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ThinkCentr e User Guide Machine T ypes: 4163, 5042, 5046, 5052, 5054, 5056, 5058, 5060, 5062, 5064, and 5066[...]

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ThinkCentr e User Guide Machine T ypes: 4163, 5042, 5046, 5052, 5054, 5056, 5058, 5060, 5062, 5064, and 5066[...]

Note: Before using this information and the pr oduct it supports, be sur e to read and understand the ThinkCentre Safety and Warranty Guide and Appendix A “Notices” on page 67. Second Edition (November 2010) © Copyright Lenovo 2010. LENOVO products, data, computer softwar e, and services have been developed e xclusively at private expense and [...]

Contents Important safety information . . . . . . v Chapter 1. Product overview . . . . . . 1 F eatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Software overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Software pr ovided with your Windows operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Locations . . . . . . . . . [...]

Chapter 7. Getting information, help, and service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Information r esources . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Online Books folder . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Lenovo ThinkV antage T ools . . . . . . . . 63 ThinkV antage P roductivity Center . . . . . 64 Lenovo Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Access Help . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

Important safety information CA UTION: Before using this manual, be sur e to read and understand all the r elated safety information for this product. Refer to the ThinkCentre Safety and W arranty Guide that you received with this product for the latest safety information. Reading and understanding this safety information r educes the risk of perso[...]

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Chapter 1. P roduct overview This chapter pr ovides information about the comput er features, specications, softwar e pr ograms pr ovided by L enovo, and locations of connectors, components, parts on the system boar d, and int ernal drives. This chapt er contains the following t opics: • “F eatures” on page 1 : This section pr ovides infor[...]

• Audio line-in connector , audio line-out connector , and micr ophone connector on the r ear panel • Internal speaker (available in some models) Connectivity 10/100/1000 Mbps integr ated Ethernet controller System management featur es • Ability to st ore the power -on self-t est (POS T) hardwar e t est r esults • Advanced Congur ation a[...]

• A power-on passwor d and an administr ator passwor d to deter unauthorized use of your computer • Computrace • Cover pr esence switch (also called intrusion switch) (available in some models) • Enabling or disabling SA T A devices • Enabling or disabling the serial port • Enabling or disabling USB connectors • Keyboard with ngerp[...]

Dimensions Width: 99 mm (3.9 inches) Height: 335 mm (13.19 inches) Depth: 382 mm (15.04 inches) Weight Maximum congur ation as shipped: 6.6 kg (14.55 lbs) Environment • Air t emperatur e: Operating: 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F) Non-operating: -40°C t o 60°C (-40°F to 140°F) Non-operating: -10°C t o 60°C (14°F to 140°F) (without pack[...]

Lenovo ThinkV antage T ools The Lenovo ThinkV antage ® T ools pr ogram guides you to a host of information sour ces and provides easy access t o various tools to help you work mor e easily and securely . F or mor e information, see “L enovo ThinkV antage T ools” on page 63 . Note: The L enovo ThinkV antage T ools pr ogram is only available on [...]

3. When the installation pr ocess completes, the P assword V ault icon is activated. P ower Manager The P ower Manager pr ogram provides convenient, exible, and complet e power management for your ThinkCentre ® computer . By using the P ower Manager progr am, you can adjust your power settings to achieve the best balance between system performa[...]

Figure 1. F ront connector , control, and indicator locations 1 Optical drive eject/close button 5 USB connector 2 P ower switch 6 Microphone connector 3 Har d disk drive activity indicat or 7 Headphone connect or 4 P ower indicator 8 USB connector Locating connectors and parts on the rear of your comput er Figure 2 “Rear connect or and part loca[...]

Figure 2. Rear connector and part locations 1 P ower cor d connect or 8 Audio line-out connect or 2 PS/2 mouse connect or 9 Audio line-in connector 3 PS/2 keyboar d connector 10 PCI Expr ess x16 gr aphics card slot 4 DVI monitor connector 11 PCI Express x1 car d slots (2) 5 VGA monitor connector 12 PCI card slot 6 USB connect ors (4) 13 Ethernet co[...]

Connector Description PS/2 mouse connector Used to attach a mouse, a tr ackball, or other pointing devices that use a PS/2 mouse connector . Serial port Used to attach an e xternal modem, a serial printer , or other devices that use a 9-pin serial port. USB connect or Used to attach a device that uses a USB connector , such as a USB keyboar d, a US[...]

