Lenovo Laptop manual

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 1 Chapter 1 W elcome This user ’ s gu ide pro v ides the hardware and software inform atio n of the LENOVO ® Notebook Com puter wh ich you w ill use. The co mpute r is a preci sion electro nic equi pment. Read thro ugh the wh o le guide b efore your f irst u se. Especially if y ou are a new user of c ompute[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 2 high computing performanc e. I t is a goo d fr iend of y ou whene ver y ou are in wo rk or enterta inm ent tim e. LENOVO® 3000 Y300 seri es has t wo sele ct models as fo ll ows: l Intel® 945GM E xpress Chipset with integrated graphics card l Intel® 945PM Expres s C h ipset with NVIDIA® Gefo rce® Go 7300[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 3 1 Camera 2 TFT colo r LCD 3 Buil d-in S tere o speaker 4 Shuttl e 5 Build-in Microphone 6 T ouchpad 7 Launc h Key 8 Status indicato r 1 9 Status indicato r 2 10 Keybo ard 1. Integrated camera 1.3-Mega Multi-functio n and high quality CMO S c amera has been integrated for picture taking and vi deo comm u nica[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 4 4. Shuttle This Shuttle contr ol i s associated with Shuttle Center software. T o use the Shuttle Center , first install the Shuttle Center driv er , and then refer to S huttle C enter Help . Up/Down OK Click to mov e up c u rsor Long press to fa st move Double click to m ove rightside cursor Click to mov e [...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 5 Interaction under Win dows operating system: a. If Lenovo Shuttle Center is installed on your Notebo o k · Press OK to run Lenovo S huttle Center application · Press Up a nd Down butto n to control b. If Lenovo S huttle Center is not instal led on y o ur N otebook · Press Up a nd Down butto n to control t[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 6 rec ov ery app lication. Y ou can recover , backup or uninstall the system throu gh the a pplicati on. See <Onekey Recovery Us er Guide> in Leno vo Drivers CD for det ails. Caution: Make su re you have already backed up the data in the hard drive . T he system re covery will refo rmat the hard drive a [...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 7 3. Nu m eric-lock indica to r Blue: T he numeric keypad o n the keyboard is enabled. 4. V oice indicator Blue: V ol um e up/down 9. Status indicator 2 The system status i ndicators show the status o f the c o m put er as follows: 1. Power button Blue: The c omputer is o n. Blinking b lue: The c omputer is in[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 8 1.2. 2 Front view 1 Infrared po rt 2 m ulti p le digita l m edia c ard slot (4 in 1) 3 S lot in optica l dr iv er 4 Optical driver button 1. Infrared port Use this po rt to send and receive infrared (IR) signals to an d from o ther IR-co m pa ti ble devi ces. Thi s po rt suppo rts a trans fer rate of up to 4[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 9 The slot lets yo u easily trans fer data from other d igital device. It supports Mem ory S tick, Mem ory S tick Pro, S D (Secure Digita l) an d MMC . 3. Optical driver Optical media driv e pro v ides the w ay to transfe r data between y our com puter and C D/DVD. Depending on yo ur com puter ’ s feature, y[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 10 1.2. 3 Left view 1 VGA po rt 2 US B ports 3 Ai r V ent 4 IEEE1394 port 5 PC card slot 6 HDD Compartm e nt[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 11 1. VGA port Th is port l ets yo u c onne ct an extern al monitor o r a projec tor t o your com puter . 2. USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports Y ou can connect USB devices to your computer , s uch as m ouse, full-size keyboard and memory ke y , etc. The USB ports co m ply wi th USB2.0 standards, which e nable d[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 12 5. PC card sl ot The slot sup ports T ype II PC card. 6. HDD compart m ent The HDD co m partment contains the hard disk. 1.2. 4 Right view 1 S ecurity keyhole 2 US B ports 3 Microp hone jack 4 Earpho ne jack 5 Co nn ecter cov er 6 RJ 45 LAN conn e ctor 7 RJ 11 Modem conn ector 8 Po wer jack[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 13 1. Security keyhole Y ou can buy a secur ity cabl e that can attach to the key hol e. Use it to anchor yo u computer to yo u r des k or other large object to den y thef t. The security ca b le’ s instruct ions tell y ou how to use it. Hint  Before yo u buy the security cable  ma ke sure it fits your[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 14 5. Conne ctor cover Protect RJ11 and RJ45 connector . When it is co vered you cann o t see the R J 11 and R J 45 conn ector . 