Chapter11.Gettingsupport
ThereismoretoowningaThinkPadnotebookthanhavingapowerful,portablecomputer.Thischapter
offersinformationaboutwhentocommunicatewithLenovoandhowbesttodoit.
•“BeforeyoucontactLenovo”onpage233
•“Gettinghelpandservice”onpage234
•“Purchasingadditionalservices”onpage235

BeforeyoucontactLenovo

Often,youcansolveyourcomputerproblemsbyreferringtotheinformationintheexplanationsoferror
codes,runningdiagnosticprograms,orbyconsultingtheThinkPadWebsite.

Registeryourcomputer

RegisteryourThinkPadproductswithLenovo,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/register.Thiscanhelp
authoritiesreturnyourcomputertoyouifitislostorstolen.RegisteringyourcomputeralsoenablesLenovo
tonotifyyouaboutpossibletechnicalinformationandupgrades.
Formoreinformationaboutregisteringyourcomputer,referto“Registeryourcomputer”onpage25.

Downloadsystemupdates

Downloadingupdatedsoftwaremightresolveproblemsyouexperiencewithyourcomputer.
Todownloadupdatedsoftware,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers.Thenfollowtheinstructions
onthescreen.

Recordinformation

BeforeyoutalktoaLenovorepresentative,recordthefollowingimportantinformationaboutyourcomputer.
Recordproblemsymptomsanddetails
Collecttheanswerstothequestionsbelowbeforeyoucallforhelp.Then,youwillbeabletogethelp
asquicklyaspossible.
•Whatistheproblem?Isitcontinuousorintermittent?
•Isthereanerrormessagethatappears?Whatistheerrorcode,ifany?
•Whatoperatingsystemareyouusing?Whichversion?
•Whichsoftwareapplicationswererunningatthetimeoftheproblem?
•Cantheproblembereproduced?Ifso,how?
Recordsysteminformation
Theserialnumberlabelisonthebottomofyourcomputer.Recordthemachinetypeandtheserialnumber.
•WhatisthenameofyourLenovoproduct?
•Whatisthemachinetype?
•Whatistheserialnumber?
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