Lenovo ThinkCentre E93 - Performance and Lockup Problems

•Youhavenotloosenedotherinstalledoptionsorcables.
•Iftheoptionisanadapter,youhaveprovidedenoughhardwareresourcesfortheadaptertofunction
correctly.Seethedocumentationsuppliedwiththeadapter(aswellasthedocumentationforanyother
installedadapters)todeterminetheresourcesrequiredforeachadapter.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runtheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram.Ifyouneedtechnical
assistance,seeChapter11“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage125
.
Anoptionthatpreviouslyworkeddoesnotworknow
Symptom:Anoptionthatpreviouslyworkeddoesnotworknow.
Actions:
•Verifythatalloptionhardwareandcableconnectionsaresecure.
•Iftheoptioncomeswithitsowntestinstructions,usethoseinstructionstotesttheoption.
•IfthefailingoptionisaSCSIoption,verifythat:
–ThecablesforallexternalSCSIoptionsareconnectedcorrectly.
–ThelastoptionineachSCSIchain,ortheendoftheSCSIcable,isterminatedcorrectly.
–AllexternalSCSIoptionsareturnedon.ExternalSCSIoptionsmustbeturnedonbeforethecomputer
isturnedon.Formoreinformation,seeyourSCSIdocumentation.
•Verifythattheoptionandanyrequireddevicedriversareinstalledcorrectly.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runtheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram.Ifyouneedtechnical
assistance,seeChapter11“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage125
.
Performanceandlockupproblems
Poorperformanceandlockupproblemscanbearesultofanyofthefollowing:
•“Insufficientfreeharddiskdrivespace”onpage120
•“Excessivenumberoffragmentedfiles”onpage121
•“Insufficientmemory”onpage122
Makeaselectionfromtheabovelisttofindoutmoreaboutthecorrectiveactionsyoucantake.
Insufficientfreeharddiskdrivespace
Symptom:Insufficientfreeharddiskdrivespace
TheWindowsoperatingsystemwillslowdownandmightproduceerrorsiftheharddiskdrivegetstoofull.
TochecktheamountoffreespaceontheWindows7operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.ClickStart➙Computer.
2.Right-clickyourCdriveentryandthenclickProperties.Theamountoffreediskspaceisdisplayed.
TochecktheamountoffreespaceontheWindows8operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.OpenFileExplorerandclickComputer.
2.Right-clickyourCdriveentryandthenclickProperties.Theamountoffreediskspaceisdisplayed.
TochecktheamountoffreespaceontheWindows8.1operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.OpenFileExplorer.
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