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About this book
This publication provides instructions for installing most options into your computer. It also
contains information to help you decide which options to add to your computer.
How this book is organized
This book contains the following chapters and appendices:
•
“Overview” on page 1
provides an introduction to the options available for your computer
.
•
“Installing external options” on page 9
provides information to orient you to the connectors
on your computer and instructions for installing external options and peripheral devices.
•
“Installing internal options-desktop model” on page 15
provides instructions for removing
the cover and installing hard disk drives, memory, and adapters in the desktop model
computer.
•
“Installing internal options-microtower model” on page 25
provides instructions for
removing the cover and installing hard disk drives, memory, and adapters in the microtower
model computer.
•
“Updating the computer configuration” on page 37
provides instructions for updating the
computer configuration, installing device drivers, and erasing a lost or forgotten password
.
•
“Changing the battery” on page 43
provides instructions to help you change the battery if
you need to.
•
“Updating System Programs” on page 45
provides instructions to help you update your
system programs and how to recover from a POST/BIOS update failure.
•
“System address maps” on page 47
provides information for programmers describing the
address maps of the computer.
•
“Interrupt request and direct memory access channel assignments” on page 49
provides
information about the interrupt and direct memory access channel assignments.
•
“Notices and trademarks” on page 51
contains notice and trademark information.
Information resources
This publication is intended to provide the necessary instructions for installing most options into
your computer. This publication also includes an overview of computer features, locating
connectors, and updating configuration settings.
Access IBM, on your desktop, provides a link to more information about your computer.
For those with Internet access, the most up-to-date manuals for your computer are available
from the World Wide Web. To access this information, point your browser to:
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support
Type your machine type and model number in the
Quick Path
field, and click
Go
.
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Page 18: ...8 Overview...
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Page 46: ...36 Installing internal options microtower model...
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