Lenovo ThinkPad S430 - Chapter 9. Troubleshooting Computer Problems; Diagnosing Problems; Troubleshooting; Computer Stops Responding

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Chapter9.Troubleshootingcomputerproblems

Thischapterprovidesinformationonwhattodoifyouexperienceaproblemwithyourcomputer.

Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:

•“Diagnosingproblems”onpage113

•“Troubleshooting”onpage113

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“Creatingandusingarecovery

media”onpage59

ToruntheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram,see“Lenovoprograms”onpage14.

Foradditionalinformation,refertotheLenovoSolutionCenterhelpsystem.

Note:Ifyouareunabletoisolateandrepairtheproblemyourselfafterrunningtheprogram,saveandprint

thelogles.YouwillneedthelogleswhenyouspeaktoaLenovotechnicalsupportrepresentative.

Troubleshooting

Ifyourcomputerhasanerror,ittypicallydisplaysamessageoranerrorcode,orabeepsoundswhen

youturniton.Whenyouexperienceaproblem,refertothecorrespondingsectionsinthistopictotryto

solvetheproblembyyourself.

Computerstopsresponding

Printtheseinstructionsnowandkeepitwithyourcomputerforreferencelater.

Ifyourcomputeriscompletelyunresponsive(youcannotusetheUltraNavpointingdeviceorthekeyboard),

dothefollowing:

1.Pressandholdthepowerbuttontoturnoffthecomputer.

•Ifthecomputeristurnedoff,restartthecomputerbypressingthepowerbutton.Ifyoucannot

restartthecomputer,gotostep2.

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