Figure 4. Syst em board part locations 1 Micropr ocessor 11 Cover pr esence switch connector (also called intrusion switch connector) 2 Micr oprocessor fan connector 12 F ront USB connector 3 Memory slots (4) 13 Serial (COM 2) connector 4 Thermal sensor connector 14 PCI card slot 5 24-pin power connect or 15 P ower fan connector 6 Battery 16 Intern[...]

Figure 5. Drive bay locations 1 Bay 1 - Optical drive bay (with an optical drive installed) 2 Bay 2 - Slim car d reader drive bay 3 Bay 3 - SA T A hard disk drive bay Chapter 1 . Pr oduct overview 11[...]

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Chapter 2. Installing or r eplacing har dware This chapter provides instructions on how to install or r eplace har dware for your computer . This chapt er contains the following t opics: • “Handling static-sensitive devices” on page 13 • “Installing or replacing hardwar e” on page 13 • “Obtaining device drivers” on page 41 • “[...]

identify the r equired connect or . Then, use the instructions that come with the option t o help you make the connection and install softwar e or device drivers that are requir ed for the option. Removing the computer cover Attention: Do not open your computer or attempt any r epair befor e reading and understanding the “Important safety informa[...]

This section pr ovides instructions on how to r emove and r einstall the front be zel. T o r emove and reinstall the front bez el, do the following: 1. Remove all media from the drives and turn off all attached devices and the computer . Then, disconnect all power cor ds from electrical outlets and disconnect all cables that are connect ed to the c[...]

Accessing the syst em boar d components and drives Attention: Do not open your computer or attempt any r epair befor e reading and understanding the “Important safety information” in the ThinkCentre Safety and W arranty Guide that came with your computer . T o obtain a copy of the ThinkCentre Safety and W arranty Guide , go to: http://www.lenov[...]

Figure 10. L owering the drive bay assembly Installing or replacing a PCI card Attention: Do not open your computer or attempt any r epair befor e reading and understanding the “Important safety information” in the ThinkCentre Safety and W arranty Guide that came with your computer . T o obtain a copy of the ThinkCentre Safety and W arranty Gui[...]

c. Y ou might need t o r emove the fr ont bez el and pivot the drive bay assembly upward to avoid interfer ence with r emoving the PCI car d. See “Removing and r einstalling the front bez el” on page 14 and “ Accessing the syst em board components and drives” on page 16. Figure 11. Removing the PCI card • If you are installing a PCI card,[...]

Figure 12. Installing the PCI card 6. If necessary, connect any cables between the PCI car d and the syst em board. See “L ocating parts on the system board” on page 9 to identify the various connect ors on the syst em board. What to do ne xt: • T o work with another piece of hardwar e, go t o the appr opriate section. • T o complet e the i[...]

5. Remove any parts and disconnect any cables that might pr event your access t o the memory slots. 6. Do one of the following: • If you are replacing a memory module, open the r etaining clips and r emove the old memory module that is curr ently installed. Figure 13. Removing the memory module • If you ar e installing a memory module, open the[...]

Figure 15. Installing the memory module 8. Reinstall any parts and r econnect any cables that have been r emoved or disconnect ed. What to do ne xt: • T o work with another piece of hardwar e, go t o the appr opriate section. • T o complet e the installation or replacement, go t o “Completing the parts replacement” on page 40 . Replacing th[...]

Figure 16. Removing the old battery 7. Install the new batt ery . Figure 17. Installing the new battery 8. Reinstall any parts and r econnect any cables that have been r emoved or disconnect ed. 9. Lower the drive bay assembly . See “ Accessing the system board components and drives” on page 16. 10. Reinstall the comput er cover and r econnect [...]

1. Remove all media from the drives and turn off all attached devices and the computer . Then, disconnect all power cor ds from electrical outlets and disconnect all cables that are connect ed to the comput er . 2. Remove the comput er cover . See “Removing the computer cover” on page 14. 3. Remove the fr ont bez el. See “Removing and r einst[...]

Figure 19. Screws that secure the heat sink and fan assembly 7. Lift the heat sink and fan assembly off the system board. Notes: a. Y ou might have t o gently twist the heat sink and fan assembly to fr ee it fr om the micr oprocessor . b. When handling the heat sink and fan assembly, do not touch the thermal gr ease on the bottom of the heat sink a[...]

Figure 20. Installing the heat sink fan duct What to do ne xt: • T o work with another piece of hardwar e, go t o the appr opriate section. • T o complete the r eplacement, go to “Completing the parts r eplacement” on page 40. Replacing the microprocessor Attention: Do not open your computer or attempt any r epair befor e reading and unders[...]

