Lenovo 5106 User Manual

Thengerprintreaderdoesnotwork
Symptom:Thengerprintreaderdoesnotwork.
Action:Thefollowingcouldcausethengerprintreadernottooperateproperly:
•Notenrollingyourngerprintcorrectly.
•Scratchingthesurfaceofthereaderwithahard,pointedobject.
•Scrapingthesurfaceofthereaderwithyournailoranythinghard.
•Usingortouchingthereaderwithadirtynger.
•Thesurfaceofyourngerisverydifferentfromwhenyouenrolledyourngerprint.
Thewirelesskeyboarddoesnotwork
Symptom:Thewirelesskeyboarddoesnotwork.
Action:IftheTransceiverCommunicationsLEDisonandthewirelessKeyboarddoesnotwork,restartyour
computer.Ifrestartingyourcomputerdoesnotsolvetheproblem,verifythatthefollowingconditionsaremet:
•Thebatteriesareproperlyinstalled.
•Thebatteriesstillretaintheircurrent.
•Thewirelesskeyboardislocatedlessthantenmetersawayfromthetransceiver.
•Thetransceiverisfullyinstalled.
Action:IfthetransceivercommunicationsLEDisnoton,reconnectthetransceiverandthekeyboard.
Monitorproblems
Note:Manymonitorshavestatus-indicatorlightsandbuilt-incontrolsforadjustingbrightness,contrast,
width,height,andotherpictureadjustments.However,thecontrolsvaryfrommonitortypetomonitortype.
Selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
•“Wrongcharactersappearonthescreen”onpage43
•“Themonitorworkswhenyouturnonthecomputer,butgoesblankaftersomeperiodofcomputer
inactivity”onpage43
•“Themonitorworkswhenyouturnonthecomputer,butgoesblankwhenyoustartsomeapplication
programs”onpage44
•“Theimageappearstobeickering”onpage44
•“Theimageisdiscolored”onpage44
Wrongcharactersappearonthescreen
Symptom:Wrongcharactersappearonthescreen.
Action:Havethecomputerserviced.Fordetails,see“Additionalinformationresources”onpage31.
Themonitorworkswhenyouturnonthecomputer,butgoesblankaftersomeperiod
ofcomputerinactivity
Symptom:Themonitorworkswhenyouturnonthecomputer,butgoesblankaftersomeperiodofcomputer
inactivity.
Action:Thecomputerisprobablysetforenergysavingswiththepower-managementfeature.Ifthe
power-managementfeatureisenabled,disablingitorchangingthesettingsmightsolvetheproblem.
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Lenovo 5106 Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	5106
Category	Desktop
Language	English