batteryabuseormishandlingcan

causethebatterytooverheat,whichcancausegassesorameto“vent”fromthebattery

packorcoincell.

Toreplacethebackupbattery,dothefollowing:

1.Disablethebuilt-inbattery.See“Disablingthebuilt-inbattery”onpage63.

2.Closethecomputerdisplay,andturnthecomputerover.

3.Removethebasecoverassembly.See“Replacingthebasecoverassembly”onpage64.

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–Aftertheoperatingsysteminstallation,youshouldnotchangetheinitialUEFI/LegacyBootsetting

inThinkPadSetup.TheUEFI/LegacyBootsettingmustbethesameasitwaswhentheWindows

operatingsystemimagewasinstalled.Otherwise,theoperatingsystemwillnotbootproperly.

Forthecountryorregioncoderequiredintheinstallation,useoneofthefollowing:

Countryorregion:Code

China:SC

Denmark:DK

Finland:FI

France:FR

Germany:GR

Italy:IT

Japan:JP

Netherlands:NL

Norway:NO

Spain:SP

Sweden:SV

TaiwanandHongKong:TC

UnitedStates:US

InstallingtheWindows7operatingsystem

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

ToinstalltheWindows7operatingsystemanditsrelatedsoftwareonyourcomputer,dothefollowing:

1.StartThinkPadSetup.

2.SelectStartup.

3.SelectUEFI/LegacyBoot.

4.Dooneofthefollowing:

•IfyouwanttoinstalltheWindows7(32–bit)operatingsystem,selectLegacyOnlyorBoth.

•IfyouwanttoinstalltheWindows7(64–bit)operatingsysteminLegacymode,selectLegacyOnly.

•IfyouwanttoinstalltheWindows7(64–bit)operatingsysteminUEFImode,selectUEFIOnly.

5.PressF10.

6.InserttheWindows7operatingsysteminstallationDVDintotheDVDdrive,andrestartthecomputer.

7.RestoreC:\SWTOOLSfromthebackupcopyyoumadebeforestartingtheinstallation.

8.InstalltheIntelChipsetSupportforWindows2000/XP/Vista/7/8.Todothis,runtheSetup.exeleinthe

C:\SWTOOLS\DRIVERS\INTELINF\innst_autoldirectory.

9.Installdevicedrivers.See“Installingotherdriversandsoftware(forWindows7)”onpage76.

InstallingtheregistrypatchesforWindows7

Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/supportandinstallthefollowingregistrypatches:

•RegistrypatchenablingWakeUponLANfromStandbyforEnergyStar

•FixforIssueofHDDwithHDDetection

InstallingtheWindows7xmodules

TheWindows7xmodulesareinthefollowingdirectory:

C:\SWTOOLS\OSFIXES\

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Thenameofeachsubfolderisthenumberofaxmodule.Forinformationabouteachxmodule,goto

theMicrosoftKnowledgeBasehomepageathttp://support.microsoft.com,typethenumberofthex

moduleyouneedinthesearcheld,andclickSearch.

Toinstallaxmodule,runtheEXEleinasubfolderandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.

Note:Ifyouremovetheharddiskdrivefromthecomputerwithasingle-coreprocessorandinstallitona

computerwithadual-coreprocessor,youcangetaccesstotheharddiskdrive.Theopposite,however,is

nottrue:Ifyouremovetheharddiskdrivefromacomputerwithadual-coreprocessorandinstallitona

computerwithasingle-coreprocessor,youcannotgetaccesstotheharddiskdrive.

InstallingtheWindows8operatingsystem

Beforeyoustart,printtheseinstructions.

ToinstalltheWindows8operatingsystemanditsrelatedsoftwareonyourcomputer,dothefollowing:

1.StartThinkPadSetup.

2.SelectStartup➙Boot.

3.ChangethebootpriorityordertobootyourcomputerfromthedrivethatcontainstheWindows

8operatingsysteminstaller.

4.PressF10.

