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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 55 . First Edition (October 2010) © Copyright L enovo 2010. LENOVO products, data, comput er software, and services have been developed e xclusively at private expense and a[...]

Contents Important safety information . . . . . vii Chapter 1. Product overview . . . . . . 1 F eatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Software overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Software provided by Lenovo . . . . . . . . 4 Adobe Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Antivirus softwar e .[...]

Online Books folder . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Lenovo ThinkV antage T ools . . . . . . . . 51 ThinkV antage P roductivity Center . . . . . 51 Lenovo W elcome . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Access Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Safety and W arranty . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Lenovo W eb site (http://www.lenovo.com) . . 52 Help and service . . . . . . .[...]

Important safety information CA UTION: Before using this manual, be sure to read and understand all the r elated safety information for this product. Refer to the ThinkCentre Safety and Warranty Guide that you r eceived with this product for the latest safety information. Reading and understanding this safety information reduces the risk of persona[...]

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Chapter 1. P roduct overview This chapter describes the computer featur es, specications, pr einstalled software pr ograms, and part and connector locations. F eatur es This section provides information about the computer features. System information The following information covers a variety of models. F or information about your specic mode[...]

• Ability to st ore power -on self-t est (POST) har dware t est r esults • Automatic power -on startup • Desktop Management Int erface (DMI) • Intel Active Management T echnology (AMT) (available on some models) • Intel Matrix Stor age Manager • Pr eboot Ex ecution Envir onment (PXE) • Secure Managed Client (SMC) (some models) • Sys[...]

• P ower-on password (POP) and Administr ator P assword for BIOS access • Startup sequence contr ol • Startup without keyboard or mouse • Support for an int egrated cable lock (K ensington lock) • T rusted Platform Module (TPM) Preinstalled software programs Y our computer is pr einstalled with some softwar e pr ograms to help you work mo[...]

Dimensions Width: 317 mm (12.48 inches) Height: 99 mm (3.9 inches) Depth: 355 mm (13.98 inches) Weight Maximum conguration as shipped: 7.5 kg (16.53 lbs) Environment • Air temperatur 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 packag[...]

Note: The L enovo ThinkV antage T ools pr ogram is only available on comput ers with the Windows 7 operating system fr om Lenovo. ThinkV antage Pr oductivity Center The ThinkV antage Pr oductivity Center pr ogram guides you t o a host of information and tools to help you set up, understand, maintain, and enhance your comput er . Note: The ThinkV an[...]

Lenovo ThinkV antage T oolbo x The L enovo ThinkV antage T oolbo x pr ogram helps you maintain your computer , impr ove computing security, diagnose computer problems, get familiar with the innovative technologies pr ovided by L enovo, and get more information about your computer . See “Lenovo ThinkV antage T oolbo x” on page 48 for detailed in[...]

Locating connectors on the rear of your computer Rear connect or locations shows the locations of the connectors on the rear of your computer . Some connectors on the rear of your computer ar e color -coded to help you determine where t o connect the cables on your computer . 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 4 5 6 7 8 Figure 2. Rear connector locations 1 Optional ser[...]

Connector Description DisplayP ort connector Used t o attach a high-performance monit or , a dir ect-drive monitor , or other devices that use a DisplayP ort connector . Ethernet connector Used to attach an E thernet cable for a local area network (LAN). Note: T o oper ate the computer within FCC Class B limits, use a Category 5 Ethernet cable. Mic[...]

1 Hard disk drive (installed in some models) 5 Optical drive 2 Heat sink 6 Memory module 3 Internal speaker (installed in some models) 7 P ower supply assembly 4 Syst em fan assembly Locating parts on the system board Figure 4 “System board part locations” on page 9 shows the locations of the parts on the syst em boar d. Figure 4. Syst em board[...]

Locating int ernal drives Internal drives ar e devices that your computer uses to r ead and stor e data. Y ou can add drives to your computer to increase st orage capacity and enable your computer to r ead other types of media. Y our computer comes with the following factory-installed drives: • A 3.5-inch hard disk drive in bay 1 (installed in so[...]

Chapter 2. Installing or r eplacing har dware This chapt er provides instructions on how t o install or r eplace hardwar e for your comput er . Handling static-sensitive devices Do not open the static-prot ective package containing the new part until the defective part has been removed from the computer and you are ready to install the new part. St[...]

Opening the computer cover Attention: Do not open your computer or att empt 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 Warranty Guide , go t o: http://www.lenovo.com/support This sect[...]