4. Lift the small handle 1 to release the micr oprocessor 2 secured on the system boar d. Figure 21. Accessing the microprocessor 5. Lift the micropr ocessor str aight up and out of the micropr ocessor socket, as shown in Figure 22 “Removing the micropr ocessor ” on page 27. Notes: a. Y our micr oprocessor and sock et might look different fr om[...]

Figure 22. Removing the microprocessor 6. Make sure that the small handle is in the r aised position. 7. Remove the pr otective cover that pr otects the gold contacts of the new micropr ocessor . 8. Hold the new micropr ocessor by its sides and align the small triangle on one corner of the new micropr ocessor with the corr esponding small triangle [...]

CA UTION: Never remove the cover on a power supply or any part that has the following label attached. Hazardous voltage, current, and energy levels are present inside any component that has this label attached. There ar e no serviceable parts inside these components. If you suspect a pr oblem with one of these parts, contact a service technician. T[...]

Figure 24. Removing the power supply assembly 7. Make sur e that the new power supply assembly is the correct replacement. Some power supply assemblies automatically sense the voltage or accept universal input, some power supply assemblies are voltage specic, and some power supply assemblies have a voltage-selection switch. If your power supply [...]

Figure 25. Installing the power supply assembly 9. Connect the new power supply assembly cables to all drives and the system boar d. See “L ocating parts on the system board” on page 9 . 10. Lower and position the heat sink fan duct on the top of the heat sink and fan assembly until the two screw holes in the heat sink fan duct are aligned with[...]

Replacing the optical drive Attention: Do not open your computer or attempt any r epair befor e reading and understanding the “Important safety information” in the ThinkCentre Safety and W arranty Guide that came with your computer . T o obtain a copy of the ThinkCentre Safety and W arranty Guide , go to: http://www.lenovo.com/support This sect[...]

Figure 28. L owering the drive bay assembly 8. Slide the optical drive out of the front of the computer . Figure 29. Removing the optical drive 9. Slide the new optical drive int o the optical drive bay fr om the fr ont of the comput er . 32 ThinkCentre User Guide[...]

Figure 30. Installing a new optical drive 10. Hold the new optical drive and pivot the drive bay assembly upwar d. Align the scr ew holes in the new optical drive with the corr esponding holes in the drive bay . Then, install the two scr ews to secur e the new optical drive in place. Figure 31. Installing the optical drive 11. Connect one end of th[...]

Figure 32. Connecting a SA T A optical drive What to do ne xt: • T o work with another piece of hardwar e, go t o the appr opriate section. • T o complete the r eplacement, go to “Completing the parts r eplacement” on page 40 . Replacing the hard disk drive Attention: Do not open your computer or attempt any r epair befor e reading and unde[...]

5. Hold the hard disk drive and r emove the four screws that secur e the har d disk drive. Then, r emove the hard disk drive from the drive bay assembly and disconnect the signal cable and the power cable fr om the rear of the har d disk drive to completely r emove it from the chassis. Figure 34. Removing the hard disk drive 6. Connect one end of t[...]

Figure 36. Installing the hard disk drive What to do ne xt: • T o work with another piece of hardwar e, go t o the appr opriate section. • T o complet e the installation or replacement, go t o “Completing the parts replacement” on page 40. Replacing the front fan assembly Attention: Do not open your computer or attempt any r epair befor e r[...]

8. The fr ont fan assembly is attached t o the chassis by four rubber mounts. Remove the fr ont fan assembly by cutting the rubber mounts and lifting the front fan assembly out of the chassis. Note: The new fr ont fan assembly will have four new rubber mounts attached. Figure 37. Removing the front fan assembly 9. Install the new fr ont fan assembl[...]

Figure 38. Installing the front fan assembly 10. Connect the new fr ont fan assembly cable t o the system fan connector on the syst em boar d. See “Locating parts on the system board” on page 9 . 11. Reinstall the heat sink fan duct. See Figur e 26 “Installing the heat sink fan duct” on page 30. 12. Reinstall the har d disk drive. See “Re[...]

to connect your keyboar d, see “Locating connectors, controls, and indicators on the fr ont of your computer” on page 6 or “L ocating connectors and parts on the r ear of your comput er ” on page 7. Figure 39. K eyboard connectors What to do ne xt: • T o work with another piece of hardwar e, go t o the appr opriate section. • T o comple[...]

What to do ne xt: • T o work with another piece of hardwar e, go t o the appr opriate section. • T o complete the r eplacement, go to “Completing the parts r eplacement” on page 40. Completing the parts replacement After completing the installation or r eplacement for all parts, you need to reinstall the comput er cover and reconnect cables[...]