5.ConnectthedrivethatcontainstheWindows8operatingsysteminstallertoyourcomputer,and

restartthecomputer.

6.InstalltheIntelChipsetSupportforWindows832/864.

7.Installdevicedrivers.See“Installingdevicedrivers”onpage75.

InstallingtheWindows8xmodules

TodownloadandinstallaWindows8xmodules,gototheMicrosoftKnowledgeBasehomepageat

http://support.microsoft.com/,typethenumberofthexmoduleyouneedinthesearcheld,andclick

Search.

Installingdevicedrivers

Thedevicedriversareavailableathttp://www.lenovo.com/Drivers.Clickyourcomputerproductname

toviewallthedevicedriversforyourcomputer.

Attention:Alwaysgotohttp://www.lenovo.com/Driversforthelatestdevicedrivers.Donotdownload

themfromtheWindowsUpdateWebsite.

Installingthedriverforthe4-in-1mediacardreader

Tousethe4-in-1mediacardreader,youneedtodownloadandinstalltheRealtekCardReaderDriverfrom

theLenovoSupportWebsiteat:

http://www.lenovo.com/support

InstallingthedriverforUSB3.0(forWindows7)

IfyourcomputersupportsUSB3.0,andyouhavereinstalledtheoperatingsystem,youneedtodownload

andinstalltheUSB3.0drivertousetheUSB3.0bydoingthefollowing:

1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.Findyourmodelanddisplaythedriverlinks.

2.SelecttheUSB3.0driverforthe32-bitor64-bitoperatingsystemandextractittoyourlocalhard

diskdrive.

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3.Double-clicktheSetup.exeleintheC:\DRIVERS\WIN\USB3.0\directory.

4.ClickNext.Ifthedevicedriverisalreadyinstalled,clickCancel.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen

untiltheinstallationisnished.

InstallingtheThinkPadmonitorleforWindows2000/XP/Vista/7/8(for

Windows7)

TheThinkPadmonitorleforWindows2000/XP/Vista/7/8isinthefollowingdirectory:

C:\SWTOOL S\DRIVERS\MONITOR

Note:Ifyoucannotndthisdirectoryonyourharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive,downloadtheThinkPad

monitorleforWindows2000/XP/Vista/7/8fromtheThinkPadWebsiteat:

http://www.lenovo.com/Drivers

Note:Beforeyouinstallthisle,ensurethatthecorrectvideodriverhasbeeninstalled.

1.Right-clickonthedesktop,andclickPersonalize.

2.ClickDisplayattheleft.

3.ClickChangedisplaysettings.

4.ClickAdvancedSettings.

5.ClicktheMonitortab.

6.ClickProperties.

7.ClicktheDrivertab.

8.ClickUpdateDriver.

9.SelectBrowsemycomputerfordriversoftware,andthenclickLetmepickfromalistofdevice

driversonmycomputer.

10.ClickHaveDisk.

11.SpecifypathC:\SWTOOL S\DRIVERS\MONITORtothismonitorINFle.Then,clickOpen.

12.ClickOK.

13.Conrmthecorrectdisplaytype,thenclickNext.

14.Wheninstallationcompletes,clickClose.

15.ClickClosetoclosetheDisplayPropertieswindow.

16.ClickOKontheMonitortab.

17.ClickOKandclosetheDisplaySettingswindow.

Installingotherdriversandsoftware(forWindows7)

ThedevicedriversareprovidedintheC:\SWTOOLS\DRIVERSdirectoryonyourharddiskdrive.Youwillalso

needtoinstallapplicationsoftware,whichisprovidedintheC:\SWT OOLS\APPSdirectoryonyourharddisk

drive.Todothis,refertotheinstructionsin“Reinstallingpreinstalledapplicationsanddevicedrivers”

onpage59 .

Note:IfyoucannotndtheSupplementles,devicedrivers,andapplicationsoftwareyouneedon

yourharddiskdrive,orifyouwanttoreceiveupdatesandthelatestinformationaboutthem,goto

http://www.lenovo.com/Drivers.