Notes: a. Make sur e you note the locations of any cables that you disconnect from the drives or the syst em board. b. Make sur e the hard disk drive assembly is in the latched down position before closing the computer cover to prevent damage to the har d disk drive. Figure 7. Pivoting the optical drive bay assembly Installing or replacing a memory[...]

5. Remove any parts that might pr event access to the memory slots. 6. Open the r etaining clips. Figure 8. Opening the retaining clips If you are r eplacing an old memory module, open the r etaining clips and gently pull the memory module out of the memory slot. Figure 9. Removing a memory module 7. P osition the new memory module over the memory [...]

Figure 10. Installing a memory module What to do next: • T o work with another piece of har dware, go to the appropriat e section. • T o complet e the installation or r eplacement, go to “Completing the parts replacement” on page 32. Installing or r eplacing a PCI car d Attention: Do not open your computer or att empt any r epair befor e re[...]

Figure 11. Removing a PCI card Notes: a. The car d ts tightly int o the card slot. If necessary, alt ernate moving each side of the car d a small amount until it is removed fr om the car d slot. b. If the card is held in place by a r etaining latch, press the car d r etaining latch 1 as shown t o disengage the latch. Grasp the car d and gently p[...]

Figure 12. Installing the PCI card What to do next: • T o work with another piece of har dware, go to the appropriat e section. • T o complet e the installation or r eplacement, go to “Completing the parts replacement” on page 32. Replacing the battery Attention: Do not open your computer or att empt any r epair befor e reading and understa[...]

Figure 13. Removing the old battery 5. Install a new batt ery . Figure 14. Installing a new batt ery 6. Close the comput er cover and connect the cables. See “Completing the parts r eplacement” on page 32. Note: When the computer is turned on for the rst time after replacing the batt ery, an error message might be displayed. This is normal a[...]

5. Push the release butt on 1 of the hard disk drive brack et as shown and then lift the hard disk drive brack et up fr om the heat sink. Figure 15. Removing the hard disk drive 6. Disconnect the signal cable and the power cable fr om the hard disk drive to completely remove the har d disk drive from the chassis. 7. Flex the sides of the bracket to[...]

10. Insert the two r etaining clips 1 of the har d disk drive br acket int o the corr esponding holes in the chassis, and then pivot the har d disk drive and brack et downwards until the har d disk drive br acket snaps into position. Figure 17. Installing the hard disk drive 11. Go to “Completing the parts r eplacement” on page 32. Replacing th[...]

Figure 18. Removing the old optical drive 6. Install the optical drive r etainer on the side of the new optical drive. Figure 19. Installing the optical drive retainer 7. Slide the new optical drive into the drive bay until it snaps into position. Chapter 2 . Installing or replacing har dware 21[...]

Figure 20. Installing a new optical drive 8. Connect the signal cable and the power cable t o the r ear of the optical drive. What to do next: • T o work with another piece of har dware, go to the appropriat e section. • T o complet e the installation or r eplacement, go to “Completing the parts replacement” on page 32. Replacing the power [...]

3 4 5 6 7 8 Figure 21. Removing the retaining screws for the power supply assembly 4. Open the comput er cover . See “Opening the comput er cover” on page 12. 5. Pivot the optical drive bay assembly upward to gain access t o the power supply assembly . See “ Accessing the system board components and drives” on page 12. 6. Disconnect the pow[...]

7. Release the power supply assembly cables from the cable clips and ties in the chassis. 8. Slide the power supply assembly to the fr ont of the computer and then lift it out of the chassis. Figure 23. Removing the power supply assembly 9. Install the new power supply assembly into the chassis so that the screw holes in the new power supply assemb[...]

CA UTION: The heat sink might be very hot. T urn off the computer and wait three to ve minutes to let the computer cool before opening the computer cover . T o r eplace the heat sink, do the following: 1. T urn off the comput er and disconnect all power cor ds from electrical outlets. 2. Open the comput er cover . See “Opening the comput er co[...]

Replacing the front audio and USB assembly Attention: Do not open your computer or att empt 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 Warranty Guide , go t o: http://www.lenovo.com/s[...]

10. Reconnect the front audio and USB assembly cables to the front audio connector and the fr ont USB connector on the system boar d. See “L ocating parts on the syst em board” on page 9. What to do next: • T o work with another piece of har dware, go to the appropriat e section. • T o complet e the installation or r eplacement, go to “Co[...]

Figure 27. Removing the system fan 8. Align the four tabs on the bott om of the new syst em fan with the corresponding holes in the chassis, and push the new syst em fan straight down until it snaps into position. 9. Connect the system fan cable to the micropr ocessor fan connector on the system board. See “Locating parts on the syst em boar d”[...]

