Personal Computer User Manual

•OncomputersthathaveaCD-ROMorCD-RWdriveinadditiontoaDVD-ROMdrive,makesurethatthe
DVDdiscisinthedrivelabeled“DVD”.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runtheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram.Ifyouneedtechnical
assistance,seeChapter11“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage117.
Intermittentproblems
Symptom:Aproblemoccursonlyoccasionallyandisdifculttorepeat.
Actions:
•Verifythatallcablesandcordsaresecurelyconnectedtothecomputerandattacheddevices.
•Verifythatwhenthecomputerison,thefangrillisnotblocked(thereisairowaroundthegrill),andthe
fansareworking.Ifairowisblockedorthefansarenotworking,thecomputermightoverheat.
•IfSCSIdevicesareinstalled,verifythatthelastexternaldeviceineachSCSIchainisterminatedcorrectly.
(SeeyourSCSIdocumentation.)
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runtheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram.Ifyouneedtechnical
assistance,seeChapter11“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage117.
Keyboard,mouse,orpointingdeviceproblems
Selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
•“Allorsomekeysonthekeyboarddonotwork”onpage105
•“Themouseorpointingdevicedoesnotwork”onpage106
•“Thepointeronthescreendoesnotmovesmoothlywiththemouse”onpage106
•“Thengerprintreaderdoesnotwork”onpage106
•“Thewirelesskeyboarddoesnotwork”onpage106
Allorsomekeysonthekeyboarddonotwork
Symptom:Allorsomekeysonthekeyboarddonotwork.
Actions:
•Verifythatthekeyboardcableissecurelyconnectedtothecorrectconnectoronthecomputer.
•IfyouareusinganEnhancedPerformanceUSBkeyboardandoneormoreoftheRapidAccessbuttons
aretheonlykeysthatarenotworking,thesebuttonsmighthavebeendisabledorhavenotbeenassigned
toafunction.UsethehelpsystemintheEnhancedPerformanceCustomizationKeyboardprogramto
helpdiagnoseproblemswiththeRapidAccessbuttons.
ToopentheEnhancedPerformanceCustomizationKeyboardprogram,dooneofthefollowing:
–OntheWindows7operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.ClickStart➙ControlPanel.
2.ClickHardwareandSound.
3.ClickDevicesandPrinters.
4.Double-clickUSBEnhancedPerformanceKeyboard.TheUSBEnhancedPerformance
KeyboardCustomizationprogramstarts.
–OntheWindows8operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.OpenControlPanel.
2.ClickHardwareandSound.
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