Lenovo S430 User Manual download pdf (Page 141)

Ifyourcomputertriestoentersleepmodebuttherequestisrejected,thedeviceattachedtotheUSB

connectormighthavebeendisabled.Ifthisoccurs,doahot-unplug-and-plugoperationfortheUSB

device.

•Problem:Thebatterydischargesslightlywhilethecomputerisinhibernationmode.

Solution:Ifthewakeupfunctionisenabled,thecomputerconsumesasmallamountofpower.Thisisnot

adefect.Fordetails,referto“Power-savingmodes”onpage28.

Problemswithdrivesandotherstoragedevices

Thissectionincludesharddiskdriveproblems,solidstatedriveproblems,andopticaldriveproblems.

Harddiskdriveproblems

•Problem:Theharddiskdrivemakesarattlingnoiseintermittently.

Solution:Therattlingnoisemightbeheard:

–Whentheharddiskdrivebeginsornishesgettingaccesstodata.

–Whenyoucarrytheharddiskdrive.

–Whenyoucarryyourcomputer.

Thisisanormalcharacteristicofaharddiskdriveandisnotadefect.

•Problem:Theharddiskdrivedoesnotwork.

Solution:OntheBootmenuofThinkPadSetup,ensurethattheharddiskdriveisontheBootpriority

orderlist.IfitisontheExcludedfrombootorderlist,itisdisabled.Selecttheentryforitonthelistand

presstheShift+1key.ThismovestheentrytotheBootpriorityorderlist.

•Problem:Aftersettingaharddiskpasswordontheharddiskdriveofthecomputer,youmovedthedrive

toanothercomputer.Nowyoucannotunlocktheharddiskpassword.

Solution:Yourcomputersupportsanenhancedpasswordalgorithm.Computersolderthanyoursmight

notsupportsuchasecurityfunction.

Asolidstatedriveproblem

Problem:WhenyoucompresslesorfoldersbyuseofthedatacompressionfunctioninWindows,andthen

decompressthem,theprocessofwritingtoorreadingfromthelesorfoldersisslow.

Solution:ApplythediskdefragmentationtoolinWindowsforfasteraccesstothedata.

Opticaldriveproblems

•Problem:Theopticaldrive,suchasaCD,DVD,orCD-RWdrive,doesnotwork.

Solution:Ensurethat:

–ThecomputeristurnedonandaCD,DVD,orCD-RWisproperlyloadedonthecenterpivotofthe

drive.(Youshouldhearaclick.)

–Thedriveconnectorisrmlyconnectedtothecomputer.Ifyouuseanoptionthathasabayfor

installingthedrive,ensurethattheoptionisrmlyconnectedtothecomputerandworksproperly.

–Thedrivetrayisrmlyclosed.

–Thedevicedriversarecorrectlyinstalled.

•Problem:YouhearanoisefromthedrivewhentheCD,DVD,orCD-RWdiscisspinning.

Solution:Ifthediscisnotcorrectlyloadedonthecenterpivotofthedrive,itmightrubagainstthedrive

coverandmakeanoise.Ensurethatthediscisloadedcorrectlyinthedrive.

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