Lenovo Portable Computer User Manual Preface This manual is only used to describe the guide for using the requirements for conditions of use and environment about the Lenovo notebook computer it is attached to. Lenovo does not guarantee that this manual can be used for Lenovo notebook computers of other models or products from other vendors. The correctness of the materials in this manual has been reviewed carefully, but Lenovo will not guarantee the rightness of its content. © Copyright Lenovo 2006. All rights Reserved. This manual is only to guide you to use the Lenovo notebook computers. Without explicit written approval from Lenovo, it is prohibited for anybody, with any objective, and in any form or measure to use, replicate or spread any part of this manual. Trademarks, logos and icons used in this manual belong to Lenovo or its authorized parts and are under the protection of the People's Republic of China's laws and international treaties. Pentium, Dothan, Centrino and Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. MS-DOS, Windows, Windows XP and Windows 2000 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. 1 Lenovo Portable Computer User Manual Read First Welcome to use Lenovo PCs Windows XP Operating System If the preinstalled operating system on your computer is Windows XP, when you start it up for the first time, the system will perform the tasks of user information collection and final configuration. You need to read the following carefully in order to ensure you operation can go on smoothly. When the system is booted, read the words on the screen carefully. To use Windows XP, you must get licensed at first. You should read End User License Agreement carefully, only after you have accepted this agreement, the installation will continue. The system will ask you to set up the name and description of this notebook computer, set up the Internet access, register your computer to Microsoft (You can decide to register or not by yourself) and set up the usernames for the computer. When you type in all the necessary user information, the system will complete the final configuration. By simply following the instructions, you can easily complete the entire setup process step by step and the notebook computer will be ready for use. NOTE: On the basis of the operating system authorization contract with Microsoft, the preinstalled Microsoft operating systems on this computer have been authorized by the copyright owner. 2 Lenovo Portable Computer User Manual Safety Warnings Care during Use: Do not place the computer in an overheated environment, to prevent the computer from being damaged by heat. Do not place any objects on the computer. Do not impact or let the computer fall, to prevent the computer being damaged. Care for AC Adapter: Do not disassemble it. Do not use it outdoors to prevent it from being heated, burned or getting electric shock. Do not touch it with wet hands or immerge it into water. Do not use this adapter with any other computers, in order to avoid electric shock, burning and component damages. In China, please use the AC power cord in the box; in other countries, please use power cords in compliance with local requirements. Care for Battery Pack: Do not make the battery short circuit Do not place the battery in an environment above 60 Do not place the battery in fire Do not fall or vibrate the battery Do not wipe the metal component on the battery with a wet cloth. Do not touch the battery with a wet hand or immerge it into water. Do not disassemble the battery. When you use the computer under sunshine or near high temperature object or fire, do not use the battery as the power supply. 3 Lenovo Portable Computer User Manual Chapter 1 Welcome This user manual provides the hardware and software information of the LENOVO® Portable Computer which you will use. The computer is complicated equipment, please read over the whole manual before your first use. Especially if you are a new user of computers or you're new to portable computing. Please do not worry if you are still confused about some part of the manual, keep this manual as a reference when you are using your computer or call our agent for help. Please pay your attention to the caution and safety messages in this manual and the safety messages in the preface. Note: 1Plug-in and/or remove any computer component is strictly forbidden during the computer is using (except the USB, PCMCIA and/or CD-ROM devices which support PnP-Plug and play Technology). 2As many new hardware are adopted in this computer, user must install the drivers by following the manual's instruction to get the best computer performance. 1.1 Quick Tour for your portable computer Congratulations on your purchase of the Lenovo 3000 Y100 series portable computer. This powerful, lightweight portable computer is designed to provide years of reliable, high-performance computing. Lenovo 3000 Y100 series Model contains Intel® 915GM Express Chipset and integrated graphics card. 1.1.1 Front view with the display open 4 Lenovo Portable Computer User Manual 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. LCD Display Latch LCD Display Latch TFT Color LCD Power Button Quick Buttons Keyboard Status Indicators Keyboard Touch Pad This latch secures the LCD display panel in its closed position. Slide the latch to open the display. 2. TFT Color LCD The computer adopts 15.4" wide screen 16:10 Thin-Film Transistor (TFT) full-color display which supports the highest as 1280 horizontal * 800 vertical pixels, 32-bit color. 3. Power Button Press this button to turn on the computer or turn it off. 5 Lenovo Portable Computer User Manual Hint: If the system cannot shut down normally, press the power button for 4~5 seconds to shut it down manually. 4. Quick Buttons 1. Novo Key 2. Mute Key Onekey Recovery Turn on/off mute function The Novo Key is the Onekey Recovery key by default setting and used to activate the "Onekey Recovery" application. When the computer is powered off, press the Novo Key to enter into the system recovery application. You can recover, backup or uninstall the system through the application. Please see for details. CAUTION: Make sure you have already backup the data in the hard drive. The system recovery will reformat the hard drive and restore it to the factory setting. 