IBM 8183 - ThinkCentre S50 User Manual

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ContentsImportant safety information . . . . . . vConditions that require immediate action . . . . . vGeneral safety guidelines . . . . . . . . . . viService . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viPower cords and power adapters . . . . . . viExtension cords and related devices . . . . . viiPlugs and outlets . . . . . . . . . . . viiBatteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viiHeat and product ventilation . . . . . . . viiiCD and DVD drive safety . . . . . . . . viiiAdditional safety information . . . . . . . . viiiLithium battery notice . . . . . . . . . . . xModem safety information . . . . . . . . . . xLaser compliance statement . . . . . . . . . xiChapter 1. Overview . . . . . . . . . 1Information resources . . . . . . . . . . . 1Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Available options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Supported operating positions . . . . . . . . 6Chapter 2. Installing options . . . . . . 7Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . 7Installing external options . . . . . . . . . . 7Locating controls and connectors on the front ofyour computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Locating connectors on the rear of your computer 9Obtaining device drivers . . . . . . . . . 9Opening the cover . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Locating components . . . . . . . . . . . 11Accessing system board components and drives . . 12Identifying parts on the system board . . . . . 13Installing memory . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Installing PCI adapters . . . . . . . . . . 15Installing internal drives . . . . . . . . . . 16Removing and replacing a CD-ROM, CD-RW, orDVD optical drive . . . . . . . . . . . 18Removing and replacing a hard disk drive . . . 19Removing and replacing a diskette drive . . . 20Connecting a serial ATA hard disk drive . . . . 20Connecting an IDE drive . . . . . . . . . 21Installing security features . . . . . . . . . 21Identifying security locks . . . . . . . . . 21Integrated security cable . . . . . . . . . 22Rope clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Cover lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Password protection . . . . . . . . . . 23Erasing a lost or forgotten password (clearingCMOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Closing the cover and connecting the cables . . . 24Chapter 3. Using the IBM Setup Utility 25Starting the IBM Setup Utility program . . . . . 25Viewing and changing settings . . . . . . . . 25Exiting from the IBM Setup Utility program . . . 26Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 26User password . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Administrator password . . . . . . . . . 26Setting, changing, and deleting a password . . . 26Using Security Profile by Device . . . . . . . 27Using IDE Drives Setup . . . . . . . . . . 27Selecting a startup device . . . . . . . . . . 28Selecting a temporary startup device . . . . . 28Changing the startup device sequence . . . . 28Advanced settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Appendix A. Replacing customerreplaceable units (CRU) . . . . . . . 29CRU list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Removing and replacing the power supply assembly 31Removing and replacing the system board assembly 34Removing the microprocessor . . . . . . . . 36Replacing the microprocessor . . . . . . . . 38Removing and replacing the battery . . . . . . 39Removing and replacing the speaker . . . . . . 40Removing and replacing the power button and LEDassembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Removing and replacing the fan assembly . . . . 42Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . 44Appendix B. Updating POST/BIOS . . . 45POST/BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Updating (flashing) BIOS from a diskette . . . . 45Updating (flashing) BIOS from your operatingsystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45Recovering from a POST/BIOS update failure . . . 46Appendix C. Cleaning the mouse . . . 47Cleaning an optical mouse . . . . . . . . . 47Cleaning a mouse with a ball . . . . . . . . 47Appendix D. Manual modemcommands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Basic AT commands . . . . . . . . . . . 49Extended AT commands . . . . . . . . . . 51MNP/V.42/V.42bis/V.44 commands . . . . . . 52Fax Class 1 commands . . . . . . . . . . 53Fax Class 2 commands . . . . . . . . . . 53Voice commands. . . . . . . . . . . . . 54Appendix E. Notices . . . . . . . . . 57Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59© Copyright IBM Corp. 2004 iii