6. RJ45 LAN connector The LAN jack suppo rts RJ -45 sta ndard. Y ou can u se a cable to connec t y our com puter to a LAN (Local Area Network ). Note  Be careful not to put the te[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 15 the compu ter . W rong adap tor can da mage your compute r . Caution  The AC adap tor can adapt to any voltage from 100 to 240 volts and to a frequency o f either 50 or 60 her tz, enabling you to use the compute r in almost a ny region. The powe r connector jack and power cord jac k migh t vary in differ[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 16 1. Battery Pack When the battery is fully rech arged, it can supply the power t o your com puter an d let you en joy your m obile computing. T o recharge the battery , sim pl y c o nnect the AC adapto r to the AC po wer and the com puter . T o load and release t he battery pack, follo w the following steps:[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 17 2. Battery st a tus indicator lights The status i ndicator lights cor respond to the capability of y our battery . 3. Battery pac k lock and release Latch S lide i t to free the battery pack for rem oval. Note  Do not press the compu ter t oo har d when you are trying to release th e battery pack. It m i[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 18 module by y ourself. If you need to install additional memory module, bring your computer to one of our agents . Th e professional technician who has been qualified by Lenov o will he lp you. Because of compatibility , Lenovo does not guarantee a ll memory modules are compatible with the computer. 1.3 T urn[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 19 1.3.2 T urn on th e computer Bec ause t he battery is unc harged, w hen yo u turn on the com puter for first tim e, yo u have to conn ec t the AC adapto r to y our computer . Note  Use the power cord and AC adaptor that co me wi th the computer . If one of them is damage d, do not u se them but contact o[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 20 cannot shut dow n automatically . In this case, pres s the power button “ ” for 4~5 seconds to tur n off the compute r . Note  If you are using the W indows operating system, you’d better use the operating system to turn off the com puter to avoid data loss. 1.4 Using batte ry pack 1.4. 1 Activate [...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 21 Note: 1. Do not unplug the power conn ection during the charging. 2. Only use and charge the battery that comes with the computers. 3. Operate the computer on the battery power until the battery i s fully d ischarged. 4. Do the step 1 and 2 for a nother two time s. The charging time must be longer i n the s[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 22 computer or not, it alway s performs self-dis charge. (About 1% a day) If the battery has not been u sed f o r a lo ng tim e, i t m ight ha ve no po wer due to self-disc harge. This is the inherent feature of lithium-ion battery . I n this case, use the external AC power or recharge the batte ry . If yo u s[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 23 2. T ur n on the co m pu ter when the batte ry i s fully-charged. Press [F2] to enter the BI OS setup program . 3. Unplu g the AC adaptor . Let the computer operate on the battery pow er unt il it automa tically turns off at t he end of battery power . 4. Plug the AC adaptor to fully charge the battery . Re[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 24 When the battery p o wer is low  the syste m not ifies the u ser of the situation through sound (The related BIOS and system shoul d be made). A red “X” m ark appears o n th e batte ry i con at the ri ght-bo ttom o f W indo ws ta skbar a nd a p ro m pt wi ndow po ps up to suggest yo u to connec t to [...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 25 Note  T he broken l ithi um-ion battery pollutes the environment and can be dangerous to human. Do no t dispose the bat tery as normal trash. Dispose the battery as required by local direc tives or regulations. Contact local m anage institutions fo r disp osal detail s. 1.5 Using the LCD display This com[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 26 hold the up-middle side of the d isplay panel an d the other hand to open or c lose it gently . 