Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 10B0 User Manual

•Right-clickthespeakericonintheWindowsdesktopnotificationarea,andthenclickPlaybackdevices.
ClickthePlaybacktab,selectSpeakers,andthenclickProperties.ClickBalanceontheLevelstab,
andverifythattheBalancesettingissetcorrectly.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,youmighthaveafailingspeaker.Havethespeakerserviced.If
youneedtechnicalassistance,see“LenovoSupportWebsite”onpage34
.
NoaudioinDOSapplicationsorgames
Symptom:NoaudioinDOSapplicationsorgames
Actions:
•EnsurethattheDOSapplicationorgameisconfiguredtouseSoundBlasterProorSoundBlaster
emulation.Refertothedocumentationthatcomeswiththeapplicationorgameforinstructionson
settingsound-cardsettings.
•Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runtheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram.Ifyouneedtechnical
assistance,see“LenovoSupportWebsite”onpage34.
CDproblems
Selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
•“ACDorDVDdoesnotwork”onpage41
•“Unabletouseastartable(bootable)recoverymedium,suchastheProductRecoveryCD,tostart
yourcomputer”onpage41
ACDorDVDdoesnotwork
Symptom:ACDorDVDdoesnotwork.
Actions:
•IfyouhavemultipleCDorDVDdrivesinstalled(oracombinationofCDandDVDdrives),tryinsertingthe
discintotheotherdrive.Insomecases,onlyoneofthedrivesisconnectedtotheaudiosubsystem.
•Verifythatthediscisinsertedcorrectly,withitslabelup.
•Makesurethatthediscyouareusingisclean.Toremovedustorfingerprints,wipethedisccleanwitha
softclothfromthecentertotheoutside.Wipingadiscinacircularmotionmightcauselossofdata.
•Verifythatthediscyouareusingisnotscratchedordamaged.Tryinsertinganotherdiscthatyouknow
isgood.Ifyoucannotreadfromaknown-gooddisc,youmighthaveaproblemwithyourCDorDVD
driveorthecablingtoyourCDorDVDdrive.Makesurethatthepowercableandsignalcableare
securelyconnectedtothedrive.
Unabletouseastartable(bootable)recoverymedium,suchastheProductRecovery
CD,tostartyourcomputer
Symptom:Unabletouseastartable(bootable)recoverymedium,suchastheProductRecoveryCD,
tostartyourcomputer.
Action:EnsurethattheCDorDVDdriveisinthestartupsequencebeforetheharddiskdrive.Referto
your“Selectingorchangingthestartupdevicesequence”onpage60
forinformationonviewingand
changingthestartupsequence.Notethatonsomemodelsthestartupsequenceispermanentlysetand
cannotbechanged.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runtheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram.Ifyouneedtechnical
assistance,see“LenovoSupportWebsite”onpage34.
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Lenovo ThinkCentre M73 10B0 Specifications

General

Brand	Lenovo
Model	ThinkCentre M73 10B0
Category	Desktop
Language	English