Lenovo ThinkServer RS140 - Help and Service; Before You Call; Calling for Service

•Diagnosticsolutions
•Productandservicewarranty
•Productandpartsdetails
•Userguidesandmanuals
•Knowledgebaseandfrequentlyaskedquestions
Helpandservice
Thistopiccontainsinformationaboutobtaininghelpandservice.
Beforeyoucall
Beforeyoucall,dothefollowingtotrytosolvetheproblembyyourself:
•Checkallcablestoensurethattheyareconnected.
•Checkthepowerbuttonstoensurethatthesystemandoptionaldevicesareturnedon.
•UsethetroubleshootinginformationinyoursystemdocumentationonthedocumentationDVDthat
comeswithyourproduct.
•Checkfortheupdatedinformation,newdevicedrivers,andhintsandtipsontheLenovoSupportWeb
siteat:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
Ifpossible,beatyourproductwhenyoucall.Havethefollowinginformationavailable:
•Machinetypeandmodel
•SerialnumbersofyourLenovohardwareproducts
•Descriptionoftheproblem
•Exactwordingofanyerrormessages
•Hardwareandsoftwareconfigurationinformation
Callingforservice
Duringthewarrantyperiod,youcangethelpandinformationbytelephonethroughtheCustomerSupport
Center.
Thefollowingservicesareavailableduringthewarrantyperiod:
•Problemdetermination-Trainedservicepersonnelareavailabletoassistyouwithdetermininga
hardwareproblemanddecidingwhatactionisnecessarytofixtheproblem.
•Hardwarerepair-Iftheproblemiscausedbyhardwareunderwarranty,trainedservicepersonnelare
availabletoprovidetheapplicablelevelofservice.
•EngineeringChangemanagement-Theremightbechangesthatarerequiredafteraproducthas
beensold.LenovooryourresellerwillmakeselectedEngineeringChanges(ECs)thatapplytoyour
hardwareavailable.
Thewarrantydoesnotcoverthefollowing:
•ReplacementoruseofpartsnotmanufacturedfororbyLenovoornon-warrantedLenovoparts
•Identificationofsoftwareproblemsources
•ConfigurationoftheUnifiedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BIOSaspartofaninstallationorupgrade
•Changes,modifications,orupgradestodevicedrivers
•Installationandmaintenanceofnetworkoperatingsystems(NOS)
•Installationandmaintenanceofapplicationprograms
118ThinkServerRS140UserGuideandHardwareMaintenanceManual