Chapter10.Troubleshootingcomputerproblems
Thischapterprovidesinformationonwhattodoifyouexperienceaproblemwithyourcomputer.
•“Diagnosingproblems”onpage137
•“Troubleshooting”onpage137

Diagnosingproblems

Ifyouexperienceproblemswithyourcomputer,usetheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramasastarting
pointforsolvingthem.
TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolvecomputerproblems.It
combinesdiagnostictests,systeminformationcollection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,along
withhintsandtipsformaximumsystemperformance.
Notes:
•TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramcanbedownloadedfromwww.lenovo.com/diags.
•IfyouareusingotherWindowsoperatingsystemratherthanWindows7andWindows8,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/diagnoseforthelatestinformationondiagnosticsforyourcomputer .
IfyourcomputerisinstalledwiththeWindows7operatingsystem,whenyouaresettingupyourcomputer,
theLenovoSolutionCenterprogrampromptsyoutocreaterecoverymedia,whichyoucanusetorestore
theharddiskdrivetothefactorydefaultstate.Formoreinformation,see“Creatingandusingarecovery
media”onpage59.
ToruntheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram,see“Lenovoprograms”onpage14.
Foradditionalinformation,refertotheL enovoSolutionCenterhelpsystem.
Note:Ifyouareunabletoisolateandr epairtheproblemyourselfafterrunningtheprogram,saveandprint
thelogles.YouwillneedthelogleswhenyouspeaktoaLenovotechnicalsupportrepresentative.

Troubleshooting

Ifyourcomputerhasanerror,ittypicallydisplaysamessageoranerrorcode,orabeepsoundswhen
youturniton.Whenyouexperienceaproblem,refertothecorrespondingsectionsinthistopictotryto
solvetheproblembyyourself.

Computerstopsresponding

Printtheseinstructionsnowandkeepitwithyourcomputerforreferencelater.
Ifyourcomputeriscompletelyunresponsive(youcannotusetheUltraNavpointingdeviceorthekeyboard),
dothefollowingsteps:
1.P ushandholdthepowerbuttonuntilthemachineturnsoff.Afterthecomputeristurnedoff,restartby
pressingthepowerbutton.Ifthemachinedoesnotturnon,continuetostep2.
Note:Donotremovethebatteryandacpowertoresetthecomputer.
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