ThinkPadSetup

YourcomputercomeswiththeThinkPadSetupprogramtoenableyoutoselectvarioussetupparameters.

TostartThinkPadSetup,dothefollowing:

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1.Turnonthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,presstheF1key.theThinkPadSetup

programmainmenuopens.

Ifyouhavesetasupervisorpassword,theThinkPadSetupprogrammainmenuwillbedisplayed

afteryouenterthepassword.YoucanstartThinkPadSetupbypressingEnterinsteadofenteringthe

supervisorpassword.However,youcannotchangetheparametersthatareprotectedbythesupervisor

password.Formoreinformation,referto“Usingpasswords”onpage43.

2.Usethecursorkeystomovetoanitemthatyouwanttochange.Whentheitemishighlighted,press

Enter.Asubmenuisdisplayed.

3.Changetheitemsyouwanttochange.Tochangethevalueofanitem,pressthe+or–key.Iftheitem

hasasubmenu,youcandisplayitbypressingEnter.

4.PressEsctoexitfromthesubmenu.

5.Ifyouareonanestedsubmenu,pressEscrepeatedlyuntilyoureachtheThinkPadSetupprogram

mainmenu.

Note:Ifyouneedtorestorethesettingstotheoriginalstateasofthetimeofpurchase,pressF9to

loadthedefaultsettings.YoualsocanselectanoptionontheRestartsubmenutoloadthedefault

settingsordiscardthechanges.

6.SelectRestart.Movethecursortotheoptionyouwanttorestartyourcomputer;thenpressEnter.

Yourcomputerrestarts.

Note:Dependingontheoperatingsystemyouareusing,somemenuitemslistedinthischaptermightnot

beavailableonyourcomputer,andsomemenuitemsmightbeslightlydifferentfromtheactualmenuitems

displayedonyourcomputer.

Mainmenu

TheMainmenuistherstinterfaceyouseeafteryouenterThinkPadSetup.Itdisplaysthefollowing

congurationofyourcomputer:

•UEFIBIOSVersion

•UEFIBIOSDate(Year-Month-Day)

•EmbeddedControllerVersion

•MachineTypeModel

•System-unitserialnumber

•Systemboardserialnumber

•AssetT ag

•CPUType

•CPUSpeed

•Installedmemory

•UUID

•MACaddress(InternalLAN)

•PreinstalledOSLicense

•UEFISecureBoot

Congmenu

Ifyouneedtochangethecongurationofyourcomputer,selectCongfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.

Notes:

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•Defaultvaluesareinboldface.Thedefaultsettingsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Ifyouconsider

changingthecomputerconguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectly

mightcauseunexpectedresults.

•Oneachsubmenu,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoption,ortypedesired

valuesfromthekeyboarddirectly.

•Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthecomputersupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

ThefollowingtableliststheCongmenuitems.

Table4.Congmenuitems

Menuitem SubmenuitemSelectionComments

WakeOnLAN •Disabled

•ACOnly

•ACandBattery

EnablethesystemtoPoweron

whentheEthernetcontroller

receivesamagicpacket(a

specialnetworkmessage).

IfyouselectACOnly,theWake

onLANfunctionisenabledonly

whentheacpoweradapteris

attached.

IfyouselectACandBattery,

theWakeonLANfunctionis

enabledwithanypowersources.

Notes:

•ThemagicpackettypeWake

onLANrequiresacpower.

•TheWakeonLANfunction

doesnotworkwhenahard

diskpasswordisset.

EthernetLANOptionROM

(forLegacyOnlyboot

modeorBothwithLegacy

rst)

•Disabled

•Enabled

LoadtheEthernetLANOption

ROMtoenablestartupfroman

integratednetworkdevice.

