Lenovo M78- User Manual

Lenovo M78

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 3 – Contents
  • Page 4 – ii
  • Page 5 – iii
  • Page 6 – iv
  • Page 7 – Important safety information; Setup Guide; reduces the risk of personal injury and damage to your product.; If you no longer have a copy of the; Service and upgrades; Hazardous moving parts. Keep fingers and other body parts away.; Static electricity prevention
  • Page 8 – Power cords and power adapters; other countries, the suitable types shall be used accordingly.; Extension cords and related devices
  • Page 9 – materials or in explosive environments.; vii
  • Page 10 – viii
  • Page 11 – Laser compliance statement; might result in hazardous radiation exposure.; Power supply statement; ix
  • Page 13 – Chapter 1. Product overview; Features
  • Page 14 – • Internal speaker (installed in some models); Connectivity; • IEEE 1394 adapter (installed in some models); System management features; • Wake on LAN
  • Page 16 – Specifications
  • Page 17 – Tools program or from Control Panel.; To access Lenovo programs from Control Panel, click
  • Page 18 – Accessing Lenovo programs on the Windows 8 operating system; Lenovo Start; An introduction to Lenovo programs; Communications Utility
  • Page 20 – after you have launched the SimpleTap program for the first time.; System Update; Locations
  • Page 22 – Locating connectors on the rear of your computer
  • Page 24 – Locating components
  • Page 25 – Locating parts on the system board
  • Page 26 – Locating internal drives
  • Page 27 – Machine type and model label; The following is a sample of the machine type and model label.
  • Page 29 – Chapter 2. Using your computer; Frequently asked questions; • On the Windows 7 operating system, click; Accessing Control Panel on the Windows 8 operating system; • From the desktop
  • Page 31 – Using the wheel mouse; The wheel mouse has the following controls:; Adjusting audio; Mute; “Adding the volume icon to the taskbar” on page 19.; Adding the volume icon to the taskbar
  • Page 33 – Power2Go
  • Page 35 – Chapter 3. You and your computer; Accessibility and comfort
  • Page 36 – When arranging your workspace:
  • Page 37 – Registering your computer; Registration; Moving your computer to another country or region
  • Page 38 – Replacement power cords
  • Page 39 – Security features; Security
  • Page 40 – Attaching an integrated cable lock; Kensington; Using passwords
  • Page 43 – Chapter 5. Installing or replacing hardware; Handling static-sensitive devices; • Do not place the part on the computer cover or other metal surface.; Installing or replacing hardware; Use only computer parts provided by Lenovo.; Installing external options
  • Page 44 – Opening the computer cover; To open the computer cover, do the following:; Removing and reinstalling the front bezel; To remove and reinstall the front bezel, do the following:
  • Page 46 – Accessing the system board components and drives; To access the system board components and drives, do the following:
  • Page 47 – “Replacing the optical drive” on page 49.; Installing or replacing a memory module; To install or replace a memory module, do the following:
  • Page 48 – module out of the memory slot.; want to install the memory module.
  • Page 49 – Installing or replacing a PCI card
  • Page 50 – amount until it is removed from the card slot.
  • Page 51 – closed position. See “Locating parts on the system board” on page 13.; Installing or replacing the card reader; on page 39. For replacement, see “Replacing the card reader” on page 42.; Installing the card reader; To install the card reader, do the following:
  • Page 54 – Replacing the card reader; To replace the card reader, do the following:
  • Page 55 – the bracket with the corresponding hole in the chassis.
  • Page 56 – parts on the system board” on page 13.; Replacing the battery
  • Page 57 – Installing the solid-state drive
  • Page 58 – drive to the adapter.; and align pin
  • Page 59 – Replacing the hard disk drive; To replace the hard disk drive, do the following:; disk drive from the chassis.
  • Page 60 – on the bracket with the corresponding holes in the hard disk drive.
  • Page 61 – Insert the two retaining clips; Replacing the optical drive; To replace the optical drive, do the following:
  • Page 63 – Press the optical drive lock
  • Page 64 – Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly; To replace the heat sink and fan assembly, do the following:
  • Page 67 – Replacing the power supply assembly
  • Page 68 – To replace the power supply assembly, do the following:
  • Page 71 – power supply clip; Use only screws provided by Lenovo.
  • Page 72 – Replacing the microprocessor; To replace the microprocessor, do the following:
  • Page 75 – Replacing the cover presence switch; To replace the cover presence switch, do the following:
  • Page 76 – with the corresponding hole in the chassis.; Replacing the internal speaker; The internal speaker is only available in some models.
  • Page 78 – Replacing the thermal sensor; To replace the thermal sensor, do the following:
  • Page 81 – Replacing the front audio and USB assembly
  • Page 82 – Replacing the WiFi units; Removing the WiFi adapter card
  • Page 83 – small amount until it is removed from the card slot.; Removing the WiFi card module; To remove the WiFi card module, do the following:
  • Page 84 – Installing the WiFi units; To install the WiFi units, do the following:
  • Page 85 – the WiFi card module to the WiFi adapter card.
  • Page 86 – the system board” on page 13.; Installing or removing the rear WiFi antenna; Installing the rear WiFi antenna; To install the rear WiFi antenna, do the following:
  • Page 87 – Removing the rear WiFi antenna; To remove the rear WiFi antenna, do the following:
  • Page 88 – Installing or removing the front WiFi antenna; Installing the front WiFi antenna; To install the front WiFi antenna, do the following:
  • Page 89 – hole in the front panel.
  • Page 90 – Connect the front antenna cable to the WiFi card module.; Removing the front WiFi antenna; To remove the front WiFi antenna, do the following:
  • Page 91 – Replacing the keyboard or mouse; To replace the keyboard or mouse, do the following:; Completing the parts replacement; chassis to avoid interference with closing the computer cover.
  • Page 92 – Obtaining device drivers
  • Page 93 – Chapter 6. Recovery information; Recovery information for the Windows 7 operating system
  • Page 94 – Creating recovery media; Start; Using recovery media; Performing backup and recovery operations; Performing a backup operation
  • Page 95 – Performing a recovery operation; In the Rescue and Recovery main window, click the; Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace; To start the Rescue and Recovery workspace, do the following:
  • Page 96 – Creating and using a rescue medium; Creating a rescue medium
  • Page 97 – Reinstalling preinstalled applications and device drivers; Reinstalling preinstalled applications
  • Page 98 – Reinstalling software programs; To reinstall the program, do one of the following:; Reinstalling device drivers
  • Page 99 – Recovery information for the Windows 8 operating system; To refresh your computer, do the following:
  • Page 101 – Chapter 7. Using the Setup Utility program; Starting the Setup Utility program; To start the Setup Utility program, do the following:; Viewing and changing settings
  • Page 106 – Exiting the Setup Utility program
  • Page 107 – Chapter 8. Updating system programs; Using system programs; disc from the optical drive.
  • Page 109 – Chapter 9. Preventing problems; Keeping your computer current
  • Page 111 – Cleaning your computer; Computer; Cleaning a flat-panel monitor surface
  • Page 112 – Cleaning a glass-screen surface; Good maintenance practices
  • Page 113 – Chapter 10. Troubleshooting and diagnostics; Basic troubleshooting; telephone numbers, refer to the
  • Page 114 – Troubleshooting procedure; • For Windows 7: Click; Troubleshooting
  • Page 115 – Audio problems; No audio in Windows; On
  • Page 116 – CD problems
  • Page 117 – A CD or DVD does not work; DVD problems; Black screen instead of DVD video
  • Page 119 – All or some keys on the keyboard do not work
  • Page 120 – The mouse or pointing device does not work
  • Page 121 – Monitor problems; Wrong characters appear on the screen
  • Page 122 – The image is discolored; Networking problems
  • Page 123 – Ethernet problems
  • Page 124 – The Wake on LAN feature is not working; • Ensure that WOL is enabled in the BIOS Setup Utility program.; A wireless LAN problem; Action: The WAN card is not supported on this computer. Remove it.
  • Page 125 – Bluetooth problem; Option problems; An option that was just installed does not work
  • Page 126 – Performance and lockup problems; Insufficient free hard disk drive space
  • Page 127 – Printer problems
  • Page 128 – The printer is turned on and is online.; Serial port problems; Select your symptom from the following list:; When using a sort feature, dates do not sort in the correct order
  • Page 129 – Software does not work as expected; USB problems
  • Page 130 – Lenovo Solution Center
  • Page 132 – Problem determination
  • Page 133 – Engineering Change management; - There might be changes that are required after a product has; Using other services; Warranty; the instructions on the screen.; Purchasing additional services
  • Page 136 – Trademarks; AMD is a trademark of Advance Micro Devices, Inc.
  • Page 137 – Appendix B. Regulatory information; Export classification notice; Industry Canada Class B emission compliance statement; This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
  • Page 139 – For additional regulatory information, refer to the; User Guides and Manuals
  • Page 141 – Appendix C. WEEE and recycling information; Important WEEE information
  • Page 142 – Recycling information for Brazil; Declarações de Reciclagem no Brasil; Battery recycling information for Taiwan
  • Page 143 – Battery recycling information for the European Union; This mark applies only to countries within the European Union (EU).
  • Page 146 – India RoHS
  • Page 147 – Appendix E. ENERGY STAR model information; ENERGY STAR
  • Page 149 – Index
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Summary

Page 3 - Contents

Contents Important safety information . . . . . . v Service and upgrades . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Static electricity prevention . . . . . . . . . . . v Power cords and power adapters . . . . . . . . viExtension cords and related devices . . . . . . . viPlugs and outlets. . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

Page 4 - ii

Replacing the thermal sensor . . . . . . . 66 Replacing the front audio and USBassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Replacing the WiFi units . . . . . . . . . 70 Installing or removing the rear WiFi antenna . 74 Installing or removing the front WiFi antenna . 76 Replacing the keyboard or mouse ...

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Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Appendix B. Regulatoryinformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Export classification notice . . . . . . . . . . 125 Electronic emissions notices . . . . . . . . . 125 Federal Communications CommissionDeclaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . 125 Additi...

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