Manual

Solution:Coolingfanhasfailed.Shutdownthecomputerimmediatelyandhavethecomputerserviced.
•Message:Thermalsensingerror
Solution:Thethermalsensorhasproblem.Shutdownthecomputerimmediatelyandhavethecomputer
serviced.
•Message:Error:Thenon-volatilesystemUEFIvariablestorageisnearlyfull.
Note:Thiserrorindicatesthattheoperatingsystemorapplicationscannotcreate,modify,ordeletedata
inthenon-volatilesystemUEFIvariablestorageduetoinsufficientstoragespaceafterPOST.
Thenon-volatilesystemUEFIvariablestorageisusedbytheUEFIBIOSandbytheoperatingsystemor
applications.Thiserroroccurswhentheoperatingsystemorapplicationsstorelargeamountsofdata
inthevariablestorage.AlldataneededforPOST,suchasBIOSsetupsettings,chipsetorplatform
configurationdata,arestoredinaseparateUEFIvariablestorage.
Solution:PressF1toenterThinkPadSetupaftertheerrormessageisdisplayed.Adialogaskstheuser
forconfirmationtocleanupthestorage.Iftheuserselects“Yes”,alldatathatwerecreatedbythe
operatingsystemorapplicationsaredeletedexceptglobalvariablesdefinedbytheUnifiedExtensible
FirmwareInterfaceSpecification.Iftheuserselects“No”,alldataiskept,buttheoperatingsystemor
applicationswillnotbeabletocreate,modify,ordeletedatainthestorage.
Ifthiserrorhappensataservicecenter,Lenovoauthorizedservicepersonnelwillcleanupthenon-volatile
systemUEFIvariablestorageusingtheabovesolution.
Beeperrors
Table5.Beeperrors
Beeps
Solution
Oneshortbeep,pause,threeshortbeeps,pause,three
moreshortbeeps,pause,andoneshortbeep(1-3-3-1
beeps)
Memoryproblem.Shutdownthecomputerimmediately
andhavethecomputerserviced.
OnelongandtwoshortbeepsVideoproblem.Shutdownthecomputerimmediatelyand
havethecomputerserviced.
Threeshortbeeps,pause,oneshortbeep,pause,one
shortbeep,pause,andthreemoreshortbeeps(3-1-1-3
beeps)
PCIresourceproblem.Shutdownthecomputer
immediatelyandhavethecomputerserviced.
Fourcyclesoffourshortbeeps
TCG
*
-compliantfunctionality-relatedproblem(mightbe
theTPMinitializationfailure).Shutdownthecomputer
immediatelyandhavethecomputerserviced.
*
TCGistheabbreviationforTrustedComputingGroup.
Fiveshortbeeps
Systemboardproblem.Shutdownthecomputer
immediatelyandhavethecomputerserviced.
Fiveshortbeeps,pause,fivemoreshortbeeps,and
pause
TCG-compliantfunctionality-relatedproblem(might
betheBIOScodevalidationfailure).Shutdownthe
computerimmediatelyandhavethecomputerserviced.
Memorymoduleproblems
Printtheseinstructionsnowandkeeptheinstructionswithyourcomputerforreferencelater.
Ifyourmemorymoduleisnotoperatingproperly,checkthefollowingitems:
1.Verifythatthememorymoduleisinstalledandseatedcorrectlyinyourcomputer.
94ThinkPadP70UserGuide