UEFIIPv4NetworkStack

(forLegacyOnlyboot

modeorBothwithLegacy

rst)

•Disabled

•Enabled

EnableorDisableUEFIIPv4

NetworkStackforUEFI

environment

UEFIIPv6NetworkStack

(forUEFIOnlybootmode

orBothwithUEFIrst)

•Disabled

•Enabled

EnableorDisableUEFIIPv6

NetworkStackforUEFI

environment

UEFIPXEBootPriority

(forUEFIOnlybootmode

orBothwithUEFIrst)

•IPv6First

•IPv4First

SelectNetworkStackPriorityfor

UEFIPXEBoot.

Network

WirelessLANRadio •On

•Off

IfyouselectOn,theinternal

wirelessradioisturnedon.Ifyou

selectOff,theinternalwireless

radioisturnedoff.

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Table4.Congmenuitems(continued)

Menuitem SubmenuitemSelectionComments

IntheRestartpage,whenthe

OSOptimizedDefaultsisset

toEnabled,theWirelessLAN

RadiomenuisOnandcannot

bechanged.

USBUEFIBIOSSupport •Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisablebootsupport

fromUSBstoragedevices.

AlwaysOnUSB •Disabled

•Enabled

IfyouselectEnableandthe

systemisconnectedwiththe

acpoweradapter,theUSBport

canchargetheexternaldevice

whenthesystemisinstandby

mode,hibernatemode,orturn

off.Whenthesystemisusinga

batteryandisnotconnecttothe

acpoweradapter,theUSBport

canchargetheexternaldevice

instandbymode.

IfyouselectDisable,theUSB

portisdisabledwhenthesystem

isinstandbymode,hibernate

mode,andpower-offmode.

AlwaysOnUSBChargein

offmode

•Disabled

•Enabled

IfyouselectEnable,itenables

youtochargeexternaldevice

whenthesystemisinhibernation

modeorthesystemisturnedoff.

USB

USB3.0Mode •Disabled

•Enabled

•Auto

SettheUSB3.0controllermode

fortheportssharedbetween

USB2.0andUSB3.0controller.

IfyouselectAuto,itenablesyou

toconnectandrouteappropriate

USB3.0orUSB2.0connectors.

IfyouselectEnabled,itenables

theUSB3.0modeandallows

theUSB3.0tobesupported

intheWindows7operating

system.

IfyouselectDisabled,itdisables

andhidestheUSB3.0controller,

andtheUSB3.0connectorswill

workasUSB2.0connectors.

Keyboard/MouseFnandCtrlKeyswap •Disabled

•Enabled

IfyouselectEnabled,theFnkey

worksastheCtrlkey,andthe

CtrlkeyworksastheFnkey.

Note:EvenwhenEnabledis

selected,youneedtopressthe

Fnkeytoresumethecomputer

fromsleepmodetonormal

operation.

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Table4.Congmenuitems(continued)

Menuitem SubmenuitemSelectionComments

BootDisplayDevice •ThinkPadLCD

•HDMI

•Displayondock

Selectthedisplaydevicetobe

activatedatboottime.This

selectioniseffectiveforboot

time,passwordprompt,and

ThinkPadSetup.

GraphicsDevice•IntegratedGraphics

•Switchable

Graphics

TheIntegratedGraphicsmode

provideslongerbatterylife.The

SwitchableGraphicsmoderuns

asIntegratedGraphicsmode

andDiscreteGraphicsisenabled

ondemand.

Note:SwitchableGraphics

modeshouldonlybeselected

ifyouareusingtheWindows7

operatingsystem.

Display

OSDetectionfor

SwitchableGraphics

•Disabled

•Enabled

IfyouselectEnabled,the

systemUEFIBIOSautomatically

switchestheGraphicsDevice

settingtoAMDswitchable

modeiftheoperatingsystem

supportsthisfeature,andto

IntegratedGraphicsmodeif

theoperatingsystemdoesnot

supportthisfeature.

Intel(R)SpeedStep ®

technology

•Disabled

•Enabled

SelectthemodeofIntel

SpeedSteptechnologyat

runtime.