2. Do not hold on ly left or righ t side when ope n or close the display panel. 3. Do not open or clo se the disp lay roug hly . This might damage the LCD display . 4. Do not put object on the LCD back cover , pr[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 27 and characters under the mode. Press [Fn] + [ Print Screen/Num Lock] again to d isable this func tio n. 1.6.2 Keyboard shortcut Y ou can use the keyb oard shortcut to acc ess some fu nc tio ns q uickly: Shortcut Func tio n [Fn] + [ESC] Camera on/off [Fn] + [E ND] T o uchpad on/off [Fn] + [F1] Let the co m p[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 28 [Fn] + [PrtScrn] Enable/disable num eric keypad function [Fn] + [SysRq] Enable/disable Sc ro ll Lock function [Fn] + [ à ][ ß ] V olume up/down [Fn] + [  ][  ] Increase/decrease LC D bri ghtnes s Y ou also can use Wi nd ows Key “ ” to access som e wind o w applications or uti lities: Shortcut Fu[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 29 1.7 Using T ouchpad T o uch pad i s a to uch sensitive dev ice. It can p erform all the functions of a normal m ouse. T o uch and m o ve y our finger on the pad to direct the o n-scree n pointer . The tw o buttons next to the T o uchpad perform s the sam e functions as mouse bu t tons. T ouchpad U tilities:[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 30 Note  Always keep the T ouchpad and y our fin gers dry . A void spilling any liquid on the T ouchpad. Do not exposure the T ouchpad under mag netic and radiant environment for a long time. 1.8 Using optical driver Driv ers are clas sified into follow ing two t ypes: 1. T ray-in driver T o load the di sc [...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 31 Note  The sl ot in ODD doesn't support 8cm d is k. Do not use 8cm disk whenever . Note  Do not move the computer when the opti cal drive i s worki ng. T he op tical drive indicat or at th e upside of the keyboard shows the optical drive work ing status. There is another optical dr iv e indicator [...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 32 Chapter 2 More understanding After yo u are familiar with the basic hardware and so ftware operation, the follow ing conte nt will let yo u get m ore unders tanding about yo ur notebook com puter . 2.1 Setup and maintain the computer 2.1.1 EnergyCut The noteboo k com put er has a series o f automatic adjust[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 33 2.1. 2 The E ner gyCut under W indows XP ACPI mode Under the ACPI mode o f the Microsoft W indows XP o perat ing system , the system EnergyCut w ill be contr olled by the operating syste m . Go t o Control Panel à Performa nc e and Maintenance à Power Options to m odify all the EnergyCut t sett ings. 2.1.[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 34 computer ”, “ press the power button ”, o r “ pr ess the sleep button ”. 2.1. 5 Hibe rn ation mode Hibe rnatio n mode suspe nds the system hard disk (ST D). It i s a v ery usef ul fa cility . I t sa ve s all the data of mem or y and video mem or y t o the hard di sk. The next ti m e y ou tu rn on [...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 35 2.1. 6 Set up low power pr o tecti on: Note  If you do no t save your data in time before the battery run out, whi le you have no relate d protection se ttings, you data wi ll lose. So we suggest yo u t o r ead the following instructions about setti ng up lo w power protection. When the battery power is [...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 36 Options à Alarms , Cl ick “ Alarm Action ” i n “ Cr itic al battery alarm ”, in the po p-up window , choose “ when the ala rm goes off, the computer will Hibernate ”, cli ck OK in the pop-up window , and click Apply in the Po wer Options Properties wind o w . 