Lenovo ThinkStation P310 - Serial Connector Cannot be Accessed; My USB Connectors Cannot be Accessed; Software and Driver Problems

Insufficientfreememoryspace
Solutions:
•Right-clickablankareaonthetaskbarandopenTaskManager.Then,endsometasksyouarenot
performing.
•Installadditionalmemorymodules.SeeChapter7“Installingorreplacinghardware”onpage57.To
purchasememorymodules,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com
Serialconnectorcannotbeaccessed
Solutions:
•Connecttheserialcabletotheserialconnectoronthecomputerandtotheserialdevice.Iftheserial
devicehasitsownpowercord,connectthepowercordtoagroundedelectricaloutlet.
•Turnontheserialdeviceandkeepthedeviceonline.
•Installanyapplicationprogramssuppliedwiththeserialdevice.Refertothedocumentationthatcomes
withtheserialdeviceformoreinformation.
•Ifyouaddedoneserial-connectoradapter,installtheadaptercorrectly.
MyUSBconnectorscannotbeaccessed
Solutions:
•ConnecttheUSBcablefromtheUSBconnectortotheUSBdevice.IftheUSBdevicehasitsownpower
cord,connectthepowercordtoagroundedelectricaloutlet.
•TurnontheUSBdeviceandkeepthedeviceonline.
•InstallanydevicedriversorapplicationprogramssuppliedwiththeUSBdevice.Refertothe
documentationthatcomeswiththeUSBdeviceformoreinformation.
•DetachandreconnecttheUSBconnectortoresettheUSBdevice.
Softwareanddriverproblems
Thissectionprovidessolutionstosoftware-anddriver-relatedproblems.
Forsomeprograms,datescannotbesortedincorrectorder
Solution:Someprogramsdevelopedbeforetheyear2000useonlythelasttwodigitsofayeartosortdates,
assumingthefirsttwodigitsare19.Consequently,datescannotbesortedincorrectordernowadays.
Checkwithyoursoftwaremanufacturertoseeifanyupdatesareavailable.Manysoftwaremanufacturers
makeupdatesavailablefromtheWorldWideWeb.
Someapplicationprogramsdonotworkasexpected
Solutions:
1.Checkwhethertheproblemiscausedbyanapplicationprogram.
a.Ensurethatthesoftwareiscompatiblewithyourcomputer.Refertotheinformationsuppliedwith
thesoftwareformoreinformation.
b.Verifythatothersoftwareworkscorrectlyonyourcomputer.
c.Verifythatthesoftwareyouareusingworksonanothercomputer.
2.Iftheproblemiscausedbyanapplicationprogram:
•Refertotheprinteddocumentationthatcomeswiththeprogramorthehelpsystemoftheprogram.
•Updatetheprogram.See“Keepingyourcomputercurrent”onpage26
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