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ThinkStation User Guide Machine T ypes: 4262, 4263, 4264, 4265, 4266, 4269, 4271, and 4272.
Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, be sure to r ead and understand the ThinkStation Safety and W arranty Guide and Appendix B “Notices” on page 73.
Contents Important safety information . . . . . iii Chapter 1. P roduct overview . . . . . . 1 F eatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Software overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Software provided with your Windows operating syst em .
Updating (ashing) the BIOS from a disc . . . . 57 Updating (ashing) the BIOS from your oper ating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Recovering from a POS T/BIOS update failure . . 58 Chapter 7. T roubleshooting and diagnostic programs .
Important safety information CA UTION: Before using this manual, be sur e to read and understand all the related safety information for this product. Refer t o the ThinkS tation Safety and W arranty Guide that you received with this pr oduct for the latest safety information.
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Chapter 1. Product overview This chapter provides information about the computer featur es, specications, preinstalled softwar e progr ams, and connector and part locations. This chapter contains the following topics: • “Featur es” on page 1 : This section pr ovides information about the computer featur es.
Audio subsystem • Integr ated high-denition (HD) audio • Microphone connector and headphone connector on the front panel • Eight audio connectors on the rear panel – Audio line-in connector.
• One PCI Express x4 card slot (x16 mechanical) • Three hard disk drives • T wo PCI card slots • T wo PCI Expr ess x16 car d slots P ower supply • 800-watt auto-sensing power supply Security.
Dimensions Width: 130 mm (5.12 inches) Height: 427 mm (16.81 inches) Depth: 444 mm (17.48 inches) Weight Maximum conguration: 18.5 kg (40.8 lbs) Environment • Air temper ature: Operating: 10°C t.
Lenovo ThinkV antage T ools The L enovo ThinkV antage ® T ools pr ogram guides you t o a host of information sour ces and pr ovides easy access to various tools t o help you work mor e easily and secur ely . F or mor e information, see “L enovo ThinkV antage T ools” on page 65 .
See “Online Books folder” on page 65 for more information about accessing and viewing the publications. Antivirus software Y our comput er comes with antivirus software that you can use t o detect and eliminate viruses. Lenovo provides a full version of antivirus softwar e on your comput er with a fr ee 30-day subscription.
Locating connectors on the rear of your computer Figure 2 “Rear connect or locations” on page 7 shows the locations of the connectors on the r ear of your computer . Some connectors on the r ear of your comput er ar e color -coded to help you det ermine wher e t o connect the cables on your comput er .
Connector Description Audio line-in connector Used to receive audio signals from an ext ernal audio device, such as a ster eo system. When you attach an ext ernal audio device, a cable is connected between the audio line-out connector of the device and the audio line-in connect or of the computer .
Figure 3. Component locations 1 Memory modules 7 Har d disk drives (3) 2 Heat sink and fan assembly 2 8 P ower supply assembly 3 Optical drive bracket 9 PCI car d 4 Optical drive 10 Heat sink and fan .
33 32 31 34 35 Figure 4. S ystem board part and connect or locations 1 CPU 1 memory slots (6) 19 Clear Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconduct or (CMOS) /Recovery jumper 2 CPU 1 memory fan connector 20 .
Figure 5 “Syst em board part and connector locations” on page 11 shows the locations of the parts and connectors on the other type of syst em board.
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Chapter 2. Installing or r eplacing har dware This chapter pr ovides instructions on how to install or r eplace har dware for your computer . This chapter contains the following topics: • “Install.
2. Use the k eys that came with your computer t o unlock the keylock 1 in the comput er cover . Pr ess the computer cover -release button 2 and then remove the comput er cover .
3. Remove the front bez el by releasing the two plastic tabs on the left side and pivoting the fr ont bez el outward. Figure 7. Removing the front bez el 4.
5. Pr ess the two tabs 1 that secure the PCI car d holder 2 inward, and then pivot the car d holder to remove it from the chassis. Figure 8. Removing the PCI card holder 6.
Figure 9. Installing the PCI card holder Installing or replacing a memory module Attention: Do not open your computer or attempt any r epair befor e reading and understanding the “Important safety information” in the ThinkStation Safety and Warranty Guide that came with your computer .