•MaximumPerformance:

Alwayshighestspeed

•BatteryOptimized:Always

lowestspeed

•Disabled:Noruntime

support,lowestspeed

CPUPowerManagement •Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisablethepower

savingfeaturethatstops

themicroprocessorclock

automaticallywhenthereareno

systemactivities.

Intel(R)RapidStart

Technology

•Disabled

•Enabled

Enterafter:

•Immediately

•1minute

•2minutes

•5minutes

•10minutes

•15minutes

•30minutes

•1hour

Tousethisfeature,aspecial

partitiononthesolid-statedrive

isrequired.

Whenenabled,youcanenable

the30DayStandbyfunction

throughthePowerManager

program.Thefunctionenables

thecomputertoenteralower

powerstateafterthespecied

timeinsleepstate.Alsoittakes

onlysecondstoresumenormal

operation.

Power

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Table4.Congmenuitems(continued)

Menuitem SubmenuitemSelectionComments

•2hours

•3hours

DisableBuilt-inBattery Usethisfeaturetotemporarily

disablethebuilt-inbattery.The

systemwillbeautomatically

poweredoffafteryouselect

thisitem.Thenthecomputeris

readytobeserviced.

Note:Theacpoweradapter

mustbedisconnectedtoperform

thisoperation.Thebuilt-in

batterywillbeautomatically

enabledwhentheacpower

adapterisreconnected.

PasswordBeep•Disabled

•Enabled

Enablethisoptiontohavea

beepsoundwhenthesystem

iswaitingforapower-on,hard

disk,orsupervisorpassword.

Differentbeepswillbesounded

whentheenteredpassword

matchesordoesnotmatchthe

conguredpassword.

BeepandAlarm

KeyboardBeep•Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisablethekeyboard

beepwhenunmanageablekey

combinationsarepressed.

SerialATA(SATA)SATAControllerMode

Option

•Compatibility

•AHCI

SelectSATAcontroller

operationmode.Ifyou

selectCompatibility,the

SATAcontrolleroperatesin

compatibilitymode.

CoreMulti-Processing •Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisableadditional

executioncoreunitswithina

CPU.

Note:Ifyouareusinga

computerwithasingle-core

processor,thisitemisnot

available.

CPU

IntelHyper-Threading

Technology

•Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisableadditional

logicalprocessorswithina

processorcore.

Date/Timemenu

Ifyouneedtosetthecurrentdateandtimeofyourcomputer,selectDate/TimefromtheThinkPadSetup

programmainmenu.Thefollowingsubmenuisdisplayed:

•SystemDate

•SystemTime

Tochangethedateandtime,dothefollowing:

1.Usingtheupanddownarrowkeystoselecttheitemtochangethedateortime.

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2.PressTab,Shift+Tab,orEntertoselectaeld.

3.Typethedateortime.

Note:Anotherwaytoadjustthedateandtimeisbypressing+or–.

4.PressF10tosavethechangesandrestartthesystem.

Securitymenu

Ifyouneedtosetthesecurityfeaturesofyourcomputer,selectSecurityfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.

Notes:

•Defaultvaluesareinboldface.Thedefaultsettingsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Ifyouconsider

changingthecomputerconguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectly

mightcauseunexpectedresults.

•Oneachsubmenu,pressEntertoshowselectableoptionsandselectadesiredoption,ortypedesired

valuesfromthekeyboarddirectly.

•Someitemsaredisplayedonthemenuonlyifthecomputersupportsthecorrespondingfeatures.

ThefollowingtableliststheSecuritymenuitems.

Table5.Securitymenuitems

Menuitem SubmenuitemSelectionComments

SupervisorPassword •Disabled

•Enabled

Referto“Supervisorpassword”on

page46.

LockUEFIBIOSSettings •Disabled

•Enabled

Enableordisablethefunctionthat

protectsitemsintheThinkPad

Setupprogramfrombeingchanged

byunauthorizedusers.Bydefault,

thisissettoDisabled.Ifyouset

thesupervisorpasswordandenable

thisfunction,noonebutyoucan

changetheitemsintheThinkPad

Setupprogram.