2.2 Using multimedia audio system T[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 37 2.3 Setting display r esolution T o vi ew a prog ram at a speci fic reso lutio n, bo th the video controll er and display m ust suppo rt the program , an d the necessary driv ers m ust be installed. Before changing any o f the o riginal display set tings, note the original sett ings for future reference . C[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 38 2.6 Using PC card Inst alling PC cards PC cards can enhance the notebooks’ perf o rm ance without any cost of mobili ty . The mostly used P C cards i nc lude m emory ca rd s, Modem, hard disks and LAN cards. PCMCIA def i nes the industry standard for PC cards. This computer provides a PCMC I A slo t for T[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 39 This co m puter has a 4 in 1 Memory Card Reader . It can read and write the popular Me mory S tick, Mem ory S tick Pro, SD (Secure Digital) and MMC cards. Chapter 3 Sy stem con figuration 3.1 Inst all drive r s W e p rovide a driver CD with all driv ers that yo u need in t he box. Y ou can install driv e rs[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 40 compromise the system’ s stabilit y and audio or video effect, even caus e you to reinstall the operating system. 3.1. 1 Install chipset driver · Ins ert the driv er CD. · Select Start à Run à Browse to open “E: W inXPChipsetS etup.exe”. In the installation sc ree n, follow the instructio n to [...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 41 · Select Start à Run à Bro wse to open “E: WinXPAudio S etup .exe”. In the installation screen, follo w the instruction to start the fil es copying pr o ce ss. Then System Settings Change wi ll ask “ Do yo u want to r estart your c omputer now? ” Click Y es to restart your computer . 3.1. 4 In[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 42 com pl ete the installation. · Restart the system after the install ation. 3.1.7 Install Wireless LAN ca rd (opti onal) driver · Insert the driv er CD. · Run “E: WinX P W ireless D PIns t.e xe”. In the installation screen, follow the i ns truction to start the files copying p r oces s and co m ple[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 43 · Run “E:WinX PQuick Butto n Setup.exe”. In the installation screen, fo llow the instru ction t o st art the f il es copying pro cess and com pl ete the installation. A t the end of installi ng, click Y es to reboot the syste m. · The sys te m will restart to c omplete the installa tion. 3.1. 11 In[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 44 as Firmware. I t is used to translate software instructions to the instructions that the hardware can understand. T o ent er the BI O S setup uti lity , p ress F2 befo re the ope rat ing syste m is booted. BIOS Setup Utility is a m e nu-driven application in English. It is used to ch ange the system configu[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 45 The follo wing table li sts keys that can be used in the BIOS menus. Key Func tio n F1 Help Esc Exit the current menu, enter the Exit menu.  Scroll thr ough the item s on a men u, or sc ro ll through m enus +/- Chan ge V alues Enter Press to enter menus and sub m enus F9 S etup Defaults setting [...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 46 1. Core Multi-Processing: Determine whether the second core is enabled if your Proces sor is duo core. 2. Num Loc k: Select Power-on state for Num Lock. By defa ul t, t he setting is Off. 3. Plug&Play O/S: Se lect the operati ng system insta lled on your system. 4. USB Legacy Support: This it e m a ll o[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 47 The Set S upervisor/User /HDD Passw ord item s set passwords for different level s o f access to the notebook. The noteboo k is shipped with the passwo rd disabled. 1. Supervisor Pa ssword : This field allows y ou to set the Supervisor password. A pass word i s required to access the BIOS setup menus if the[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 48 allows full access to the BIOS Setup m enu. T o clear a pass wo rd, highlight the Set S upervisor Pa ss wo rd field and press the < Enter > key . Enter the current p asswo rd. Leave the Enter New Pa ssword fiel d blank and press < Enter > twice. The password is now cleared u p. Check the Bo ot S[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 49 1. Qui ck Boot: Enable Quiet Boot to turn off the m emory check sound duri ng the POST . 2. Boot Menu: Choo se if yo u want t o show the Boo t Men u. 3. Boot T ime Diagnosti c Screen: Choose the logo sc reen o r the diagnostic screen during boot. 4. Preboot Execution Environment: Choo se it if Boot from net[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 50 Press the Up and Do wn arro w keys to select which co m po nent is used for the b oot device, then use F5 and F6 to confirm the boot order o f the device . 3.2. 