User's Manual

Contents

Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Chapter 1. Caring for your ThinkPad computer ........ 1

Important tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Be careful about where you work. ................ 2

Be gentle with your computer. ................... 2

Carry your computer properly. ................... 2

Handle storage media and drives properly. ........... 3

Take care in setting passwords. .................. 3

Other important tips ......................... 3

Cleaning your computer ...................... 4

Extending the usefulness of the battery ............. 4

Chapter 2. System overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Using your on-board help ...................... 12

Starting the BIOS Setup Utility ................... 13

Chapter 3. Protecting your computer ............. 15

Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Power-on password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Screen-saver password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Hard-disk password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Windows password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Setup password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Network password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Using locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Chapter 4. Solving computer problems ............ 21

Replacing the hard disk drive .................... 22

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Error codes or messages .................... 25

Errors without codes or messages ............... 27

Input problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Battery problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30