• If your comput er has only one CPU installed, be sur e to install memory modules only in the memory slots adjacent t o that CPU . • If your computer has two CPUs installed, install equal numbers of memory modules in both sets of CPU DIMM slots for maximum performance.
Figure 11. Removing the memory fan duct 7. Open the r etaining clips as shown. Figure 12. Opening the retaining clips If you ar e r eplacing an old memory module, open the retaining clips and gently pull the memory module out of the memory slot. Figure 13.
b. If your comput er has six memory slots on the syst em board, you might have t o use more for ce to remove the memory module installed in memory slot 1 .
8. P osition the new memory module over the memory slot. Make sur e that the notch 1 on the memory module aligns corr ectly with the key 2 in the memory slot. Push the memory module straight down int o the slot until the r etaining clips close. Figure 14.
• T wo PCI card slots • One PCI Expr ess x1 car d slot • One PCI Express x4 card slot (x16 mechanical) • T wo PCI Expr ess x16 car d slots T o install or replace a PCI card, do the following: 1. Remove all media fr om the drives and turn off all attached devices and the comput er .
5. Remove the new PCI car d from its static-pr otective package. 6. Install the new PCI car d into the appropriat e slot on the syst em boar d. See “Locating parts and connectors on the syst em boar d” on page 9. Figure 17. Installing a new PCI card 7.
6. T o install a new har d disk drive int o the br acket, e x the sides of the br acket properly and align pin 1 , pin 2 , pin 3 , and pin 4 on the br acket with the corr esponding holes in the har d disk drive. Do not touch the cir cuit board 5 on the hard disk drive.
8. Slide the new har d disk drive with the br acket and the signal cable into the har d disk drive bay until it snaps into position. Figure 21. Installing a new hard disk drive 9. Locat e one of the e xtra ve-wir e power cables and connect it t o the new har d disk drive.
Note: Y ou might need t o disconnect power cables for other har d disk drives installed in your comput er and then r otate the air ow wall outwar d for easier access t o the r ear of the new har d disk drive. Figure 22. Rotating the air ow wall 10.
2. Remove the comput er cover . See “Removing the computer cover” on page 13. 3. Remove the fr ont be zel. See “Removing and r einstalling the fr ont bez el” on page 14. 4. Locat e the hard disk drive that you want t o replace. 5. Disconnect the signal cable and the power cable fr om the r ear of the har d disk drive.
1. Remove all media fr om the drives and turn off all attached devices and the comput er . Then, disconnect all power cor ds fr om electrical outlets and disconnect all cables that ar e connected t o the computer . 2. Remove the comput er cover . See “Removing the computer cover” on page 13.
a. Connect the signal cable to the r ear of the new optical drive. Note: If you want to r eplace the signal cable, remove the PCI car d holder . See “Removing and reinstalling the PCI card holder” on page 15 . Then, disconnect the old signal cable fr om the system board.
• If you are replacing heat sink and fan assembly 1, go to step 6. • If you are r eplacing heat sink and fan assembly 2, do the following: a. Remove the optical drive. See “Replacing the optical drive” on page 27. b. Pivot the optical drive br acket as shown in the following illustr ation and then r emove it from the chassis.
Figure 28. Removing the heat sink and fan assembly 8. Car efully lift the heat sink and fan assembly off the syst em board. Notes: a. Y ou might have to gently twist the heat sink and fan assembly t o free it from the micr oprocessor . b. Do not touch the thermal grease while handling the heat sink and fan assembly .
14. Reinstall the PCI car d holder . See “Removing and reinstalling the PCI car d holder” on page 15. What to do next: • T o work with another piece of har dware, go to the appr opriate section. • T o complete the installation or replacement, go t o “Completing the parts r eplacement” on page 37.
6. Pr ess the two tabs 1 that attach the fr ont fan assembly brack et to the chassis t oward each other as shown and then complet ely r emove the fr ont fan assembly br acket fr om the chassis. Figure 29. Removing the front fan assembly brack et Chapter 2 .
7. Insert the two tabs 1 on the new front fan assembly brack et into the corr esponding holes in the chassis, and then pr ess the two tabs thr ough the holes until the brack et is secured in place. Figure 30. Installing the new front fan assembly bracket 8.
T o replace the rear fan assembly, do the following: 1. Remove all media fr om the drives and turn off all attached devices and the comput er . Then, disconnect all power cor ds fr om electrical outlets and disconnect all cables that ar e connected t o the computer .