Note: In most areas of the world, Lenovo r equires the return of the defective Customer Replaceable Units (CRUs). Information about this will come with the new CRUs or will come a few days after you r eceive the new CRUs. Obtaining device drivers Y ou can obtain device drivers for oper ating systems that are not preinstalled at: http://www.lenovo.c[...]

Figure 43. Installing a padlock P assword protection T o det er unauthorized use of your computer , you can use the Setup Utility pr ogram to set a password. When you turn on your computer , you ar e prompted t o type the password. The comput er cannot be used until a valid password is typed in. Refer to Chapter 4 “Using the Setup Utility pr ogra[...]

10. Move the Clear CMOS /Recovery jumper back t o the standar d position (pin 1 and pin 2). 11. Reinstall any parts and r econnect any cables that have been r emoved or disconnect ed. 12. Reinstall the computer cover and reconnect all cables. See “Completing the parts replacement” on page 40 . 13. T urn on the computer . Y our password has been[...]

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Chapter 3. Recovery information This chapter pr ovides information about the r ecovery solutions provided by Lenovo. This chapt er contains the following t opics: • “Creating and using r ecovery media” on page 45 • “P erforming backup and r ecovery oper ations” on page 46 • “Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace” on page 47 • [...]

Note: On the Windows 7 oper ating system, you can creat e r ecovery media using discs or e xternal USB stor age devices. On the Windows Vista oper ating syst ems, you can cr eate r ecovery media using only discs, so this operation is also called “ creating P roduct Recovery discs. ” • T o creat e recovery media on the Windows 7 oper ating sys[...]

P erforming a backup operation This section pr ovides instructions on how to perform a backup oper ation using the Rescue and Recovery progr am on different operating systems. • T o perform a backup operation using the Rescue and Recovery pr ogram on the Windows 7 oper ating system, do the following: 1. F r om the Windows desktop, click Start ➙[...]

• Rescue les from your hard disk drive or fr om a backup The Rescue and Recovery workspace enables you t o locate les on your har d disk drive and tr ansfer them to a network drive or other r ecordable media, such as a USB device or a disc. This solution is available even if you did not back up your les or if changes were made t o the ?[...]

1. The recovery oper ations you can perform using a r escue medium vary depending on the oper ating system. 2. The rescue disc can be start ed in all types of optical drives. Creating a rescue medium This section provides instructions on how to creat e a r escue medium on differ ent oper ating systems. • T o cr eate a r escue medium on the Window[...]

Device drivers for factory-installed devices are locat ed on the computer hard disk drive (usually drive C:) in the SWT OOLSDRIVERS subdirect ory . The lat est device drivers for factory-installed devices are also available at http://ww w .lenovo.com/support. Other device drivers are on the software media that come with individual devices. T o ins[...]

Chapter 4. Using the Setup Utility pr ogram Y ou can use the Setup Utility progr am to view and change the congur ation settings of your computer , regar dless of which oper ating system you are using. However , the oper ating system settings might override any similar settings in the Setup Utility progr am. This chapt er provides information ab[...]

P assword considerations A password can be any combination of up t o 16 (1 to 16) alphabetic and numeric char acters. F or security reasons, it is r ecommended to use a str ong password that cannot be easily compr omised. T o set a str ong password, use the following guidelines: Note: The Setup Utility pr ogram passwor ds ar e not case sensitive. ?[...]

SA T A Controller When this option is set t o Disabled , all devices connect ed to the SA T A connect ors (such as the har d disk drive and the optical drive) are disabled and will not be displayed in the syst em congur ation. USB Setup Use this option to set up USB connect ors. T o enable or disable a device, do the following: 1. Start the Setu[...]

2. Select Startup ➙ Primary Boot Sequence . Read the information displayed on the right side of the screen. 3. Select the rst boot device, second boot device, and so on. 4. Pr ess Esc t o return t o the Startup menu. Then, select the devices for the Aut omatic Boot Sequence and Error Boot Sequence . 5. Pr ess Esc to r eturn to the Setup Utilit[...]

Chapter 5. Updating syst em progr ams This chapter pr ovides information about updating the POST and BIOS, and how to r ecover fr om a POS T and BIOS update failure. This chapt er contains the following t opics: • “Using system progr ams” on page 55 • “Updating (ashing) the BIOS from a disc” on page 55 • “Updating (ashing) the[...]

5. When prompted t o change the machine type and model, it is suggest ed that you do not make this change by pr essing N. However , if you do want to change the machine type and model, pr ess Y , then type in the machine type and model and pr ess Ent er . 6. F ollow the instructions on the screen to complet e the updat e. After the updat e is compl[...]

