Lenovo ThinkPad E550 - Problems with Drives and Other Storage Devices

Ifyourcomputertriestoentersleepmodebuttherequestisrejected,thedeviceattachedtotheUSB
connectormighthavebeendisabled.Ifthisoccurs,doahot-unplug-and-plugoperationfortheUSB
device.
•Problem:Thebatterydischargesslightlywhilethecomputerisinhibernationmode.
Solution:Ifthewakeupfunctionisenabled,thecomputerconsumesasmallamountofpower.Thisisnot
adefect.Fordetails,referto“Power-savingmodes”onpage31
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Problemswithdrivesandotherstoragedevices
Thissectionincludesstoragedriveproblems,andopticaldriveproblems.
Harddiskdriveorhybriddriveproblems
•Problem:Theharddiskdriveorhybriddrivemakesarattlingnoiseintermittently.
Solution:Therattlingnoisemightbeheard:
–Whentheharddiskdriveorhybriddrivebeginsorfinishesgettingaccesstodata.
–Whenyoucarrytheharddiskdriveorhybriddrive.
–Whenyoucarryyourcomputer.
Thisisanormalcharacteristicofaharddiskdriveorhybriddriveandisnotadefect.
•Problem:Theharddiskdriveorhybriddrivedoesnotwork.
Solution:OntheStartupmenuofThinkPadSetup,makesurethattheharddiskdriveorhybriddriveis
ontheBootpriorityorderlist.IfitisontheExcludedfrombootorderlist,itisdisabled.Selecttheentry
foritonthelistandpresstheShift+1key.ThismovestheentrytotheBootpriorityorderlist.
•Problem:Aftersettingaharddiskpasswordontheharddiskdriveorhybriddriveofthecomputer,you
movedthedrivetoanothercomputer.Nowyoucannotunlocktheharddiskpassword.
Solution:Yourcomputersupportsanenhancedpasswordalgorithm.Computersolderthanyoursmight
notsupportsuchasecurityfunction.
Asolid-statedriveproblem
Problem:WhenyoucompressfilesorfoldersbyuseofthedatacompressionfunctioninWindows,and
thendecompressthem,theprocessofwritingtoorreadingfromthefilesorfoldersisslow.
Solution:ApplythediskdefragmentationtoolinWindowsforfasteraccesstothedata.
Opticaldriveproblems
•Problem:Theopticaldrive,suchasaCD,DVD,orCD-RWdrive,doesnotwork.
Solution:MakesurethatthecomputeristurnedonandaCD,DVD,orCD-RWisproperlyloadedonthe
centerpivotofthedrive.(Youshouldhearaclick.)
Makesurethatthedriveconnectorisfirmlyconnectedtothecomputer.Ifyouuseanoptionthathasabay
forinstallingthedrive,makesurethattheoptionisfirmlyconnectedtothecomputerandworksproperly.
Makesurethatthedrivetrayisfirmlyclosed.
Makesurethatthedevicedriversarecorrectlyinstalled.
•Problem:YouhearanoisefromthedrivewhentheCD,DVD,orCD-RWdiscisspinning.
Solution:Ifthediscisnotcorrectlyloadedonthecenterpivotofthedrive,itmightrubagainstthedrive
coverandmakeanoise.Makesurethatthediscisloadedcorrectlyinthedrive.
Chapter8.Troubleshootingcomputerproblems101