9. Pull on the tips of the rubber mounts until the r ear fan assembly is secur ed in place. Figure 32. Installing the rear fan assembly 10. Connect the r ear fan assembly cable to the appropriat e r ear fan connector on the system board. See “Locating parts and connectors on the syst em board” on page 9.
4. Connect a new keyboard or mouse to one of the USB connectors on the computer . Depending on where you want to connect the new keyboar d or mouse, see “L ocating controls and connect ors on the front of your computer” on page 6 or “L ocating connectors on the rear of your comput er ” on page 7.
5. P osition the computer cover on the chassis so that the rail guides on the bottom of the comput er cover engage with the rails on the chassis. Then, close the computer cover to engage the cover -release button. Figure 34. Reinstalling the computer cover 6.
Locking devices Note: Make sur e that any security cables you installed do not interfere with other computer cables. This section describes the differ ent kinds of locking devices for your computer . Figure 35. L ocking devices 1 P adlock hasp 2 Integr ated cable lock (K ensington lock) 3 Keylock An optional padlock with a 5 mm (0.
P assword prot ection T o deter unauthorized use of your comput er , you can use the Setup Utility progr am to set a passwor d. When you turn on your computer , you are pr ompted t o type the passwor d. The computer cannot be used until a valid password is typed in.
Chapter 3. Recover y information This chapt er pr ovides information about the recovery solutions provided by L enovo. This chapter contains the following topics: • “Creating and using r ecovery m.
• On the Windows 7 oper ating syst em, you can use r ecovery media t o r estore the comput er t o the fact ory default settings only . Y ou can use recovery media t o put the comput er in an oper ational state after all other methods of recovery have failed.
• On r ecordable discs (a r ecordable optical drive is r equired for this option) After you have back ed up the contents on the har d disk drive, you can restor e the complete contents of the hard disk drive, rest ore only the selected les, or rest ore only the Windows oper ating syst em and applications.
Using the Rescue and Recovery workspace The Rescue and Recovery workspace r esides in a prot ected, hidden area of your har d disk drive that operat es independently fr om the Windows oper ating syst em. This enables you to perform r ecovery operations even if you cannot start the Windows oper ating system.
Creating and using a r escue medium With a r escue medium, such as a disc or a USB har d disk drive, you can r ecover the computer from failur es that prevent you fr om gaining access t o the Rescue and Recovery workspace on your har d disk drive. Notes: 1.
• If you have cr eated a r escue medium using the secondary internal hard disk drive, set the secondary internal har d disk drive as the rst boot device in the startup device sequence t o start the rescue medium. See “Selecting a startup device” on page 51.
information about tempor arily or permanently changing the startup device sequence. F or mor e information about the Setup Utility progr am, see Chapter 4 “Using the Setup Utility pr ogram” on page 49. It is important t o cr eate a r escue medium and a set of recovery media as early as possible and stor e them in a safe place for future use.
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Chapter 4. Using the Setup Utility progr am Y ou can use the Setup Utility pr ogram t o view and change the congur ation settings of your computer , regar dless of which oper ating syst em you are using. However , the oper ating system settings might override any similar settings in the Setup Utility pr ogram.
P assword consider ations A passwor d can be any combination of up t o 12 (1 to 12) alphabetic and numeric charact ers. F or security reasons, it is r ecommended to use a str ong passwor d that cannot be easily compr omised. T o set a str ong password, use the following guidelines: Note: The Setup Utility pr ogram passwords ar e not case sensitive.
USB Support Use this option to enable or disable USB connectors. ICH SA T A When this feature is set t o Disabled , any optical drives or eSA T A devices are disabled and will not be displayed in the system conguration.
3. Select the startup devices for the Primary Startup Sequence, the Automatic Startup Sequence, and the Error Startup Sequence. 4. Pr ess Esc to return t o the Setup Utility progr am main menu. Y ou might have to press Esc several times. 5. Pr ess F10 to save the new settings and exit the Setup Utility progr am.
Chapter 5. Conguring RAID This chapter contains information about installing hard disk drives and conguring Redundant Arr ay of Independent Disks (RAID) for your computer . Notes: 1. The Marvell BIOS setup information in this chapt er only applies t o some comput er models.