5. Keyboard Status Indicators 1. CapsLock Indicator 2. NumLock Indicator 3. ScrLock Indicator 6 The Indicator glows when CapsLock is active. The Indicator glows when NumLock is active The Indicator glows when ScrLock is active Lenovo Portable Computer User Manual 6. Keyboard Standard 86-key keyboard (Embedded numeric keypad and function keys. They can combine with [Fn] key to achieve some shortcut functional applications). Please see "Using Keyboard" for details. 7. Touch Pad Moves the pointer and selects or activates items on the screen. There are two buttons perform as mouse buttons. After install the driver, touch pad can be set to perform other mouse functions. Please see "Using Touch Pad" for details. 1.1.2 Front view with display closed 1 2 3 4 5 Build-in Stereo Speakers Audio Jack Software AudioDJ System Status Indicators Wireless Communication Switch 1. Build-in Stereo Speakers The stereo speakers can output clear stereo sound. 2. Audio Jack Enables connection of a headphone or external speaker for audio output. When you connect the headphone or 1. Headphone Jack other device, internal speakers are automatically disabled. 7 Lenovo Portable Computer User Manual 2. Microphone Jack Enables connection of a microphone for audio input. 3. Software AudioDJ Play Audio-CD without turn on Windows and direct link Windows application to play mp3 and DVD. - CD mode will be turned on. Press MODE button over 3 seconds, CD mode LED Insert Audio-CD, then press PLAY/PAUSE, Next/Previous Chapter, STOP, Audio Volume Up/Down button to enjoy audio-CD playing. Insert DVD, then press PLAY button to direct into Windows to play. You can press PLAY/PAUSE, Next/Previous Chapter, STOP, Audio Volume Up/Down button to enjoy DVD playing. - MP3 mode Press MODE button over 3 seconds, CD mode LED will be turned on. Press MODE button less than 1 second, MP3 mode LED will be turn on. Press PLAY button, system will link to Windows Application to play MP3 files. Press PLAY/PAUSE, Next/Previous Chapter, STOP, Audio Volume Up/Down button to enjoy MP3 playing. 4. System Status Indicators 1. Power Indicator The indicator glows yellow when the computer is on; The indicator fades in/out when the computer is in STR (Suspend To Ram) status; The indicator is off when the computer is 8 Lenovo Portable Computer User Manual powered off or in STD (Suspend To Disk) status. 2. Hard Disk/CD-ROM The indicator flashes yellow when the computer is accessing a disk drive. Indicator When you use battery: The indicator is off means the battery is in normal use; The indicator flashes amber means the battery is low power. 3. Battery Indicator When you use external power source: The indicator glows amber means the battery is being charged; The indicator glows yellow means the battery is fully charged. 5. Wireless Communication Switch Use the switch to enable and disable the wireless communication function. It will extend the operating time of battery if the wireless function is disabled. CAUTION: Do not use the wireless communication function in the hospital or nearby any electronic medical equipment! The radio waves of the wireless card may cause the electronic medical equipments malfunction and result in serious accident. CAUTION: Do not use the wireless communication function on the plane! The radio waves of the wireless card may cause the electronic equipments of the plane malfunction and result in serious accident. CAUTION: Please avoid interfering with other electronic 9 Lenovo Portable Computer User Manual equipment when you enable the wireless communication function! The radio waves of the wireless card may cause other electronic equipments malfunction and result in serious accident. Hint: After connected to wireless AP, the wireless communication indicator glows yellow. Otherwise the indicator blinks. 1.1.3 Left View 1 2 3 4 Security Lock Slot DC IN USB (Universal Serial Bus) Ports Optical Media Drive 1. Security Lock Slot You can buy a security cable that can attach to the slot. Use it to anchor you computer to your desk or other large object to defer theft. The security cable's instruction will tell you how to use it. Hint: Before you buy the security cable, make sure it fits your computer's security lock slot. 2. DC IN The AC adaptor connects to this socket. The AC adaptor can support the power for your computer and/or charge the battery when it is connected to a power source. 10 Lenovo Portable Computer User Manual CAUTION: Use only the model of AC adaptor that comes with the computer. Using the wrong adaptor may damage your computer. CAUTION: The AC adaptor can automatically adjust to any voltage from 100 to 240volts and to a frequency of either 50 or 60 hertz, enabling you to use the computer in almost any region. The power connector jack and power cord jack may vary in different countries. Please make sure that the AC adaptor is correctly connected to the power source, wrong connection may damage your computer and result in fire accident. 3. USB (Universal Serial Bus) Ports You can connect USB devices to your computer, such as mouse, full-size keyboard, memory key etc. The USB ports comply with USB2.0 standards, which enable data transfer speeds 40 times faster than the USB 1.1 standards. (The ports also support USB 1.1.) Hint: The USB device supports PnP (Plug and Play) technology that means you can install and remove the USB device when your computer is on. CAUTION: Please do not install or remove the USB device during the compter is starting or shutting down. 4. Optical Media Drive Optical media drive provides the way to transferring data between your computer and CD/DVD. Depends on your computer's feature, you may 11 Lenovo Portable Computer User Manual play CD, VCD, DVD on your computer. If your computer has a CD-RW or DVD±RW Device, you can burn the digital data to CD or DVD. Note: Optical media drive may vary if computer model is different. When optical media drive is operating, the CD/DVD is revolving at very high speed in the drive. Sometime it makes a little bit noise; it does not mean that the drive is malfunctioning. 1.1.4 Right View 1 2 3 4-in-1 Multi Card Reader PC Card Slot USB (Universal Serial Bus) Ports 1. 4 in 1 Multi Card Reader The slot lets you easily transfer data from other digital device, such as DV, digital camera; DV and PDA that use flash memory. It supports Memory Stick/Memory Stick Pro, SD and MMC cards. 2. PC Card Slot This slot supports Type II PC card. Please see "Using PC Card" for details. 3. USB (Universal Serial Bus) Ports You can connect USB devices to your computer, such as mouse, full-size k ...