1. T urn off the comput er and disconnect all power cor ds from electrical outlets. 2. Open the comput er cover . See “Opening the comput er cover” on page 12. 3. Remove the front bez el by releasing the three plastic tabs and pivoting the front bez el outwar d. Figure 28. Removing the front bezel 4. Pivot the optical drive bay assembly upward [...]

Figure 29. Removing the internal speaker 8. Remove the attached thermal sensor cable from the old int ernal speaker and install it on the new internal speaker . 9. Insert the two tabs 2 on the bott om of the new int ernal speaker into the corr esponding holes in the chassis, and push the speaker straight down until the other two tabs 1 snap into po[...]

Figure 30. Installing the new int ernal speaker 10. Reconnect the int ernal speaker cable and the thermal sensor cable to the system boar d. See “Locating parts on the syst em boar d” on page 9. 11. T o r einstall the front be zel, align the thr ee tabs on the fr ont be zel with the corr esponding holes in the chassis and pivot the fr ont bez e[...]

4. Connect a new keyboar d or mouse t o one of the USB connectors on the computer . Depending on where you want to connect the new keyboard or mouse, see “L ocating connectors on the front of your computer” on page 6 or “Locating connectors on the rear of your computer” on page 7. Figure 31. Connecting a new keyboard or mouse What to do nex[...]

Figure 32. Cable routing 4. Lower the optical drive bay assembly . 5. Close the comput er cover . 6. If there is an int egrat ed cable lock available, lock the computer . 7. Reconnect the ext ernal cables and power cords to the comput er . See “L ocating connect ors on the r ear of your computer” on page 7. 8. T o update your congur ation, s[...]

3 4 5 6 7 8 Figure 33. Integrated cable lock P assword protection T o deter 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 prompt ed to type the password. The computer cannot be used until a valid password is typed in. Refer to Chapter 4 “Using the Setup Util[...]

Chapter 3. Recover y information This chapter provides information about the r ecovery solutions provided by L enovo. This chapt er contains the following t opics: • Creating and using recovery media • P erforming backup and recovery oper ations • Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace • Creating and using a rescue medium • Installing or[...]

Using recovery media This section provides instructions on how to use r ecovery media on differ ent oper ating syst ems. On the Windows 7 oper ating system and the Windows Vista oper ating system, you can use recovery media to rest ore the computer to the factory default settings only . Y ou can use recovery media to put the comput er in an oper at[...]

2. In the Rescue and Recovery main window , click the Launch advanced Rescue and Recovery arrow . 3. Click Back up your hard drive and select backup operation options. Then, follow the instructions on the screen to complete the backup operation. • T o perform a backup operation using the Rescue and Recovery pr ogram on the Windows Vista operating[...]

• Restor e your hard disk drive to the fact ory default settings The Rescue and Recovery workspace enables you to rest ore the complete cont ents of your hard disk drive t o the factory default settings. If you have multiple partitions on your hard disk drive, you have the option to restor e the fact ory default settings t o the C: partition and [...]

• T o cr eate a rescue medium on the Windows 7 oper ating syst em, do the following: 1. F rom the Windows deskt op, click Start ➙ All Pr ograms ➙ Lenovo ThinkV antage T ools ➙ Enhanced Backup and Restore . The Rescue and Recovery pr ogram opens. 2. In the Rescue and Recovery main window , click the Launch advanced Rescue and Recovery arrow [...]

2. Use Windows Explorer or My Comput er to display the dir ectory structure of your har d disk drive. 3. Go to the C:SWTOOLS dir ectory . 4. Open the DRIVERS folder . Within the DRIVERS folder , there ar e sever al subfolders named for various devices installed in your computer , such as AUDIO or VIDEO . 5. Open the appropriat e device subfolder .[...]

Chapter 4. Using the Setup Utility The Setup Utility pr ogram is used to view and change the conguration settings of your comput er , regar dless of which oper ating syst em you are using. However , the operating syst em settings might override any similar settings in the Setup Utility progr am. Starting the Setup Utility progr am T o start the [...]

• Not be your name or your user name • Not be a common word or a common name • Be signicantly different fr om your pr evious passwor ds P ower-On P assword When a P ower-On P assword is set, you are prompted to type a valid passwor d each time the computer is turned on. The computer cannot be used until the valid passwor d is typed in. Adm[...]

2. F rom the Setup Utility pr ogram main menu, select Devices . 3. Depending on the device you want to enable or disable, do one of the following: • Select USB Setup to enable or disable a USB device. • Select A T A Drive Setup to enable or disable an internal or ext ernal SA T A device. 4. Select the desir ed settings and pr ess Ent er . 5. Pr[...]

