Personal Computer User Manual

IfyourcomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodel,itcannotconnecttothenetworkat1000Mbps.Instead,
itconnectsat100Mbps
Symptom:IfyourcomputerisaGigabitEthernetmodel,itcannotconnecttothenetworkat1000Mbps.
Instead,itconnectsat100Mbps.
Actions:
Tryanothercable.
Makesurethatthelinkpartnerissettoauto-negotiate.
Makesurethattheswitchis802.3ab-compliant(gigabitovercopper).
AwirelessLANproblem
Symptom:Youcannotconnectusingthebuilt-inwirelessnetworkingcard.
Actions:
MakesurethatyourwirelessLANdriveristhelatestversion.ChecktheWebsiteandverifythedriver
versionsupportedbyAccessConnectionsisthelatestdocumentedinthereadmele.
Makesurethatyourcomputeriswithinrangeofawirelessaccesspoint.
Makesurethatthewirelessradioisenabledbydouble-clickingtheAccessConnectionsiconinthe
Windowsnoticationarea.
Note:IfyourcomputerispreinstalledwiththeWindows7operatingsystem,clickShowhiddeniconsin
theWindowsnoticationarea.TheAccessConnectionsiconisdisplayed.Formoreinformationabout
theicon,seetheHelpinAccessConnections.
CheckNetworkName(SSID),andyourencryptioninformation.UseAccessConnectionstoverifythis
case-sensitiveinformation.
AwirelessWANproblem
Message:UnauthorizedWANcardispluggedin-PoweroffandremovetheWANcard.
Action:SeektechnicalassistanceforhelptoremovetheunauthorizedWANcard.SeeAdditional
informationresources”onpage29formoreinformation.
Note:SomecomputermodelsdonothaveawirelessWAN.
Bluetoothproblems
Bluetoothisavailablewithsomecertaincomputermodels.
ForBluetoothproblems,selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
“SounddoesnotcomefromtheBluetoothheadphone”onpage44
“PIMitemssentfromtheWindows7operatingsystemcannotbereceivedcorrectly”onpage45
SounddoesnotcomefromtheBluetoothheadphone
Symptom:SounddoesnotcomefromtheBluetoothheadset/headphonebutcomesfromthelocalspeaker
eventhoughtheheadset/headphoneisconnectedusingHeadsetproleorAVprole.
Action:Dothefollowing:
1.Exittheapplicationthatusesthesounddevice(forexample,WindowsMediaPlayer).
2.OpentheControlPanelbyclickingStartControlPanel.
3.ClickHardwareandSoundSound.
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