Table 8. Config menu items (continued)

Menu item

Submenu item

Selection

Comments

 

 

 

 

 

Display

Boot Display Device

ThinkPad LCD

Select the display device

 

 

Analog (VGA)

that is to be active at boot

 

 

time. This selection is

 

 

Digital on ThinkPad

 

 

effective for boot time,

 

 

Digital 1 on dock

password prompt, and

 

 

• Digital 2 on dock

ThinkPad Setup.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Digital on Thinkpad”

 

 

 

 

is DisplayPort on your

 

 

 

 

computer.

 

 

 

 

“Digial 1 on dock” and

 

 

 

 

“Digital 2 on dock” are

 

 

 

 

DisplayPort or DVI on

 

 

 

 

docking station.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Graphics Device

Integrated Graphics

Integrated Graphics will

 

 

Discrete Graphics

achieve longer battery life,

 

 

and Discrete Graphics

 

 

NVIDIA Optimus

 

 

enhances performance.

 

 

 

 

NVIDIA Optimus runs as

 

 

 

 

Integrated Graphics mode

 

 

 

 

and Discrete Graphics is

 

 

 

 

enabled on demand.

 

 

 

 

Note: NVIDIA Optimus

 

 

 

 

mode should only be

 

 

 

 

selected if you are using a

 

 

 

 

Windows 7 model.

 

 

 

 

 

 

OS Detection for NVIDIA

Disabled

System BIOS automatically

 

Optimus

Enabled

switches Graphics device

 

 

setting to NVIDIA Optimus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode if the OS supports

 

 

 

 

the feature, and to Discrete

 

 

 

 

Graphics if the OS does not

 

 

 

 

support it.

 

 

 

 

 

Power

Intel SpeedStep®

Disabled

Select the mode of Intel

 

technology (Intel

Enabled

SpeedStep technology at

 

SpeedStep mounted

runtime.

 

 

 

 

models only)

Mode for AC

Maximum Performance:

 

 

 

 

Maximum Performance

 

 

Always highest speed

 

 

Battery Optimized

Battery Optimized: Always

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mode for Battery

lowest speed

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum Performance

Disabled: No runtime

 

 

Battery Optimized

support, lowest speed

 

 

 

 

 

Adaptive Thermal

Scheme for AC

This selects a thermal

 

Management

Maximize Performance

management scheme to

 

 

use.

 

 

Balanced

 

 

 

 

 

Scheme for Battery

Maximize Performance:

 

 

Reduces CPU throttling

 

 

Maximize Performance

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lenovo 42421A0 Menu item Submenu item Selection Comments Display, ThinkPad LCD, Nvidia Optimus, Power, Maximum Performance

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