Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E130 - Chapter 10. Getting Support; Before Contacting Lenovo

Chapter10.Gettingsupport
ThischapterprovidesinformationaboutgettinghelpandsupportfromLenovo.
•“BeforeyoucontactLenovo”onpage127
•“Gettinghelpandservice”onpage128
•“Purchasingadditionalservices”onpage129
BeforeyoucontactLenovo
Often,youcansolveyourcomputerproblemsbyreferringtotheinformationintheexplanationsoferror
codes,runningdiagnosticprograms,orbyconsultingtheLenovoWebsite.
Registeringyourcomputer
IfyourcomputerisinstalledwiththeWindows7operatingsystem,registeryourcomputerwithLenovoat
http://www.lenovo.com/register.Formoreinformation,see“Registeringyourcomputer”onpage17.
IfyoursystemisinstalledwiththeWindows8operatingsystem,clickLenovoSupportfromtheStartscreen.
ClickRegistration.Thenfollowonscreeninstructions.
Downloadingsystemupdates
Downloadingupdatedsoftwaremightresolveproblemsyouexperiencewithyourcomputer.
Todownloadupdatedsoftware,gotothefollowingWebsiteandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
Recordinginformation
BeforeyoutalktoaLenovorepresentative,recordthefollowingimportantinformationaboutyourcomputer.
Recordingproblemsymptomsanddetails
Collecttheanswerstothequestionsbelowbeforeyoucallforhelp.Then,youwillbeabletogethelp
asquicklyaspossible.
•Whatistheproblem?Isitcontinuousorintermittent?
•Isthereanerrormessage?Whatistheerrorcode,ifany?
•Whatoperatingsystemareyouusing?Whichversion?
•Whichsoftwareprogramswererunningatthetimeoftheproblem?
•Cantheproblembereproduced?Ifso,how?
Recordingsysteminformation
Theserialnumberlabelisonthebottomofyourcomputer.Recordthemachinetypeandtheserialnumber.
•WhatisthenameofyourLenovoproduct?
•Whatisthemachinetype?
•Whatistheserialnumber?
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