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Lenovo ThinkCentre 7522 User Manual
Also see for ThinkCentre 7522: Hardware Maintenance ManualUser guideUser guideMaintenance manualUser guide
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ContentsImportant safety information . . . . . . vChapter 1. Product overview . . . . . . 1Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Software overview . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Software provided with your Windows operatingsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Locating connectors on the front of your computer 7Locating connectors on the rear of your computer 8Locating components . . . . . . . . . . 10Locating parts on the system board . . . . . 11Chapter 2. Installing options andreplacing hardware . . . . . . . . . 13Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . 13Installing options and replacing hardware . . . . 13Installing external options . . . . . . . . 14Opening the computer cover . . . . . . . 14Accessing the system board components anddrives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Installing or replacing a memory module . . . 16Installing or replacing a PCI card . . . . . . 18Installing internal drives . . . . . . . . . 20Replacing the hard disk drive . . . . . . . 24Replacing the optical drive . . . . . . . . 26Replacing the battery . . . . . . . . . . 27Replacing the power supply assembly . . . . 29Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly . . . 31Replacing the microprocessor . . . . . . . 33Replacing the keyboard . . . . . . . . . 36Replacing the mouse . . . . . . . . . . 36Completing the parts replacement . . . . . . 37Installing security features . . . . . . . . . 39Integrated cable lock . . . . . . . . . . 39Password protection . . . . . . . . . . 39Erasing lost or forgotten passwords (clearingCMOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40Chapter 3. Recovery information . . . 41Creating and using recovery media . . . . . . 41Creating recovery media . . . . . . . . . 41Using recovery media . . . . . . . . . . 42Performing backup and recovery operations . . . 42Performing a backup operation . . . . . . . 43Performing a recovery operation . . . . . . 43Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace . . . . 44Creating and using rescue media . . . . . . . 45Creating rescue media . . . . . . . . . . 45Using rescue media. . . . . . . . . . . 45Creating and using a recovery repair diskette . . . 46Creating a recovery repair diskette . . . . . 46Using a recovery repair diskette . . . . . . 46Installing or reinstalling device drivers . . . . . 47Setting a rescue device in the startup sequence . . 48Solving recovery problems . . . . . . . . . 48Chapter 4. Using the Setup Utility . . . 49Starting the Setup Utility program . . . . . . . 49Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . . 49Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Password considerations . . . . . . . . . 50Power-On Password . . . . . . . . . . 50Administrator Password . . . . . . . . . 50Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . . 50Enabling or disabling a device . . . . . . . . 51Selecting a startup device. . . . . . . . . . 51Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 51Selecting or changing the startup device sequence 52Exiting from the Setup Utility program . . . . . 52Chapter 5. Updating system programs 53Using system programs . . . . . . . . . . 53Updating (flashing) BIOS from a disc . . . . . . 53Updating (flashing) BIOS from your operatingsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . . 54Chapter 6. Troubleshooting anddiagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Basic troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . 57Diagnostic programs . . . . . . . . . . . 58Lenovo ThinkVantage Toolbox . . . . . . . 59Lenovo System Toolbox . . . . . . . . . 59PC-Doctor for Rescue and Recovery . . . . . 59PC-Doctor for DOS . . . . . . . . . . . 60Cleaning the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . 61Optical mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . 61Non-optical mouse . . . . . . . . . . . 61Chapter 7. Getting information, help,and service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Information resources . . . . . . . . . . . 63Online Books folder . . . . . . . . . . 63Lenovo ThinkVantage Tools . . . . . . . . 63Lenovo Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Lenovo Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . 64Access Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64Safety and Warranty . . . . . . . . . . 64Lenovo Web site (http://www.lenovo.com). . . 64Help and service . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Using the documentation and diagnosticprograms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Calling for service . . . . . . . . . . . 65Using other services . . . . . . . . . . 66Purchasing additional services . . . . . . . 66Appendix. Notices . . . . . . . . . . 67© Copyright Lenovo 2009 iii |
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