Creating RAID volumes This section describes how to use the Intel Matrix Stor age Manager option ROM congur ation utility t o creat e RAID volumes. 1. Pr ess Ctrl+I when pr ompted t o ent er the Intel Matrix Stor age Manager option ROM conguration utility .
Installing SA T A or SAS hard disk drives Y our computer must have the minimum number of SA T A or SAS har d disk drives installed for the supported level of RAID below: • RAID Level 0 – Striped d.
Conguring the Marvell BIOS Setup t o set an optional hot spar e hard disk drive T o congure the Marvell BIOS Setup t o set an optional hot spar e hard disk drive, do the following: 1. T urn on your comput er and pr ess Ctrl+M when prompted t o ent er the Marvell BIOS Setup.
Chapter 6. Updating system progr ams This chapt er provides information about updating the POST and BIOS, and how to recover fr om a POS T and BIOS update failur e.
6. F ollow the instructions on the screen t o complete the update. Aft er the update is completed, remove the disc from the optical drive. Updating (ashing) the BIOS from your oper ating system Not.
16. T urn on the computer and r emove the disc fr om the optical drive. Chapter 6 . Updating system progr ams 59.
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Chapter 7. T roubleshooting and diagnostic pr ograms This chapter pr ovides information about some basic troubleshooting and diagnostic pr ograms. If your computer pr oblem is not described in this chapt er , see Chapt er 8 “Getting information, help, and service” on page 65 for additional tr oubleshooting resources.
Diagnostic progr ams Diagnostic pr ograms ar e used t o test har dware components of your computer . Diagnostic pr ograms can also report operating-system-contr olled settings that int erfere with the corr ect oper ation of your system.
• T o run the Lenovo ThinkV antage T oolbo x progr am on the Windows XP oper ating system, click Start ➙ All Progr ams ➙ ThinkV antage ➙ L enovo ThinkV antage T oolbo x .
3. Insert the diagnostic disc into the optical drive. 4. Select the optical drive with the diagnostic disc as the startup device and pr ess Ent er . The diagnostic progr am opens. 5. F ollow the instructions on the screen to run the desired diagnostic test.
Chapter 8. Getting information, help, and ser vice This chapter pr ovides information about help, service, and t echnical assistance for L enovo products.
The L enovo W elcome pr ogram intr oduces some innovative built-in features of Lenovo to you and guides you through some important setup tasks to help you make the most of your computer .
The following services are available during the warr anty period: • Problem determination - T r ained service personnel are available to assist you with det ermining a hardwar e pr oblem and deciding what action is necessary to x the pr oblem.
http://support.microsoft.com/dir ectory or you can contact the Cust omer Support Cent er . Some fees might apply . Pur chasing additional services During and aft er the warr anty period, you can pur c.
Appendix A. System memory speed The Int el Xeon micr oprocessor families compatible with this ThinkStation comput er feature an integr ated memory contr oller , which provides the micr oprocessor with dir ect access t o the system memory .
T able 3. DIMM type and speed: PC3-10600R (continued) DIMM size (capacity) Number of DIMMs installed per microprocessor bank Microprocessor model Memory frequency X5650, X5660, X5667, X5670, X5672, X5675 T able 4.
T able 6. DIMM type and speed: PC3-8500U DIMM size (capacity) Number of DIMMs installed per microprocessor bank Microprocessor model Memory frequency Intel Xeon E5502, E5503, E5504, E5506, E5507 800 M.
T able 8. DIMM type and speed: PC3-8500R DIMM size (capacity) Number of DIMMs installed per microprocessor bank Microprocessor model Memory frequency Intel Xeon E5502, E5503, E5504, E5506, E5507 800 M.
Appendix B. Notices Lenovo may not offer the products, services, or features discussed in this document in all countries. Consult your local Lenovo repr esentative for information on the pr oducts and services curr ently available in your area.
T elevision output notice The following notice applies to models that have the fact ory-installed t elevision-output featur e. This pr oduct incorpor ates copyright protection technology that is pr otected by method claims of certain U .S. patents and other int ellectual pr operty rights owned by Macr ovision Corpor ation and other rights owners.
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memory module installing, r eplacing 17 system board 17 Microphone connector 8 mouse, r eplacing 36 N notice, television output 74 notices 73 O Online Books folder 65 operations, backup and recovery 4.
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