Passwordatunattended

boot

•Disabled

•Enabled

IfyouselectandenablePassword

atunattendedboot,apassword

promptisdisplayedwhenthe

computeristurnedon,fromeither

apower-offorhibernationstate.If

youselectDisabled,nopassword

promptisdisplayed;thecomputer

goesaheadandloadstheoperating

system.T opreventunauthorized

access,youcansettheuser

authenticationontheoperating

system.

Passwordatrestart•Disabled

•Enabled

IfyouselectandenablePassword

atrestart,apasswordpromptis

displayedwhenyourestartthe

computer.IfyouselectDisabled,

nopasswordpromptisdisplayed;

thecomputergoesaheadandloads

theoperatingsystem.Toprevent

unauthorizedaccess,youcanset

Password

82UserGuide

Table5.Securitymenuitems(continued)

Menuitem SubmenuitemSelectionComments

theuserauthenticationonthe

operatingsystem.

SetMinimumLength •Disabled

•xcharacters

(4≤x≤12)

Specifyaminimumlengthfor

power-onpasswordandharddisk

passwords.Ifyousetthesupervisor

passwordandspecifyaminimum

lengthforpasswords,noonebut

youcanchangethelength.

Power-OnPassword •Disabled

•Enabled

Referto“Power-onpassword”on

page44 .

HardDisk1Password•Disabled

•Enabled

Referto“Harddiskpasswords”on

page44 .

HardDisk2Password•Disabled

•Enabled

Referto“Harddiskpasswords”on

page44 .

SecurityChip •Active

•Inactive

•Disabled

IfyouselectActive,thesecurity

chipisfunctional.Ifyouselect

Inactive,theSecurityChipoption

isvisible,butthesecuritychip

isnotfunctional.Ifyouselect

Disabled,theSecurityChipoption

ishiddenandthesecuritychipis

notfunctional.

SecurityReporting

Options

Enableordisablethefollowing

SecurityReportingOptions:

•BIOSROMStringsReporting:

BIOStextstring

•CMOSReporting:CMOSdata

•NVRAMReporting:Security

datastoredintheAssetID

•SMBIOSReporting:SMBIOS

data

ClearSecurityChip Enter Cleartheencryptionkey.

Note:Thisitemisdisplayedonly

ifyouhaveselectedActiveforthe

SecurityChipoption.

PhysicalPresencefor

Provisioning

•Disabled

•Enabled

Thisoptionenablesordisablesthe

conrmationmessagewhenyou

changethesettingsofthesecurity

chip.

SecurityChip

PhysicalPresencefor

Clear

•Disabled

•Enabled

Thisoptionenablesordisablesthe

conrmationmessagewhenyou

clearthesecuritychip.

Chapter7.Advancedconguration83

Table5.Securitymenuitems(continued)

Menuitem SubmenuitemSelectionComments

IntelATModuleActivation•Disabled

•Enabled

•Permanently

Disabled

EnableordisabletheUEFIBIOS

interfacetoactivatetheIntelAT

module,whichisanoptional

anti-theftservicefromIntel.

Note:IfyousettheIntelAT

moduleactivationtoPermanently

Disabled,youwillbeunableto

enablethissettingagain.

Anti-Theft

Computrace •Disabled

•Enabled

•Permanently

Disabled

EnableordisabletheUEFIBIOS

interfacetoactivatethecomputrace

module.Computraceisanoptional

monitoringservicefromAbsolute

Software.

Note:Ifyousetthecomputrace

moduleactivationtoPermanently

Disabled,youwillbeunableto

enablethissettingagain.

SecureBoot •Disabled

•Enabled

EnableordisabletheUEFISecure

Bootfeature.SelectEnableto

preventunauthorizedoperating

systemsfromrunningatboot

time.SelectDisabledtoallowany

operatingsystemstorunatboot

time.