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Chapter 5. Updating system progr ams This chapter provides information about updating the POS T and BIOS, and how to recover fr om a POS T and BIOS updat e failure. Using system progr ams System pr ograms are the basic layer of software built into your computer . Syst em progr ams include the POST , the BIOS, and the Setup Utility pr ogram. The POS[...]

Updating (ashing) the BIOS from your operating system Note: Because L enovo makes constant impr ovements t o its Web sites, the W eb page contents ar e subject to change without notice, including the contents r eferenced in the following pr ocedure. T o update (ash) the BIOS fr om your oper ating system, do the following: 1. Go t o http://www[...]

Chapter 6. T r oubleshooting and diagnostics This chapter describes some basic tr oubleshooting and diagnostic progr ams. If your computer pr oblem is not described here, see Chapter 7 “Getting information, help, and service” on page 51 for additional troubleshooting resour ces. Basic troubleshooting The following table pr ovides information to[...]

Symptom Action The operating system does not start. V erify that: • The startup sequence includes the device wher e the oper ating system resides. Usually, the oper ating system is on the har d disk drive. F or mor e information, see “Selecting a startup device” on page 43 . Note: F or SMC computers, you might r eceive the error message “No[...]

PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery The PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery diagnostic progr am is part of the Rescue and Recovery workspace on each Lenovo comput er . Use the PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery diagnostic pr ogram if you are unable t o start the Windows oper ating system. T o run the PC-Doct or for Rescue and Recovery diagnostic pr ogra[...]

Note: Y ou can insert the disc into the optical drive when you ar e setting the startup device sequence. However , if you insert the disc int o the optical drive when you have alr eady entered the oper ating system, you need to restart the comput er to access the diagnostic progr am. 3. F ollow the instructions on the screen to select the diagnosti[...]

Chapter 7. Getting information, help, and ser vice This chapt er contains information about help, service, and technical assistance for products manufactured by Lenovo. Information resources Y ou can use the information in this section to access useful r esources relating t o your computing needs. Online Books folder Note: The Online Books folder i[...]

• Pr oduct Recovery • Rescue and Recovery • System Updat e Note: The ThinkV antage P roductivity Cent er progr am is only available on computers that have an internal hard disk drive, a pr einstalled Windows Vista oper ating system, and preinstalled software pr ograms from Lenovo. T o access the ThinkV antage Pr oductivity Center pr ogram, cl[...]

• Access troubleshooting and support information for your computer model and other supported pr oducts. • Find the service and support phone numbers for your country or region. • Find a Service Pr ovider located near you. Help and service This section contains information about obtaining help and service. Using the documentation and diagnosti[...]

Note: Phone numbers are subject to change without notice. If the number for your country or r egion is not provided, contact your Lenovo reseller or Lenovo mark eting repr esentative. If possible, be at your computer when you call. Have the following information available: • Machine type and model • Serial numbers of your hardwar e pr oducts ?[...]

Appendix A. Notices Lenovo may not offer the pr oducts, services, or features discussed in this document in all countries. Consult your local L enovo repr esentative for information on the pr oducts and services curr ently available in your area. Any refer ence to a Lenovo product, progr am, or service is not intended to state or imply that only th[...]

T elevision output notice The following notice applies to models that have the fact ory-installed television-output feature. This product incorpor ates copyright prot ection t echnology that is pr otected by method claims of certain U .S. patents and other int ellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corpor ation and other rights owners. Use [...]

Inde x A a rescue medium, creating and using 38 Administrat or, password 42 antivirus softwar e 6 audio line-in connector 7 audio line-out connector 7 audio subsystem 1 B backup and r ecovery oper ations 36 basic tr oubleshooting 47 battery, replacing 17 boot-block r ecovery 46 C cable lock, security 33 cables, connecting 32 changing password 42 st[...]

internal speaker , replacing 28 K keyboard connector 8 keyboard, r eplacing 31 L Lenovo ThinkV antage T oolbox 48 Lenovo ThinkV antage T ools 51 Lenovo Web sit e 52 Lenovo Welcome 5, 52 locating components 8 M media, creating and using r ecovery media 35 memory module installing, replacing 13 system boar d 13 Microphone connector 8 mouse connector [...]

starting the Setup Utility progr am 41 startup device 43 sequence, changing 43 tempor ary, selecting 43 static-sensitive devices, handling 11 system management 1 progr ams 45 system boar d components, accessing 12 connectors 9 locating parts 9 locations 9 memory module 13 system fan, replacing 27 T television output notice 56 tempor ary startup dev[...]

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