User guide

8Fingerprintreader
Somemodelshaveangerprintreader.Thengerprintauthenticationtechnologyenablesyoutouseyour
ngerprinttostartthecomputer,entertheThinkPadSetupprogram,orentertheWindowsoperatingsystem.
Fordetails,see“Usingthengerprintreader”onpage56.
11Fnkey
UsetheFnkeytotakeadvantageofThinkPad
®
functionkeys,suchasturningontheThinkLightlight,
lockingthecomputer,managingthewirelessconnections,andsoon.Formoreinformation,see“Function
keycombinations”onpage20
.
12Volumecontrolbuttons
Thevolumecontrolbuttonsenableyoutoquicklyadjustthesoundvolume,mutethespeakers,ormutethe
microphonesofyourcomputer.Formoreinformation,see“Volumeandmutebuttons”onpage23.
13Blackbutton
Whentheoperatingsystemisworkingnormally,presstheblackbuttontolaunchtheSimpleTapprogram
ontheWindows
®
7operatingsystem.
YoualsocanusethisbuttontointerruptthestartupsequenceofyourcomputertostarttheRescueand
Recovery
®
workspace.ToaccesstheRescueandRecoveryworkspace,turnonyourcomputerandpress
thisbuttonwhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayedonthescreen.FormoreinformationaboutRescueand
Recovery,see“UsingtheRescueandRecoveryworkspace”onpage63
.
14Built-inmicrophones
Thebuilt-inmicrophonescapturesoundandvoicewhenusedwithanapplicationprogramcapableof
handlingaudio.
Right-sideview
Figure2.ThinkPadX230andX230iright-sideview
1Securitykeyhole
2Harddiskdriveorsolidstatedrive
3Comboaudiojack
4Ethernetconnector
5AlwaysOnUSBconnector
6Mediacardreaderslot
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