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Chapter8.Preventingproblems
AnimportantpartofowningaThinkPadnotebookcomputerismaintenance.Withpropercare,youcan
avoidcommonproblems.Thechapterprovidesinformationthatcanhelpyoukeepyourcomputerrunning
smoothly.
•“Generaltipsforpreventingproblems”onpage101
•“Makingsuredevicedriversarecurrent”onpage102
•“Takingcareofyourcomputer”onpage103
Generaltipsforpreventingproblems
1.IfyourcomputerisequippedwithbothaharddiskdriveandanmSATAsolidstatedrive,youarenot
recommendedtousethemSATAsolidstatedriveasabootabledevice.ThemSATAsolidstatedriveis
designedanddevelopedfor“cache”functionpurposeonly.IfyouusethemSATAsolidstatedriveasa
bootabledevice,itsreliabilityisnotguaranteed.
2.Checkthecapacityofyourharddiskdrivefromtimetotime.Iftheharddiskdrivegetstoofull,the
Windowsoperatingsystemwillslowdownandmightproduceerrors.ClickStart➙Computer.
3.Emptyyourrecyclebinonaregularbasis.
4.Usediskdefragmenttoolregularlyonyourharddiskdrivetoimprovedataseekandreadtimes.
5.Tofreeupdiskspace,uninstallunusedapplicationprograms.
Note:Youalsomightwanttolookforapplicationprogramduplicationoroverlappingversions.
6.CleanoutyourInbox,Sent,andTrashfoldersfromyoure-mailclientprogram.
7.Backupyourdataatleastonceaweek.Ifcriticaldataispresent,itisagoodideatoperformadaily
backupoperation.Lenovohasmanybackupoptionsavailableforyourcomputer.Rewritableoptical
drivesareavailableformostmachinesandareeasilyinstalled.
8.Schedulesystemrestoreoperationstotakeasystemsnapshotperiodically.Formoreinformationabout
systemrestore,seeChapter5“Recoveryoverview”onpage57.
9.UpdatedevicedriversandUEFIBIOSwhenneeded.
10.Proleyourmachineathttp://www.lenovo.com/supporttokeepuptodatewithcurrentdriversand
revisions.
11.Keepuptodatefordevicedriversonothernon-Lenovohardware.Youmightwanttoreadthedevice
driverinformationreleasenotespriortoupdatingforcompatibilityorknownissues.
12.Keepalogbook.Entriesmightincludemajorhardwareorsoftwarechanges,driverupdates,minor
issuesyouhaveexperienced,andhowyouresolvedtheminorissues.
13.Ifyoueverneedtorunarecoveryonyourcomputertoreturnthepreloadontothemachine,the
followingtipsmighthelpalongtheway:
•Removeallexternaldevicessuchastheprinter,keyboard,andsoon.
•Ensurethatyourbatteryischargedandthatyouhavetheacpowerconnected.
•BootintoThinkPadSetupandloadthedefaultsettings.
•Restartthecomputerandstarttherecoveryoperation.
•Ifyourcomputerusesdiscsastherecoverymedia,donotremovethediscfromthedriveuntil
promptedtodoso.
14.Forsuspectedharddiskdriveissues,referto“Diagnosingproblems”onpage107toruna
diagnostictestofthedrivebeforeyoucalltheCustomerSupportCenter.Ifyourcomputerdoes
notstartup,downloadthelestocreateabootableself-testmediafromthefollowingWebsite:
http://www.lenovo.com/hddtest.Runthetestandrecordanymessagesorerrorcodes.Ifthetest
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- UserGuide 1
- FirstEdition(June2012) 2
- Contents 3
- AppendixC.ENERGYSTARmodel 5
- AppendixD.Notices.........143 5
- Readthisrst 7
- Importantsafetyinformation 8
- Safetyguidelines 9
- Powercordsandpoweradapters 11
- Plugsandoutlets 12
- Powersupplystatement 12
- Externaldevices 12
- Generalbatterynotice 13
- Lithiumcoincellbatterynotice 14
- Heatandproductventilation 15
- Lasercompliancestatement 16
- Usingheadphonesorearphones 17
- Additionalsafetyinformation 17
- Chapter1.Productoverview 19
- Right-sideview 21
- Left-sideview 23
- Bottomview 24
- Rearview 25
- Statusindicators 25
- Systemstatusindicators 26
- Powerstatusindicator 26
- Machinetypeandmodellabel 27
- CerticateofAuthenticitylabel 28
- Features 29
- Specications 30
- Operatingenvironment 31
- ThinkVantageprograms 31
- Chapter1.Productoverview15 33
- Chapter1.Productoverview17 35
- 18UserGuide 36
- Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer 37
- Specialkeys 39
- Usingthetouchpad 43
- Powermanagement 44
- Checkingthebatterystatus 44
- Usingtheacpoweradapter 45
- Chargingthebattery 45
- Maximizingthebatterylife 45
- Managingthebatterypower 46
- Power-savingmodes 46
- Connectingtothenetwork 47
- Ethernetconnections 47
- Wirelessconnections 48
- UsingBluetooth 49
- Attachinganexternalmonitor 51
- Changingdisplaysettings 53
- UsingtheExtenddesktopfunction 53
- Settingupapresentation 54
- Usingaudiofeatures 54
- Usingtheintegratedcamera 55
- Usingtheopticaldrive 56
- Usingamediacard 56
- Insertingamediacard 56
- Removingamediacard 56
- Chapter2.Usingyourcomputer39 57
- 40UserGuide 58
- Chapter3.Youandyourcomputer 59
- Accessibilityinformation 60
- Travelingwithyourcomputer 61
- Traveltips 61
- Travelaccessories 62
- Chapter4.Security 63
- Power-onpassword 64
- Harddiskpasswords 64
- Chapter4.Security47 65
- Supervisorpassword 66
- Chapter4.Security49 67
- Harddisksecurity 68
- Settingthesecuritychip 69
- Usingthengerprintreader 70
- Chapter4.Security53 71
- Usingrewalls 73
- Protectingdataagainstviruses 73
- 56UserGuide 74
- Chapter5.Recoveryoverview 75
- Chapter5.Recoveryoverview59 77
- Creatingandusingarescuemedium 78
- Chapter5.Recoveryoverview61 79
- Solvingrecoveryproblems 80
- Chapter6.Replacingdevices 81
- ReplacingtheSIMcard 82
- Chapter6.Replacingdevices65 83
- Replacingthekeyboard 85
- Chapter6.Replacingdevices69 87
- 70UserGuide 88
- Replacingtheopticaldrive 89
- 72UserGuide 90
- Replacingamemorymodule 91
- Chapter6.Replacingdevices75 93
- 76UserGuide 94
- Chapter6.Replacingdevices77 95
- 1 .Pivotthe 97
- Chapter6.Replacingdevices79 97
- Chapter6.Replacingdevices81 99
- Replacingthebackupbattery 100
- .Replacingdevices83 101
- 84UserGuide 102
- Chapter7.Advancedconguration 103
- Installingdevicedrivers 105
- InstallingthedriverforUSB3.0 105
- ThinkPadSetup 106
- Mainmenu 106
- Congmenu 107
- 90UserGuide 108
- .Advancedconguration91 109
- Date/Timemenu 110
- Securitymenu 111
- 94UserGuide 112
- .Advancedconguration95 113
- Startupmenu 114
- Restartmenu 116
- UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS 116
- Usingsystemmanagement 116
- Systemmanagement 117
- Settingmanagementfeatures 117
- Chapter8.Preventingproblems 119
- Takingcareofyourcomputer 121
- 106UserGuide 124
- Diagnosingproblems 125
- Troubleshooting 125
- Computerstopsresponding 125
- Spillsonthekeyboard 126
- Errormessages 126
- Errorswithoutmessages 128
- Beeperrors 129
- Memorymoduleproblems 130
- Networkingproblems 130
- AwirelessLANproblem 131
- AwirelessWANproblem 131
- Bluetoothproblems 132
- Keyboardproblems 132
- Computerscreenproblems 133
- Externalmonitorproblems 134
- Audioproblems 136
- Fingerprintreaderproblems 138
- Batteryandpowerproblems 138
- Powerproblems 139
- Apowerbuttonproblem 139
- Bootproblems 139
- Sleepandhibernationproblems 140
- Harddiskdriveproblems 141
- Asolidstatedriveproblem 141
- Opticaldriveproblems 141
- Asoftwareproblem 142
- AUSBproblem 143
- 126UserGuide 144
- Chapter10.Gettingsupport 145
- Usingdiagnosticprograms 146
- LenovoSupportWebsite 146
- CallingLenovo 146
- FindingThinkPadoptions 147
- Purchasingadditionalservices 147
- 130UserGuide 148
- Wirelessrelatedinformation 149
- 1 WirelessLANantenna(main) 150
- 2 WirelessWANantenna(main) 150
- Exportclassicationnotice 151
- Electronicemissionnotices 151
- Directive 152
- 136UserGuide 154
- EUWEEEstatements 155
- Japanrecyclingstatements 155
- RecyclinginformationforBrazil 156
- 140UserGuide 158
- ©CopyrightLenovo2012 159
- 5.ClickthePowerManagementtab 160
- 7.ClickOK 160
- 142UserGuide 160
- AppendixD.Notices 161
- Trademarks 162
- PartNumber: 164
- (1P)P/N: 164
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