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Hardware Problem - Wireless Card, Mechanical Problem - FAN / Thermal, Symptom & Solutions - power cord

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Symptom & Solutions: A. Problem might be in the MB, HDD, or NB; visit a local service center for assistance. B. Problem caused by the operating system, try restoring your system using the recovery partition or disc. IMPORTANT! You must backup all your data to another location before recovering. C. Adapter problem; check the power cord connections, otherwise visit a local service center for replacement. D. Battery problem; please check the battery contacts, otherwise visit a local service center for repair. Hardware Problem - Wireless Card How to check whether a Notebook PC is equipped with a wireless card? A. Enter Control Panel -> Device Manager. You will see whether the Notebook PC has a WLAN card under the "Network Adapter" item. Mechanical Problem - FAN / Thermal Why is the cooling fan always ON and the temperature high? 1. Make sure that the FAN works when the CPU temperature is high and check whether there is air flow from the main air vent. 2. If you have many applications running (see taskbar), close them to decrease system load. 3. The problem may also be caused by some viruses, use anti-virus software to detect them. 4. If none of the above help, try restoring your system using the recovery partition or DVD. IMPORTANT! You must backup all your data to another location before recovering. Notebook PC User Manual A-9

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Notebook PC User Manual
A-9
Symptom & Solutions:
A.
Problem might be in the MB, HDD, or NB; visit a local service center
for assistance.
B.
Problem caused by the operating system, try restoring your system us-
ing the recovery partition or disc.
IMPORTANT! You must backup all your data to another location
before recovering.
C.
Adapter problem; check the power cord connections, otherwise visit
a local service center for replacement.
D. Battery problem; please check the battery contacts, otherwise visit a
local service center for repair.
Hardware Problem - Wireless Card
How to check whether a Notebook PC is equipped with a wireless
card?
A.
Enter
Control Panel
->
Device Manager
. You will see whether
the Notebook PC has a WLAN card under the “Network Adapter”
item.
Mechanical Problem - FAN / Thermal
Why is the cooling fan always ON and the temperature high?
1.
Make sure that the FAN works when the CPU temperature is
high and check whether there is air flow from the main air vent.
2.
If you have many applications running (see taskbar), close them
to decrease system load.
3.
The problem may also be caused by some viruses, use anti-virus
software to detect them.
4.
If none of the above help, try restoring your system using the
recovery partition or DVD.
IMPORTANT! You must backup all your data to another location
before recovering.