User guide

mouse,serial,orUSBconnector.SomekeyboardshaveintegratedUSBconnectorsthatcanbeused
foraUSBmouseorpointingdevice.
•Verifythatthedevicedriversforthemouseorpointingdeviceareinstalledcorrectly.
•IfyouareusingaUSBkeyboardormouse,verifythattheUSBconnectorsareenabledintheBIOS
settings.See“Enablingordisablingadevice”onpage99.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runtheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram.Ifyouneedtechnical
assistance,seeChapter11“Gettinginformation,help,andservice”onpage127.
Thepointeronthescreendoesnotmovesmoothlywiththemouse
Symptom:Thepointeronthescreendoesnotmovesmoothlywiththemouse.
Action:Erraticmovementofthemousepointerisgenerallycausedbyabuildupofdirt,oils,andother
contaminantsontheballinsidethemouse.Cleanthemouse.See“Opticalmouse”onpage107for
instructions.
Thengerprintreaderdoesnotwork
Symptom:Thengerprintreaderdoesnotwork.
Action:Thefollowingcouldcausethengerprintreadernottooperateproperly:
•Notenrollingyourngerprintcorrectly.
•Scratchingthesurfaceofthereaderwithahard,pointedobject.
•Scrapingthesurfaceofthereaderwithyournailoranythinghard.
•Usingortouchingthereaderwithadirtynger.
•Thesurfaceofyourngerisverydifferentfromwhenyouenrolledyourngerprint.
Thewirelesskeyboarddoesnotwork
Symptom:Thewirelesskeyboarddoesnotwork.
Action:IftheTransceiverCommunicationsLEDisonandthewirelessKeyboarddoesnotwork,restartyour
computer.Ifrestartingyourcomputerdoesnotsolvetheproblem,verifythatthefollowingconditionsaremet:
•Thebatteriesareproperlyinstalled.
•Thebatteriesstillretaintheircurrent.
•ThewirelessKeyboardislocatedlessthantenmetersawayfromthetransceiver.
•Thetransceiverisfullyinstalled.
Action:IftheTransceiverCommunicationsLEDisnoton,reconnectthetransceiverandthekeyboard.
Monitorproblems
Note:Manymonitorshavestatus-indicatorlightsandbuilt-incontrolsforadjustingbrightness,contrast,
width,height,andotherpictureadjustments.However,thecontrolsvaryfrommonitortypetomonitortype.
Forinformationaboutthestatuslightsandusingthecontrols,refertothedocumentationthatcomes
withyourmonitor.
Selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
•“Wrongcharactersappearonthescreen”onpage117
•“Themonitorworkswhenyouturnonthecomputer,butgoesblankaftersomeperiodofcomputer
inactivity”onpage117
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