Specifications

Optionproblems
UsethisinformationtodiagnoseproblemswithLenovohardwareoptionsthatdonothavetheirown
troubleshootinginformation.
Selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
•“Anoptionthatwasjustinstalleddoesnotwork”onpage48
•“Anoptionthatpreviouslyworkeddoesnotworknow”onpage48
Anoptionthatwasjustinstalleddoesnotwork
Symptom:Anoptionthatwasjustinstalleddoesnotwork.
Action:Verifythat:
•Theoptionisdesignedforyourcomputer.
•Youfollowedtheinstallationinstructionssuppliedwiththeoptionandtheinstallationinstructionsprovided
withyourcomputer,andalloptionfiles(suchasdevicedrivers,ifrequired)areinstalledcorrectly.
•Youhavenotloosenedotherinstalledoptionsorcables.
•Iftheoptionisanadapter,youhaveprovidedenoughhardwareresourcesfortheadaptertofunction
correctly.Seethedocumentationsuppliedwiththeadapter(aswellasthedocumentationforanyother
installedadapters)todeterminetheresourcesrequiredforeachadapter.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runthediagnosticprograms(see“LenovoSolutionCenter”on
page53forinstructions).Ifyouneedtechnicalassistance,see“LenovoSupportWebsite”onpage31.
Anoptionthatpreviouslyworkeddoesnotworknow
Symptom:Anoptionthatpreviouslyworkeddoesnotworknow.
Actions:
•Verifythatalloptionhardwareandcableconnectionsaresecure.
•Iftheoptioncomeswithitsowntestinstructions,usethoseinstructionstotesttheoption.
•IfthefailingoptionisaSCSIoption,verifythat:
–ThecablesforallexternalSCSIoptionsareconnectedcorrectly.
–ThelastoptionineachSCSIchain,ortheendoftheSCSIcable,isterminatedcorrectly.
–AllexternalSCSIoptionsareturnedon.ExternalSCSIoptionsmustbeturnedonbeforethecomputer
isturnedon.Formoreinformation,seeyourSCSIdocumentation.
•Verifythattheoptionandanyrequireddevicedriversareinstalledcorrectly.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runthediagnosticprograms(see“LenovoSolutionCenter”on
page53
forinstructions).Ifyouneedtechnicalassistance,see“LenovoSupportWebsite”onpage31.
Performanceandlockupproblems
Poorperformanceandlockupproblemscanbearesultofanyofthefollowing:
•“Insufficientfreeharddiskdrivespace”onpage49
•“Excessivenumberoffragmentedfiles”onpage49
•“Insufficientmemory”onpage50
Makeaselectionfromtheabovelisttofindoutmoreaboutthecorrectiveactionsyoucantake.
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