•Ifthesoftwareprogramusedtoworkcorrectly,butdoesnotworkcorrectlynow,clickStart➙Control
Panel➙SystemandSecurity➙System➙SystemProtection➙SystemRestore.
•Ifyouareunabletoresolvetheproblemthroughothermethods,uninstallthesoftwareprogramand
reinstallit.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,youmightneedtechnicalassistance.Contactyoursoftware
manufacturerorseeChapter12“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage113fordetails.
USBproblems
Symptom:TheUSBconnectorscannotbeaccessed.
Actions:
•MakesuretheUSBcableissecurelyconnectedtotheUSBconnectorandtotheUSBdevice.IftheUSB
devicehasitsownpowercord,makesureitisattachedtoaproperlygroundedelectricaloutlet.
•IftheUSBdevicehasitsownOn/Offswitch,makesureitisintheOnposition.
•IftheUSBdevicehasanOnlineswitch,makesureitisintheOnlineposition.
•IftheUSBdeviceisaprinter,makesurepaperisloadedcorrectly.
•MakesureanydevicedriversorothersoftwaresuppliedwiththeUSBdeviceiscorrectlyinstalled.
RefertothedocumentationfortheUSBdevice.
•ResetthedevicebydetachingandreattachingtheUSBconnector.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runtheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramtotesttheUSB
connector.IftheUSBdevicecamewithitsowndiagnostics,runthosediagnosticsagainsttheUSBdevice.
Ifyouneedtechnicalassistance,seeChapter12“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage113.
LenovoSolutionCenter
TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolvecomputerproblems.It
combinesdiagnostictests,systeminformationcollection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,along
withhintsandtipsformaximumsystemperformance.
Notes:
•TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramisavailableonlyonmodelspreinstalledwiththeWindows7
operatingsystem.Italsocanbedownloadedfromhttp://www.lenovo.com/diagnose.
•IfyouareusingtheWindowsVista
®
orWindowsXPoperatingsystem,goto
http://www.lenovo.com/diagnoseforthelatestinformationondiagnosticsforyourcomputer.
ToruntheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramontheWindows7operatingsystem,clickStart➙AllPrograms
➙LenovoThinkVantageT ools➙SystemHealthandDiagnostics.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Foradditionalinformation,refertotheLenovoSolutionCenterhelpsystem.
Note:Ifyouareunabletoisolateandrepairtheproblemyourselfafterrunningtheprogram,saveandprint
theloglescreatedbytheprogram.YouwillneedthelogleswhenyouspeaktoaLenovotechnical
supportrepresentative.
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