PlatformMode UserMode

SecureBootModeStandardMode

ResettoSetupMode •EnterThisoptionisusedtoclearthe

currentplatformkeyandputthe

systemintosetupmode.You

caninstallyourownplatformkey

andcustomizetheSecureBoot

signaturedatabasesinsetupmode.

SecureBootmodewillbesetto

custommode.

SecureBoot

RestoreFactorykeys•EnterThisoptionisusedtorestoreall

keysandcerticatesinSecureBoot

databasestofactorydefaults.Any

customizedSecureBootsettings

willbeerased,andthedefault

platformkeywillbere-established

alongwiththeoriginalsignature

databasesincludingcerticatefor

Windows8operatingsystem.

Startupmenu

Tochangethecomputerstartupsettings,selectStartupfromtheThinkPadSetupmainmenu.

Attention:

Chapter7.Advancedconguration85

Specyfikacje produktu

Marka:	Lenovo
Kategoria:	laptop
Model:	ThinkPad S431
Kolor produktu:	Czarny
Typ produktu:	Laptop
Wysokość produktu:	20.32 mm
Szerokość produktu:	333 mm
Głębokość produktu:	224.8 mm
Waga produktu:	1780 g
Bluetooth:	Tak
Wersja Bluetooth:	4.0
Wtyk słuchawek:	3,5 mm
Typ HD:	HD+
Technologia baterii:	Litowo-polimerowy (LiPo)
Długość przekątnej ekranu:	14 "
Obsługiwane typy kart pamięci:	MMC, SD, SDHC, SDXC
Prędkość transferu danych przez Ethernet LAN:	10,100,1000 Mbit/s
Ilość portów Ethernet LAN (RJ-45):	1
Układ:	Muszla
Rozdzielczość:	1600 x 900 px
Natywne proporcje obrazu:	16:9
Technologia dotyku:	Multi-touch
Ekran dotykowy:	Tak
Taktowanie procesora:	2.1 GHz
Typ procesora:	Intel® Core™ i7
Model procesora:	i7-3687U
Wi-Fi:	Tak
Standardy Wi- Fi:	802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
Czytnik linii papilarnych:	Tak
Przewodowa sieć LAN:	Tak
Zintegrowany czytnik kart:	Tak
Typ portu ładowania:	DC-in jack
Producent procesora:	Intel
Liczba rdzeni procesora:	2
Typ pamięci wewnętrznej:	DDR3-SDRAM
Pamięć wewnętrzna:	8 GB
Ilość portów USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Typu-A:	2
Zainstalowany system operacyjny:	Windows 8 Pro
Maksymalna pojemność pamięci:	8 GB
Gniazdo procesora:	BGA 1023
Ilość portów HDMI:	1
Port wyjścia S/PDIF:	Nie
Mikrofon:	Nie
Klawiatura numeryczna:	Nie
Kensington Lock:	Nie
Nośniki:	HDD+SSD
Ilość wbudowanych glosników:	2
System dźwięku:	Dolby Home Theater
Kamera przednia:	Tak
Port DVI:	Nie
Czas pracy na zasilaniu akumulatorowym:	6 h
Wbudowany mikrofon:	Tak
Podświetlenie LED:	Tak
Klawisze Windows:	Tak
Pełnowymiarowa klawiatura:	Tak
Gniazda pamięci:	1x SO-DIMM
Gniazdo smartcard:	Nie
Pojemność HDD:	500 GB
Całkowita pojemność przechowywania:	500 GB
Procesor ARK ID:	71258
Technologia Intel® Hyper Threading (Intel® HT Technology):	Tak
Technologia Intel® Turbo Boost:	2.0
Technologia Intel® Quick Sync Video:	Tak
Technologia Intel® InTru™ 3D:	Tak
Technologia Intel® Clear Video HD (Intel® CVT HD):	Tak
Nowe instrukcje AES (Intel® AES-NI):	Tak
Technologia Udoskonalona Intel SpeedStep:	Tak
Technologia Intel® Trusted Execution:	Tak
Maksymalna konfiguracja CPU:	1
