Personal Computer User Manual

moreinformationaboutyourcomputer.Y oucanusethediagnosticsfeatureoftheLenovoThinkVantage
Toolboxprogramtotestdevices,diagnosecomputerproblems,createbootablediagnosticmedia,update
systemdrivers,andviewsysteminformation.
ToruntheLenovoThinkVantageT oolboxprogramontheWindows7operatingsystem,clickStartAll
ProgramsLenovoThinkVantageT oolsSystemHealthandDiagnostics.Followtheinstructionson
thescreen.
ForadditionalinformationaboutrunningtheLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogram,refertotheLenovo
ThinkVantageToolboxhelpsystem.
PC-DoctorforDOS
YoucanalsodownloadthelatestversionofthePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramfrom
http://www.lenovo.com/support.ThePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramrunsindependentlyofthe
Windowsoperatingsystem.UsethePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramifyouareunabletostartthe
Windowsoperatingsystem.YoucanrunthePC-DoctorforDOSdiagnosticprogramfromadiagnostic
discthatyoucreated.
Creatingadiagnosticdisc
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocreateadiagnosticdisc.
Tocreateadiagnosticdisc,dothefollowing:
1.Downloadaself-startingbootablediscimage(knownasanISOimage)ofthediagnosticprogramfrom:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
2.UseanydiscburningsoftwaretocreateadiagnosticdiscwiththeISOimage.
Runningthediagnosticprogramfromthediagnosticdisc
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtorunthediagnosticprogramfromthediagnosticdiscthat
youcreated.
Torunthediagnosticprogramfromthediagnosticdiscthatyoucreated,dothefollowing:
1.Makesureyourcomputeristurnedoff.
2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF12keywhenturningonthecomputer.WhentheStartupDevice
Menuopens,releasetheF12key.
3.Insertthediagnosticdiscintotheopticaldrive.
4.SelecttheopticaldrivewiththediagnosticdiscasthestartupdeviceandpressEnter.Thediagnostic
programopens.
5.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentorunthedesireddiagnostictest.Foradditionalhelp,pressthe
F1key.
6.Removethediagnosticdiscfromtheopticaldriveaftercompletingthediagnostictest.
Cleaninganopticalmouse
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtocleananopticalmouse.
Anopticalmouseusesalight-emittingdiode(LED)andanopticalsensortonavigatethepointer.Ifthe
pointeronthescreendoesnotmovesmoothlywiththeopticalmouse,youmightneedtocleanthemouse.
Tocleananopticalmouse,dothefollowing:
1.Turnoffyourcomputer.
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