Diagnostics
Thediagnosticprogramisusedtotesthardwarecomponentsofyourcomputer.Thediagnosticprogramcan
alsoreportoperating-system-controlledsettingsthatinterferewiththecorrectoperationofyourcomputer.
Youcanusethepreinstalleddiagnosticprogramtodiagnosecomputerproblems,ifyourcomputeris
runningtheWindowsoperatingsystem.
Notes:
1.YourcomputerispreinstalledwiththeLenovoSolutionCenterprogramfordiagnosticpurposes.For
moreinformationabouttheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram,see“LenovoSolutionCenter”onpage54.
2.Ifyouareunabletoisolateandrepairtheproblemyourselfafterrunningthediagnosticprogram,save
andprintthelogfilescreatedbythediagnosticprogram.Youwillneedthelogfileswhenyouspeaktoa
Lenovotechnicalsupportrepresentative.
LenovoSolutionCenter
TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolvecomputerproblems.It
combinesdiagnostictests,systeminformationcollection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,along
withhintsandtipsformaximumsystemperformance.
Notes:
•TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramcanbedownloadedfromhttp://www.lenovo.com/diags.
•IfyouareusingaWindowsoperatingsystemotherthanWindows7,Windows8,Windows8.1,orWindows
10,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/diagsforthelatestinformationondiagnosticsforyourcomputer.
ToruntheLenovoSolutionCenterprogram,see“Lenovoprograms”onpage31.
Foradditionalinformation,refertotheLenovoSolutionCenterhelpsystem.
Note:Ifyouareunabletoisolateandrepairtheproblemyourselfafterrunningtheprogram,saveandprint
thelogfiles.YouwillneedthelogfileswhenyouspeaktoaLenovotechnicalsupportrepresentative.
UEFIdiagnosticprogram
AUEFIdiagnosticprogramispreinstalledonthecomputer.Itenablesyoutotestmemorymodulesand
internalstoragedevices,viewsysteminformation,andcheckandrecoverbadsectorsoninternalstorage
devices.
ToruntheUEFIdiagnosticprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Turnonthecomputer.Ifthecomputercannotbeturnedon,goto“Basictroubleshooting”onpage
37
.Ifanerrorcodeisdisplayed,gotoChapter7“Symptom-to-FRUIndex”onpage63forerrorcode
descriptionsandtroubleshootinghints.
2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF10keywhenturningonthecomputer.Themainscreenofthe
UEFIdiagnosticprogramisdisplayed.
3.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentousethediagnosticprogram.
Theoptionsonthemainscreenareasfollows:
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