Lenovo ThinkCentre Edge 72z - The Fingerprint Reader Does Not Work; The Wireless Keyboard Does Not Work

Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,havethecomputerandkeyboardserviced.See“Additional
informationresources”onpage31fordetails.
Themouseorpointingdevicedoesnotwork
Symptom:Themouseorpointingdevicedoesnotwork.
Actions:
•Verifythatthemouseorpointing-devicecableissecurelyattachedtothecorrectconnectoronthe
computer.Dependingonthetypeofmouseyouhave,themousecablewillconnecttoeitherthe
mouse,serial,orUSBconnector.SomekeyboardshaveintegratedUSBconnectorsthatcanbeused
foraUSBmouseorpointingdevice.
•Verifythatthedevicedriversforthemouseorpointingdeviceareinstalledcorrectly.
•IfyouareusingaUSBkeyboardormouse,verifythattheUSBconnectorsareenabledintheBIOS
settings.See“Enablingordisablingadevice”onpage54
.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runthediagnosticprograms(see“Diagnostics”onpage51for
instructions).Ifyouneedtechnicalassistance,see“Additionalinformationresources”onpage31.
Thepointeronthescreendoesnotmovesmoothlywiththemouse
Symptom:Thepointeronthescreendoesnotmovesmoothlywiththemouse.
Action:Erraticmovementofthemousepointerisgenerallycausedbyabuildupofdirt,oils,andother
contaminantsontheballinsidethemouse.Cleanthemouse.
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.
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