Lenovo ThinkCentre - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support - Page 2

Here you go.. http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/

IF YOUR BIOS CAN'T RECOGNIZE A NEW PROCESSOR AND STIL INDICATES YOU HAVE THE OLDONE, BUT YOUR COMPUTER WORKS FINE, YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS: 1.Live with it. No harm should be done. Actually there is a faster procesor in your computer and it works. 2, Update your BIOS. You should find the proper BIOS update for your computer. If any error happens while updating your BIOS, you may "brick" your computer.. It will be converted to a nice decoration piece and conversaton object.Ahhh.. just another possibility. sounds incredible, maybe you'll say that it's not possible, but maybe you made a mistake and used the old processor or you installed a similar processor to the one you had before?

http://www.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=1420847 or http://www.reviversoft.com/computer-drivers/IBM/ThinkCentre-M52/8212/Download-Latest-Driver-Updates.php click the link and download driver

The same model Lenovocan have different types of network, video and audio drivers and unless youknow exactly which one is installed in your Lenovo, you need to download allthe drivers and install each driver until you find the right driver. When you download thedrivers, write down the device driver and it's file name so you have a recordof which driver you are installing and which directory the unzipped files arelocated on your hard drive. Go to the IBM/Lenovo WEBsite - support/download page and download the latest Windows devicedrivers for your model computer, Use this link: - http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?template=%2Fproductselection%2Flandingpages%2FbrowseByProductLandingPage.vm&sitestyle=lenovo&brandind=10&validate=true

To start the Setup Utility program, do the following: 1. If your computer is already on when you start this procedure, turn off the computer. 2. Repeatedly press and release the F1 key when turning on the computer. When you hear multiple beeps or see a logo screen, release the F1 key. Note: If a Power-On Password or an Administrator Password has been set, the Setup Utility program menu is not displayed until you type the correct password.

I read that the motherboard for this PC is an Asus P67 B3 (http://www.techspot.com/review/424-lenovo-ideacentre-k330/) (However the picture of the inside of the PC doesn't look like the picture o the Asus website, so this may not be right, although the schematic in the Lenovo hardware replacement guide does http://download.lenovo.com/UserFiles/UserGuide/en/User%27s%20guides%20and%20manuals/K330/Lenovo%20IdeaCentre%20K3%20Series%20Hardware%20Replacement%20Guide%20V4.0%20(English).pdf) The information you need ought to be in the manual which is available as a download from the Asus website here https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P8P67/HelpDesk_Manual/ 19.January.2015

If it Has Windows 8 or 8.1 you might need a new Hard Drive to do this. Windows 8 and 8.1 are encrypted so you can't use Linux of any type. If it has Windows XP try Linux Mint 13 "Maya", the replacement for win xp, If Windows 7 64 bit: Try Linux Mint 17.1 *Rebecca"

The same model ThinkCentre can have different types of network, video and audio drivers and unless you know exactly which one is installed in your ThinkCentre, you need to download all the drivers and install each driver until you find the right driver. When you download the audio and device drivers, write down the device driver and it's file name so you have a record of which driver you are installing and which directory the unzipped files are located on your hard drive. Go to the IBM/Lenovo WEB site - support/download page and download the latest Windows device drivers for your model computer, Use this link: - http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?template=%2Fproductselection%2Flandingpages%2FbrowseByProductLandingPage.vm&sitestyle=lenovo&brandind=10&validate=true

The same model ThinkCentre can have different types of network, video and audio drivers and unless you know exactly which one is installed in your ThinkCentre, you need to download all the drivers and install each driver until you find the right driver. When you download the drivers, write down the device driver and it's file name so you have a record of which driver you are installing and which directory the unzipped files are located on your hard drive. Go to the IBM/Lenovo WEB site - support/download page and download the latest Windows device drivers for your model computer, Use this link: - http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?template=%2Fproductselection%2Flandingpages%2FbrowseByProductLandingPage.vm&sitestyle=lenovo&brandind=10&validate=true

When using a PCI or PCI-E graphics card, it will disable your standard VGA output port because the up-dated graphics card and your factory VGA port require different display drivers. Usually, the drivers are conflicting and will make your system unstable and cause it to crash. In short, you can't use both at the same time. I have a Radeon HD 5450 graphics card installed on my PC and it too has disabled my standard VGA port. If you are trying to use more than one monitor, you have to install a graphics card that supports a multiple display output. The graphics card will either have 2 VGA ports, 2 DVI-D ports or 2 HDMI ports or even any combination of the 3. My card, for example, has 1 VGA, 1 DVI-D & 1 HDMI. I can run up to 3 monitors at a time via my graphics card, but I cannot run a 4th monitor from my factory VGA port. My graphics card uses ATI/AMD drivers while my VGA port requires the use of Nvidia drivers. I hope that you find this useful.

Check the link below, this should apply to your computer as well. Lenovo ThinkCentre M91p quick review and System Restore

You should be able to use the Vista drivers from this page - http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/desktops-and-all-in-ones/thinkcentre-m-series-desktops/thinkcentre-m55

Then you have to go back to the distributors of this Linux distribution and list the drivers for the items you need. Linux drivers are open source programs, so the drivers from one computer can be complied into another distribution, if they use the same chips. The manufacturers such as Lenovo rely on third parties to provide any software that they do not support, they do not have to write them.

Check that you have the right keyboard language enabled. Hold Windows key and press Space until it says English (US).

If they are not available in the bios, it is because they do not exist in the CPU. Check this Intel Page to see if this is so. ARK Intel Core2 Duo Processor E6750 4M Cache 2 66 GHz 1333 MHz FSB

Hi If you go to the page below there are many options for installing a BIOS update. Desktops and all in ones ThinkCentre Series desktops ThinkCentre M58e... There are also various utilities to help you upgrade the BIOS, including one for upgrading from within Windows. You should make sure that you have a full backup of your data and programmes before you start. Please make sure that the version here is an upgrade compared with your current version and that you read the instructions very carefully and are comfortable with them as incorrectly upgrading, or interrupting the upgrade can lead to your machine refusing to boot at all from anything. Please be careful. Hope this is helpful, if so would you please register that with Fixya Cheers

You do it via windows control pane,l or by clicking on the clock on the bottom left hand corner. It will then update the CMOS clock which he BIOS uses.

We need more info. Mouse and keyboard error doesn't help.

The drive can be easily removed once removed you can then use the paper clip from the back and push the tray open

The Quick Contacts button on the left will lead you to "Open Full Contacts". If none are listed, you need to export them from AIM or wherever they currently reside, as a CSV, TXT or LDIF file, then Import using the Tools button within AOL Mail.