–Restorethesystemcongurationtowhatitwasbeforeyourcomputerenteredhibernationmode.
–Ifthememorysizehasbeenchanged,re-createthehibernationle.
•Message:Fanerror
Solution:Coolingfanhasfailed.Havethecomputerserviced.
•Message:Thissystemsupportsonlybatteriesspeciallydesignedforthisspecicsystemand
manufacturedbyLenovooranauthorizedbuilder.Thesystemdoesnotsupportunauthorizedbatteriesor
batteriesdesignedforothersystems.Ifanunauthorizedbatteryorabatterydesignedforanothersystem
isinstalled,thesystemwillnotcharge.PresstheESCkeytocontinue.
Attention:Lenovohasnoresponsibilityfortheperformanceorsafetyofunauthorizedbatteries,and
providesnowarrantiesforfailuresordamagearisingoutoftheiruse.
Solution:ReplacethebatterywiththecorrectLenovobatteryforthissystem.Ifyoustillseethesame
errormessage,contactwithLenovoservicetohavethecomputerserviced.
•Message:Thebatteryinstalledisnotsupportedbythissystemandwillnotcharge.Pleasereplacethe
batterywiththecorrectLenovobatteryforthissystem.PresstheESCkeytocontinue.
Solution:ReplacethebatterywiththecorrectLenovobatteryforthiscomputer.Ifyoustillseethesame
errormessage,contactLenovoservicetohavethecomputerserviced.
Errorswithoutmessages
•Problem:MyscreenkeepsblankingwhenIdonotwantitto.
Solution:IfyousystemispreinstalledwiththeWindows7operatingsystem,youcandisableanysystem
timers,suchastheLCDturn-offtimerortheblanktimerbydoingthefollowing:
1.S tartPowerManager.
2.ClickthePowerplantab,andthenselectMaximumPerformancefromthepredenedpowerplans.
•Problem:WhenIturnonthemachine,nothingappearsonthescreenandthemachinedoesnotbeep
whilestartingup.
Note:Ifyouarenotsurewhetheryouheardanybeeps,turnoffthecomputerbypressingandholdingthe
powerbuttonforfoursecondsormore.Turnitonandlistenagain.
Solution:Makesurethat:
–Thebatteryisinstalledcorr ectly.
–Theacpoweradapterisconnectedt othecomputerandthepowercor displuggedintoaworking
electricaloutlet.
–Thecomputeristurnedon.(T urnthepowerbuttononagainforconrmation.)
Ifapower-onpasswordisset:
–Pressanykeytodisplaythepromptforthepower-onpassword.Ifthebrightnesslevelofthescreenis
low,increaseitbypressingtheFn+F8orFn+F9.
–Typethecorrectpasswor dandpressEnter(referto“Usingpasswords”onpage47).
Iftheseitemsareproperlyset,andthescreenremainsblank,havethecomputerserviced.
•Problem:WhenIturnonthecomputer ,onlyawhitecursorisdisplayedonablankscreen.
Solution:Ifyouhavemodiedapartitiononyourharddiskdrivebyusingpartitionsoftware,information
aboutthatpartition,orthemasterbootrecordmighthavebeendestroyed.
1.T urnoffthecomputer,andthenturnitonagain.
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