Intel® Enhanced Halt State:	Tak
Intel® Clear Video Technology dla MID (Intel® CVT for MID):	Nie
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT):	Tak
Intel® Secure Key:	Tak
Intel® 64:	Tak
Technologia Wirtualizacji Intel® (Directed I/O) (VT-d):	Tak
Technologia Intel® Clear Video:	Nie
Wersja technologii Intel® Secure Key:	1.00
Technologia virtualizacji Intel® (VT-x):	Tak
Typ pamięci procesora:	Smart Cache
Cache procesora:	4 MB
Wskaźnik magistrali systemowej:	5 GT/s
Maksymalne taktowanie procesora:	3.3 GHz
Litografia procesora:	22 nm
Liczba wątków:	4
Tryb pracy procesora:	64-bit
Nazwa kodowa procesora:	Ivy Bridge
Pamięć ECC wspierana przez procesor:	Nie
Maksymalna liczba linii PCI Express:	16
Konfiguracje PCI Express:	1x8, 1x16, 2x4, 2x8
Termiczny układ zasilania (TDP):	17 W
Bezkonfliktowy procesor:	Tak
Stepping:	L1
Instrukcje obsługiwania:	AVX
Kod procesora:	SR0XH
Technologia Execute Disable Bit (EDB):	Tak
Stan spoczynku:	Tak
Technologie Thermal Monitoring:	Tak
Wbudowane opcje dostępne:	Nie
Typ magistrali:	DMI
Wielkość opakowania procesora:	31.0 x 24.0 (BGA1023) mm
Układ pamięci:	1 x 8 GB
Prędkość zegara pamięci:	1600 MHz
Karta graficzna on-board:	Tak
Model karty graficznej on-board:	Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Wersja gniazd typu Slot (PCI Express):	2.0
Parytet FSB:	Nie
Rozgałęźnik T:	105 °C
Magistrala systemowa:	- MHz
Seria procesora:	Intel Core i7-3600 Mobile series
Generowanie procesora:	Intel® Core™ i7 trzeciej generacji
Wbudowana bazowa częstotliwość procesora:	350 MHz
Dynamiczne taktowanie wbudowanej karty graficznej (max):	1200 MHz
Model dedykowanej karty graficznej:	Niedostępny
ID wbudowanego urządzenia graficznego:	0x166
Typ zintegrowanej karty graficznej:	Intel® HD Graphics
Intel® Wireless Display (Intel® WiDi):	Tak
Technologia Intel® My WiFi (Intel® MWT):	Tak
Technologia Intel® Identity Protection (Intel® IPT):	Tak
Technologia Intel® Anti-Theft (Intel® AT):	Tak
Intel® Insider™:	Tak
Technologia Intel® FDI:	Tak
Intel® Flex Memory Access:	Tak
Intel® Fast Memory Access:	Tak
Intel® Smart Cache:	Tak
Intel® Demand Based Switching:	Nie
Układ graficzny i litografia IMC:	22 nm
Technologia Intel® Dual Display Capable:	Tak
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology:	Nie
Wersja technologii Intel® Identity Protection:	1.00
Napędy optyczne:	Nie
Architektura systemu operacyjnego:	64-bit
Pojemność pamięci SSD:	24 GB
Liczba zainstalowanych dysków SSD:	1
Port dla zestaw słuchawka/mikrofon:	Tak
Dedykowana karta graficzna:	Nie
Technologia LightScribe:	Nie
Złącze dokowania:	Nie
Obsluga ExpressCard:	Nie
Typ gniazda cardbus pcmcia:	Nie
Funkcja USB Sleep-and-Charge:	Tak
Porty USB Sleep-and-Charge:	1
Ilość komór baterii:	4
Współczynnik Magistrala/Rdzeń:	21
Liczba zainstalowanych HDD:	1
Zintegrowany 4G WiMAX:	Tak
Klawiatura odporna na ciecz:	Tak
Klawiatura z podświetleniem:	Tak