Chapter9.Troubleshootingcomputerproblems
Thischapterprovidesinformationonwhattodoifyouexperienceaproblemwithyourcomputer.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
•“Diagnosingproblems”onpage101
•“Troubleshooting”onpage101
Diagnosingproblems
Ifyouexperienceproblemswithyourcomputer,usetheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramasastarting
pointforsolvingthem.
TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolvecomputerproblems.It
combinesdiagnostictests,systeminformationcollection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,along
withhintsandtipsformaximumsystemperformance.
Notes:
•TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramcanbedownloadedfromhttp://www.lenovo.com/diags.
•IfyouareusingotherWindowsoperatingsystemratherthanWindows7andWindows8,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/diagsforthelatestinformationondiagnosticsforyourcomputer.
IfyourcomputerisinstalledwiththeWindows7operatingsystem,whenyouaresettingupyourcomputer,
theLenovoSolutionCenterprogrampromptsyoutocreaterecoverymedia,whichyoucanusetorestore
theharddiskdrivetothefactorydefaultstate.Formoreinformation,see“Creatingandusingrecovery
media”onpage51
.
ToruntheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram,see“AccessingLenovoprogramsontheWindows7operating
system”onpage13.
Foradditionalinformation,refertotheLenovoSolutionCenterhelpsystem.
Note:IfyouareunabletoisolateandrepairtheproblemyourselfafterrunningtheLenovoSolutionCenter
program,saveandprintthelogles.YouwillneedthelogleswhenyouspeaktoaLenovotechnical
supportrepresentative.
Troubleshooting
Ifyourcomputerhasanerror,ittypicallydisplaysamessageoranerrorcode,orabeepsoundswhen
youturniton.Whenyouexperienceaproblem,refertothecorrespondingsectionsinthistopictotryto
solvetheproblembyyourself.
Computerstopsresponding
Printtheseinstructionsnowandkeepitwithyourcomputerforreferencelater.
Ifyourcomputeriscompletelyunresponsive(youcannotusetheUltraNavpointingdeviceorthekeyboard),
dothefollowing:
1.Pressandholdthepowerbuttonuntilthecomputerturnsoff.Afterthecomputeristurnedoff,restartby
pressingthepowerbutton.Ifthecomputerdoesnotturnon,continuewithstep2.
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