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The rules should oblige the seller to give the purchaser an operating instrucion of IBM X31, along with an item. The lack of an instruction or false information given to customer shall constitute grounds to apply for a complaint because of nonconformity of goods with the contract. In accordance with the law, a customer can receive an instruction in non-paper form; lately graphic and electronic forms of the manuals, as well as instructional videos have been majorly used. A necessary precondition for this is the unmistakable, legible character of an instruction.
What is an instruction?
The term originates from the Latin word „instructio”, which means organizing. Therefore, in an instruction of IBM X31 one could find a process description. An instruction's purpose is to teach, to ease the start-up and an item's use or performance of certain activities. An instruction is a compilation of information about an item/a service, it is a clue.
Unfortunately, only a few customers devote their time to read an instruction of IBM X31. A good user manual introduces us to a number of additional functionalities of the purchased item, and also helps us to avoid the formation of most of the defects.
What should a perfect user manual contain?
First and foremost, an user manual of IBM X31 should contain:
- informations concerning technical data of IBM X31
- name of the manufacturer and a year of construction of the IBM X31 item
- rules of operation, control and maintenance of the IBM X31 item
- safety signs and mark certificates which confirm compatibility with appropriate standards
Why don't we read the manuals?
Usually it results from the lack of time and certainty about functionalities of purchased items. Unfortunately, networking and start-up of IBM X31 alone are not enough. An instruction contains a number of clues concerning respective functionalities, safety rules, maintenance methods (what means should be used), eventual defects of IBM X31, and methods of problem resolution. Eventually, when one still can't find the answer to his problems, he will be directed to the IBM service. Lately animated manuals and instructional videos are quite popular among customers. These kinds of user manuals are effective; they assure that a customer will familiarize himself with the whole material, and won't skip complicated, technical information of IBM X31.
Why one should read the manuals?
It is mostly in the manuals where we will find the details concerning construction and possibility of the IBM X31 item, and its use of respective accessory, as well as information concerning all the functions and facilities.
After a successful purchase of an item one should find a moment and get to know with every part of an instruction. Currently the manuals are carefully prearranged and translated, so they could be fully understood by its users. The manuals will serve as an informational aid.
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Neptun III, Installation-Guide IBM ThinkPads Version 5.1, 8/10/2003 1/ 6 Instructions for the System Inst allation Procedure of the Neptun III IBM-Laptop Models X31, T40, and T40p (die deutsche Versio n dieses Dokumentes ist zu find en auf http://www.neptun.ethz.ch/docs) Contents: 1 Your laptop and your responsibility 2 More help 3 Default installa[...]
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Neptun III, Installation-Guide IBM ThinkPads Version 5.1, 8/10/2003 2/ 6 Î If you have forgotten your n.ethz-password , contact the hotline at 01 632 7777 or hotline@student.ethz.ch. See http://n.ethz.ch/hotline_start.html for opening hours and web based help. 3 Default installation procedure The default installation divides the hard disk into two[...]
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Neptun III, Installation-Guide IBM ThinkPads Version 5.1, 8/10/2003 3/ 6 16. Take your time and browse the ReadMe -File when logged in. Create a restricted user account . Î If you are not an ETH member, you will also see a bla ck DOS-window and a Norton AntiVirus installation dialog. Do no t to uch the black window, and click through the Norton An[...]
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Neptun III, Installation-Guide IBM ThinkPads Version 5.1, 8/10/2003 4/ 6 7.2 For ETH Zurich -Mem bers 7.2.1 Network configurations Three network setups for the Ethernet inte rface (DHCP), Wireless LA N and VPN at ETH are installed per default. Note that you need your n.ethz-username and password to logon which is sent to you at the beginning of you[...]
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Neptun III, Installation-Guide IBM ThinkPads Version 5.1, 8/10/2003 5/ 6 Î All Neptun III laptop - owners will be inform ed about updates for their Neptun laptop via the Message Tree of the Informatikdie nste ETH Zurich. Your address has been subscribed automatically. If you want to chang e your subscription you can do thi s at https://n.ethz.ch/c[...]
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Neptun III, Installation-Guide IBM ThinkPads Version 5.1, 8/10/2003 6/ 6 9.2 Windows You will lose all data on the C: drive incl. all former user acco unts. So, unless you have used the data partition, your pe rsonal data will be lost as soon as you reinstall the Windows system partition 1. After reinstalling the sy stem partition, accept Execute C[...]