Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E520 - Software Problems; Ports and Connectors

•Problem:WhenyoutrytowritetoaDVD-RWdiscthathasbeenloadedintoaDVD-RAM/CD-RW
combinationdriveonyourcomputer,youcannotwritetoit,andthefollowingerrormessagemaybe
displayed:“ThediscinthedriveisnotawritableCDoritisfull.Pleaseinsertablank,writableCDinto
driveD:\,orinsertadiscwithenoughfreespacetoholdallthelesyouhaveselectedforwritingto
CD.”inWindowsXP.
Solution:TowritetoaDVD-RWdisc,useapreinstalledsoftwareapplicationsuchasRecordNowonyour
computer.YoucannotwritetothediscwithonlyaWindowsoperatingsystem,becausetheoperating
systemdoesnothavethefunctiontoenablewritingtothedisc.
•Problem:ThecomputercannotplayaCD,orthesoundqualityisnotgood.
Solution:Besurethatthediskmeetsthestandardsforyourcountry.Usually,adiskthatmeetsthelocal
standardsismarkedwithaCDlogoonthelabel.Ifyouuseadiscthatdoesnotmeetthesestandards,we
cannotguaranteethatitwillplay,orthat,ifitdoesplay,thesoundqualitywillbegood.
•Problem:WinDVD8hasanHDDVDtab,butIcannotuseit.
Solution:YourcomputerdoesnotsupportanHDDVDdrive.
•Problem:OtherproblemsinWindowsXP.
Solution:ForinformationontheapplicationforrunningaDVD-ROM,refertotheInterVideoWinDVDHelp
Guidelines.Toopentheguidelines,clickStartandmovethepointertoAllProgramsandInterVideo
WinDVD;thenclickInterVideoWinDVD.Youcanclickthe?ontheInterVideoWinDVDwindow.
Softwareproblems
•Problem:Anapplicationdoesnotruncorrectly.
Solution:Makesurethattheproblemisnotbeingcausedbytheapplication.
Checkthatyourcomputerhastheminimumrequiredmemorytoruntheapplication.Refertothemanuals
suppliedwiththeapplication.
Checkthefollowing:
–Theapplicationisdesignedtooperatewithyouroperatingsystem.
–Otherapplicationsruncorrectlyonyourcomputer.
–Thenecessarydevicedriversareinstalled.
–Theapplicationworkswhenitisrunonsomeothercomputer.
Ifanerrormessageappearswhileyouareusingtheapplicationprogram,refertothemanualssupplied
withtheapplication.
Iftheapplicationstilldoesnotruncorrectly,contactyourplaceofpurchaseoraservicerepresentativefor
help.
Portsandconnectors
Thefollowingarethemostcommonportsandconnectorsproblems:
UniversalSerialBusproblems
•Problem:AdeviceconnectedtotheUSBconnectordoesnotwork.
Solution:OpentheDeviceManagerwindow.MakesurethattheUSBdevicesetupiscorrect,andthat
theassignmentofcomputerresourceandtheinstallationofthedevicedriverarecorrect.
ForWindows7:
1.ClickStart➙ControlPanel.
2.ClickHardwareandSound.
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