Chapter7.Troubleshootingproblems
Thischapterprovidesinformationonwhattodoifyouexperienceaproblemwithyourcomputer.
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
•“Diagnosingproblems”onpage81
•“Troubleshooting”onpage81
Diagnosingproblems
Ifyouexperienceproblemswithyourcomputer,usetheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramasastarting
pointforsolvingthem.
TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolvecomputerproblems.It
combinesdiagnostictests,systeminformationcollection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,along
withhintsandtipsforoptimalsystemperformance.
Notes:
•TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramalsoisavailablefordownloadedat:
http://www.lenovo.com/diags
•IfyouareusingotherWindowsoperatingsystemratherthanWindows7orWindows8.1,youcanfindthe
latestinformationaboutdiagnosticsforyourcomputerat:
http://www.lenovo.com/diagnose
IfyourcomputerisinstalledwiththeWindows7operatingsystem,whenyouaresettingupyourcomputer,
theLenovoSolutionCenterprogrampromptsyoutocreaterecoverymedia.Youcanusetherecoverymedia
torestoretheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrivetothefactorydefaultstate.Formoreinformation,see
“Creatingandusingrecoverymedia”onpage97
.
ToruntheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram,see“Lenovoprograms”onpage13.
Foradditionalinformation,refertotheLenovoSolutionCenterhelpsystem.
Note:IfyouareunabletoisolateandrepairtheproblemyourselfafterrunningtheLenovoSolutionCenter
program,saveandprintthelogfilescreatedbytheprogram.Youwillneedthelogfileswhenyouspeaktoa
Lenovotechnicalsupportrepresentative.
Troubleshooting
Ifyourcomputerhasanerror,ittypicallydisplaysamessageoranerrorcode,ormakesabeepwhen
youturniton.Whenyouexperienceaproblem,refertothecorrespondingsectionsinthistopictotryto
solvetheproblembyyourself.
Computerstopsresponding
Printtheseinstructionsnowandkeepitwithyourcomputerforreferencelater.
Ifyourcomputeriscompletelyunresponsive(youcannotusethetouchpadorthekeyboard),dothefollowing:
1.Pressandholdthepowerbuttonuntilthecomputerturnsoff.Afterthecomputeristurnedoff,restart
thecomputerbypressingthepowerbutton.Ifthecomputerdoesnotturnon,continuewithstep2.
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