Lenovo 0B47190 Chapter4.Troubleshooting

Chapter4.Troubleshooting

ThischaptercontainstroubleshootinginformationfortheThinkPadUSBKeyboardwithTrackPoint.

Problem:AllorsomeoftheFnfunctionkeycombinationsorfunctionkeysdonotwork.

Solution:Readthefollowingforsolutionsorexplanations:

•EnsurealltheFnfunctionkeycombinationsarefunctionalonthekeyboardofyourThinkP adcomputer.

TherearesoftwaredependenciestogetthemostcompleteFnkeyandhotkeycombinationsupportfor

yourThinkPadcomputer.Y oucangetmoredetailedinformationabouttheFnfunctionkeycombinations

fromthedocumentationthatcomeswithyourThinkPadcomputer .Y oumightneedtodownloadthe

updatedsoftwarecomponentsforyourThinkP adcomputerathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.

•Ensurethatyouhavecorrectlyinstalledthekeyboarddriver.

•TheFnfunctionkeycombinationsworkwithalltheThinkPadcomputersexceptSLseries.MostoftheFn

functionkeycombinationsdonotworkwithSLseries,Lenovodesktopcomputers,orcomputersfr om

othermanufacturers.

•ItisnormalifyoufoundsomeoftheFnfunctionkeycombinationsactdifferentlyondifferentThinkPad

computermodelsduetothedifferencesininternalnotebookapplications.

•SomefunctionkeysarenotsupportedontheWindows8operatingsystem.

Problem:TheT rackPointcursordriftswhenthecomputeristurnedonorafteritresumesnormaloperation.

Solution:ThecursormightdriftwhenyouarenotusingtheT rackPointduringnormaloperation.Thisis

anormalfeatureoftheTrackPointandisnotadefect.Cursordriftingmightoccurforseveralseconds

underthefollowingconditions:

•Thecomputeristurnedon.

•Thecomputerresumesnormaloperation.

•TheT rackPointpointingstickiskeptpressedforalongtime.

•Thetemperaturechanges.

Problem:Anumberappearswhenyoutypealetter.

Solution:Thisisbecausethenumericlockmodeisenabled.Todisablethenumericlockmode,press

Fn+ScrLk/NmLk.

Problem:PressingtheThinkVantagebuttonopenstheWindowsSystemInformationwindow,ratherthan

anyofthefollowingprograms:

•LenovoCare

•LenovoDeviceExperience

•ThinkVantageProductivityCenter

•LenovoSimpleT ap

•LenovoSolutionCenter

•LenovoThinkVantageToolbox

Solution:Thelistedpr ogramsmightnotbeavailableonyourcomputer.