User's Manual

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Chapter10.Gettingsupport
ThischapterprovidesinformationaboutgettinghelpandsupportfromLenovo.
“BeforeyoucontactLenovo”onpage105
“Gettinghelpandservice”onpage105
“Purchasingadditionalservices”onpage107
BeforeyoucontactLenovo
Often,youcansolveyourcomputerproblemsbyreferringtotheinformationintheexplanationsoferror
codes,runningdiagnosticprograms,orbyconsultingtheLenovoWebsite.
Registeringyourcomputer
ToregisteryourcomputerwithLenovo,clickLenovoSupportfromtheStartscreen.ClickRegistration.
Thenfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Downloadingsystemupdates
Downloadingupdatedsoftwaremightresolveproblemsyouexperiencewithyourcomputer.
Todownloadupdatedsoftware,gotothefollowingWebsiteandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
Recordinginformation
BeforeyoutalktoaLenovorepresentative,recordthefollowingimportantinformationaboutyourcomputer.
Recordingproblemsymptomsanddetails
Collecttheanswerstothequestionsbelowbeforeyoucallforhelp.Then,youwillbeabletogethelp
asquicklyaspossible.
Whatistheproblem?Isitcontinuousorintermittent?
Isthereanerrormessage?Whatistheerrorcode,ifany?
Whatoperatingsystemareyouusing?Whichversion?
Whichsoftwareapplicationswererunningatthetimeoftheproblem?
Cantheproblembereproduced?Ifso,how?
Recordingsysteminformation
Theserialnumberlabelisonthebottomofyourcomputer.Recordthemachinetypeandtheserialnumber.
WhatisthenameofyourLenovoproduct?
Whatisthemachinetype?
Whatistheserialnumber?
Gettinghelpandservice
Ifyouneedhelp,service,technicalassistance,orjustwantmoreinformationaboutLenovoproducts,you
willndawidevarietyofsourcesavailablefromLenovotoassistyou.Thissectioncontainsinformation
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