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Solution:Thethermalsensorhasaproblem.Shutdownthetabletimmediatelyandhavethetablet
serviced.
Message:Error:Thenon-volatilesystemUEFIvariablestorageisnearlyfull.
Note:Thiserrorindicatesthattheoperatingsystemorapplicationscannotcreate,modify,ordeletedata
inthenon-volatilesystemUEFIvariablestorageduetoinsufficientstoragespaceafterthePOST.
Thenon-volatilesystemUEFIvariablestorageisusedbytheUEFIBIOSandbytheoperatingsystemor
applications.Thiserroroccurswhentheoperatingsystemorapplicationsstorelargeamountsofdata
inthevariablestorage.AlldataneededforthePOST,suchasBIOSsetupsettings,chipsetorplatform
configurationdata,arestoredinaseparateUEFIvariablestorage.
Solution:EnterThinkPadSetupaftertheerrormessageisdisplayed.Adialogaskstheuserfor
confirmationtocleanupthestorage.IftheuserselectsYes,alldatathatwerecreatedbytheoperating
systemorapplicationsaredeletedexceptglobalvariablesdefinedbytheUnifiedExtensibleFirmware
InterfaceSpecification.IftheuserselectsNo,alldataiskept,buttheoperatingsystemorapplications
willnotbeabletocreate,modify,ordeletedatainthestorage.
Ifthiserrorhappensataservicecenter,Lenovo-authorizedservicepersonnelwillcleanupthenon-volatile
systemUEFIvariablestorageusingtheabovesolution.
LenovoSolutionCenter
UseLenovoSolutionCentertotroubleshootandresolvetabletproblems.Theappcombinesdiagnostic
tests,systeminformationcollection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,alongwithhintsandtipsfor
maximumsystemperformance.
ForinformationaboutaccessingLenovoSolutionCenter,see“DiscoveringLenovoapps”onpage13.
YoualsocandownloadtheLenovoSolutionCenterappfrom:
http://www.lenovo.com/diags
Foradditionalinformation,refertothehelpsystemofLenovoSolutionCenter.
Windowsrecoveryapps
TheWindowsrecoveryappsenableyoutoresetyourtabletoruseadvancedstartupoptions.
ItisrecommendedthatyoucreatearecoveryUSBdriveasearlyaspossible.StoretherecoveryUSBdrive
asabackuporreplacementfortheWindowsrecoveryapps.
Formoreinformation,see“CreatingandusingarecoveryUSBdrive”onpage43.
Resettingyourtablet
Ifyourtabletdoesnotperformwell,youmightconsiderresettingyourtablet.Intheresettingprocess,you
canchoosetokeepyourfilesorremovethem,andthenreinstalltheWindowsoperatingsystem.
Torefreshyourtablet,dothefollowing:
Note:Thegraphicaluserinterface(GUI)itemsoftheoperatingsystemmightchangewithoutnotice.
1.OpentheStartmenu.TapSettingsUpdate&securityRecovery.
Note:SettingsmightnotbedisplayedintheStartmenu.Inthiscase,tapAllappstofindSettings.
2.IntheResetthisPCsection,tapGetstarted.
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