12. Reinstall any parts and r econnect any cables that have been r emoved or disconnect ed. 13. Reinstall the computer cover and r econnect power cords and all other external cables. See “Completing the parts r eplacement” on page 40. 14. T urn on the comput er and r emove the disc fr om the optical drive. Chapter 5 . Updating system progr ams [...]

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Chapter 6. T roubleshooting and diagnostic programs This chapt er pr ovides information about some basic tr oubleshooting and diagnostic progr ams. If your computer problem is not described in this chapt er , see Chapter 7 “Getting information, help, and service” on page 63 for additional tr oubleshooting r esources. This chapt er contains the [...]

Symptom Action The mouse does not work. V erify that: • The computer is turned on. • The mouse is correctly connected to an appr opriate mouse connector (the PS/2 mouse connector or one of the USB connectors) on the computer . • The mouse is clean. Refer to “Cleaning the mouse” on page 61 . The operating system does not start. V erify tha[...]

Creating a diagnostic disc This section provides instructions on how to cr eate a diagnostic disc. T o creat e a diagnostic disc, do the following: 1. Download a self-starting bootable disc image (known as an ISO image) of the diagnostic pr ogram from: http://www.lenovo.com/support 2. Use any disc burning softwar e to cr eate a diagnostic disc with[...]

1 Retainer ring 2 Ball 3 Plastic r ollers 4 Ball cage The non-optical mouse uses a ball to navigate the pointer . If the point er on the scr een does not move smoothly with the mouse, you might need t o clean the mouse. T o clean the non-optical mouse, do the following: 1. T urn off your computer . 2. Disconnect the mouse cable fr om the computer .[...]

Chapter 7. Getting information, help, and service This chapt er provides information about help, service, and t echnical assistance for L enovo products. This chapt er contains the following t opics: • “Information resour ces” on page 63 • “Help and service” on page 65 Information resources Y ou can use the information in this section t[...]

ThinkV antage P roductivity Center The ThinkV antage P roductivity Center progr am contains information sour ces and tools designed t o make computing easy and secur e. It provides easy access t o various technologies, such as: • Client Security Solution • Power Manager • Productivity Cent er • Product Recovery • Rescue and Recovery • S[...]

• Purchase additional services, such as support for har dware, oper ating systems, software progr ams, network setup and congur ation, and custom installations. • Purchase upgr ades and e xtended hardwar e r epair services. • Download the latest device drivers and softwar e updates for your computer model. • Access the online manuals for[...]

• Installation and maintenance of application progr ams Refer t o the safety and warr anty information that is pr ovided with your computer for a complet e explanation of warr anty terms. Y ou must r etain your pr oof of purchase to obtain warr anty service. F or a list of the L enovo Support phone numbers for your country or region, go to http:/[...]

Appendix A. Notices Lenovo may not offer the pr oducts, services, or featur es discussed in this document in all countries. Consult your local Lenovo r epresentative for information on the products and services currently available in your area. Any r eference to a L enovo pr oduct, progr am, or service is not intended to state or imply that only th[...]

T elevision output notice The following notice applies t o models that have the factory-installed t elevision-output feature. This pr oduct incorporat es copyright pr otection technology that is pr otected by method claims of certain U .S. patents and other intellectual pr operty rights owned by Macrovision Corpor ation and other rights owners. Use[...]

Inde x A a rescue medium, cr eating and using 48 Access Help 64 accessing system board components and drives 16 administrat or password 52 antivirus softwar e 6 audio line-in connector 8 audio line-out connector 8 audio subsystem 1 B backup and recovery operations 46 basic tr oubleshooting 59 battery, replacing 21 Boot-block Recovery 56 C cable loc[...]

installing options security featur es 41 installing, replacing memory module 19 PCI card 17 internal drives 10 internal drives 1 K keyboard replacing 38 L Lenovo Customer Support Center 65 Lenovo ThinkV antage T oolbo x 60 Lenovo ThinkV antage T ools 63 Lenovo Web site 64 Lenovo Welcome 5 locating components 9 M media, creating and using r ecovery [...]

selecting startup device 53 tempor ary startup device 53 serial port 9 service and help 65 getting 63 Lenovo Customer Support Cent er 65 services other 66 purchasing additional 66 Set Administr ator Password 52 Set P ower -On P assword 52 settings changing 51 viewing 51 Setup Utility program 51 Setup Utility progr am, exiting 54 Setup Utility progr[...]

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