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ThinkCentr e
User Guide
Machine T ypes: 0800, 0852, 0870, 2471, 2557, 3091, 3265, 3373,
3429, 3650, 3678, 4285, 5205, and 5248
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ThinkCentr e User Guide Machine T ypes: 0800, 0852, 0870, 2471, 2557, 3091, 3265, 3373, 3429, 3650, 3678, 4285, 5205, and 5248
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Not e: Befor e using this information and the pr oduct it suppor ts, be sur e t o r ead and understand the ThinkCentr e Safety and W arr anty Guide and Appendix A “Notices” on page 79. Second Edition (May 2011) © Copyright L enovo 2011. LENO V O pr oducts, data, comput er softwar e, and ser vices have been developed e x clusively at privat e e xpense and ar e sold t o governmental entities as commer cial it ems as defined by 48 C.F .R. 2.101 with limit ed and r estrict ed rights t o use, r epr o
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Contents Impor tant safety information . . . . . . v Replacing the k eyboar d . . . . . . . . . 49 Replacing the mouse . . . . . . . . . . 50 Chapt er 1. P r oduct over view . . . . . . 1 Completing the par ts r eplacement . . . . . 52 F eatur es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Obtaining device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Single-t ouch and multi-t ouch featur e . . . . . 3 Basic security featur es . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Int egr at ed
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Recovering fr om a POS T/BIOS updat e failur e . . 68 L enovo W elcome . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Access Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Chapt er 6. T r oubleshooting and Safety and warr anty . . . . . . . . . . . 76 diagnostic pr ogr ams . . . . . . . . . 71 L enovo W eb sit e (http://w w w .lenovo.com) . . 76 Basic tr oubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Help and ser vice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Diagnostic pr ogr ams . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Using the documentation and diagnos
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Impor tant safety information C A UTION: Befor e using this manual, be sur e t o r ead and understand all the r elat ed safety information for this pr oduct. Refer t o the ThinkCentr e Safety and W arr anty Guide that you r eceived with this pr oduct for the lat est safety information. Reading and understanding this safety information r educes the risk of personal injur y and or damage t o your pr oduct. If you no longer have a copy of the ThinkCentr e Safety and W arr anty Guide, you can obtain
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vi ThinkCentr e User Guide
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Chapt er 1. P r oduct over view This chapt er pr ovides information about the comput er featur es, specifications, pr einstalled softwar e pr ogr ams, and connect or and par t locations. This chapt er contains the following t opics: • “F eatur es” on page 1 : This section pr ovides information about the comput er featur es. • “Specifications” on page 4 : This section lists the physical specifications for your comput er . • “Softwar e over view” on page 6: This section pr ovides information about
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Connectivity • 10/100/1000 Mbps E thernet contr oller Syst em management featur es • Ability t o st or e the power -on self-t est (POS T) har dwar e t est r esults • Advanced Configur ation and P ower Int er face (A CPI) suppor t • Aut omatic power -on star tup • Deskt op Management Int er face (DMI) • Int el Active Management T echnology (AMT) (available in some models) • Int el Rapid S t or age T echnology • P r eboot Ex ecution Envir onment (PXE) • S yst em Management (SM) Basic Input/Output
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Chapt er 1. P r oduct over view This chapt er pr ovides information about the comput er featur es, specifications, pr einstalled softwar e pr ogr ams, and connect or and par t locations. This chapt er contains the following t opics: • “F eatur es” on page 1 : This section pr ovides information about the comput er featur es. • “Specifications” on page 4 : This section lists the physical specifications for your comput er . • “Softwar e over view” on page 6: This section pr ovides information about