6 Exit menu[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 51 Choo se from one of the following items to exec ute the operation. Exit Saving Change s: Exit t he BIOS setu p screen and save all t he ch anges wh ich y ou ha ve made. Exit Discarding Change s: Exit the B IOS setup screen and discard all the changes which y ou ha ve made. Load Setup Default: Restore the BI[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 52 Audio l Azalia l 2 speakers buil t-in. Display l Color 13.1’ WXGA TFT -LCD. Keyboard l 86 Key Windows Keybo ard Expansion l On e T ype II P C MCI A S lo t l On e Modem J ack  RJ -11  l One LAN Jac k  RJ-45  l One DC IN Jack l One VGA Po rt l On e Head p hone J ack l On e Microphone-in J ack l [...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 53 l Battery  Li-ion  l Adaptor  3 Pin [...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 54 Chapter 4 T echnical support and custom er service 4.1 Kindly r emind Note: Use y our Lenovo notebook compu ter in compliance with the requirements in this gui de, for example, conditi on s and environment requ irements. If you violate any requirement fo r any purpose, Lenovo will not guarantee the computer[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 55 Keep the temperatur e aro und the com puter in the range of 10- 35  wh en y ou use the computer . Do not use the computer in a hum id, extremely hot or cold, vibrating, dusty environm ent o r under direct sunshine. The slo ts an d o pening on the shell o f the com puter are used for venti lation. Do not [...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 56 Recharge the battery only after the pow er has run o ut and fully recharge i t at one ti m e. Do not stop r echarging or start di sc hargi ng when the battery i s st ill under rech argi ng. This helps keepi ng your battery in an o ptim ized status. If you will leave your computer unuse d for a lon g tim e ([...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 57 4.1. 6 Do not chan ge the factor y hardwar e with out authorization Do not ch ange the co m put er ’ s fac to ry hardware, i nc lu ding rem o ving original hardware or add ing new hardware, without authorizat io n fr om Lenovo li ce nsed agencies . Lenovo has no warranty on the usability or reliability of[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 58 If yo u hear a series of be eps, it means that there are syste m err ors. Contact Len ovo li cen sed service agenc ies. If the computer shows t he screen of lo go, but can not boot the operating system o r reports errors when the system is boot ed, see if there is a floppy disk in the flo p py dr ive. If th[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 59 one. 4.2. 4 The printer can not be installed and printed. l S ee i f the ca ble between the pri nter and com puter is connected well. l See if the pri nter ’ s power i s turned on and i f the printer i s i n a norm al working sta tus. l Read the u ser ’ s guide o f the printer and configure the pr inter[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 60 com puter in compliance with the requirem ents i n the gui de. l See i f the compu ter port co nnecte d wi th the el ectro n i c devi ce i s disabled in BIOS . l See if the po rt co nfiguratio n an d ele ctric standard meet s the requiremen ts of the device o r be com patible w ith it. l S ee if the dev ice[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 61 well. 4.2. 7 The computer reports error , or halts when runn ing some pr og rams. l S ee i f these programs are normally insta lled and s om e fil es in these pro gram s are not deleted by acc ident. l S ee i f the hardware conf ig uration of the com puter meets the lowest operating requ irem ent of thes e [...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 62 phen o m enon. l If there are still problems, contact Lenovo licensed se rvic e agencies. 4.2. 9 LCD is bl ack S ee if y our com puter is in Hibernation mode. S ee i f yo u have m ade the following configuration f o r EnergyCut: shut down LCD screen after so m e ti me. S ee if y our com puter ha s conn ecte[...]

Lenovo Port a bl e Computer User Guide 63 • Malaysia 1800 18 2388 • Thailand 1800 06 0087 • Indonesia 001 803 0601 2003 • India 1800 42 5 3324 A li st of Service Providers and t heir telep hone num bers i s available at ww w.l enovo.com /support/phone . For more deta ils, refer to “Safety and warranty g uide”. Note: The contact informat[...]