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T able 1. Oper ating syst em edition and suppor t ed t ouch featur e Oper ating syst em edition Suppor t ed t ouch featur e W indows 7 Ent erprise Single-t ouch or multi-t ouch W indows 7 Home Basic Single-t ouch W indows 7 Home P r emium Single-t ouch or multi-t ouch W indows 7 P r ofessional Single-t ouch or multi-t ouch W indows 7 S tar t er Single-t ouch W indows 7 Ultimat e Single-t ouch or multi-t ouch Specifications This section lists the physical specifications for your comput er . 4 Thi
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Comput er dimensions (without a stand and fr ame foot) W idth: 560 mm (22.05 inches) Height: 392 mm (15.43 inches) Depth: 79 mm (3.11 inches) or 86 mm (3.39 inches) (varies by configur ation) Comput er dimensions (with a stand and fr ame foot) • W idth: 560 mm (22.05 inches) • Maximum height: – 421.9 mm (16.61 inches) (with a fr ame stand and fr ame foot) – 566.9 mm (22.32 inches) (with a lift stand) • Depth: r anges fr om 109 mm (4.29 inches) t o 250 mm (9.84 inches) (varies by configur ation)
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Softwar e over view The comput er comes with a pr einstalled oper ating syst em and sever al pr einstalled applications. Softwar e pr ovided with your W indows oper ating syst em This section pr ovides information about the softwar e pr ovided with your W indows oper ating syst em. Softwar e pr ovided by L enovo The following softwar e pr ogr ams ar e pr ovided by L enovo t o help you impr ove pr oductivity and r educe the cost associat ed with maintaining your comput er . Softwar e pr ogr ams p
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pr ovided by L enovo, such as the Rescue and Recover y pr ogr am and the ThinkV antage P r oductivity Cent er pr ogr am. L enovo ThinkV antage T oolbo x The L enovo ThinkV antage T oolbo x pr ogr am helps you maintain your comput er , impr ove computing security, diagnose comput er pr oblems, get familiar with the innovative t echnologies pr ovided by L enovo, and get mor e information about your comput er . F or mor e information, see “L enovo ThinkV antage T oolbo x” on page 72 . PC-Doct or fo
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F r ont view Figur e 1 “F r ont contr ol and par t locations” on page 8 shows the locations of the contr ols and par ts on the fr ont of your comput er . Figur e 1. F r ont contr ol and par t locations 1 Int egr at ed camer a with micr ophone (MIC) 8 W ir eless activity indicat or (available in some models) 2 Int egr at ed camer a on/off butt on 9 Menu/Ent er 3 Liquid cr ystal display (L CD) panel 10 Brightness contr ol /Right 4 P ower switch 11 Image setup contr ol /L eft 5 P ower indicat or 12
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T o use your comput er in monit or mode, you need t o have a second comput er . Connect one end of the VGA cable t o the VGA IN connect or on the r ear of your comput er , and the other end t o the VGA connect or on the second comput er . Use the monit or mode contr ol on the fr ont of your comput er t o switch your comput er between comput er mode and monit or mode. The following table shows the functions of each contr ol when your comput er works in comput er mode or monit or mode. Icon Contr
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4 Micr ophone connect or 12 USB connect ors (4) 5 USB connect or 13 DisplayP or t out connect or 6 Serial por t (available in some models) 14 VGA IN connect or 7 PS/2 mouse connect or (available in some models) 15 Expr essC ar d slot (available in some models) 8 PS/2 k eyboar d connect or (available in some models) Connect or Description DisplayP or t out connect or Used t o attach a high-per formance monit or , a dir ect-drive monit or , or other devices that use a DisplayP or t connect or . E
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Component locations Figur e 3 “Component locations” on page 11 shows the locations of the various components in your comput er . T o r emove the comput er cover and access the inside of the comput er , see “Removing the comput er cover ” on page 15 . Figur e 3. Component locations 1 F r ame stand 15 Int ernal speak er 2 V ideo Electr onics S tandar ds Association (VESA) 16 F r ame foot fr ame cover 3 F an duct 17 Har d disk drive 4 Heat sink 18 Right I/O assembly 5 Memor y modules (2) 19 C ar d
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11 Int ernal speak er 25 Int egr at ed camer a with micr ophone* 12 Bluet ooth module* 26 Ambient light sensor* 13 S yst em fan 27 Multi-t ouch boar d* 14 Rear I/O assembly cover 28 VESA fr ame Not es: 1. * denot es optional par ts, which ar e available in some models. 2. Y our comput er might come with a fr ame stand or a lift stand. F or mor e information about the lift stand, see “Removing or r einstalling the lift stand” on page 17 . Syst em boar d par t and connect or locations Figur e 4 “S
