1.Turn on the computer.
2.When the ThinkPad logo comes up, immediately press F1 to enter ThinkPad Setup.
3.Select Security.
4.Select Password.
5.Select
6.Select Master HDP, where HDP stands for hard disk password.
7.Type the current master hard disk password in the Enter Current Password field. Then leave the Enter New Password field blank, and press Enter twice.
8.Press F10 to save changes and exit the ThinkPad Setup program. The user hard disk password and the master hard disk password have been removed.
Power management
To reduce power consumption, the computer has three power management modes: screen blank, sleep (standby in Windows XP), and hibernation.
Screen blank mode
To put the computer into screen blank mode, do as follows:
1.
2.Select Power off display (keep current power plan) (in Windows XP, keep current power scheme).
To end screen blank mode and resume normal operation, press any key.
Sleep (standby) mode
When the computer enters sleep (standby) mode, the following events occur in addition to what occurs in screen blank mode:
•The LCD is powered off.
•The hard disk drive is powered off.
•The CPU stops.
To enter sleep (standby) mode, press Fn+F4.
Note: You can change the action of the F4 key combination by changing the settings in Power Manager.
In certain circumstances, the computer goes into sleep (standby) mode automatically:
•If a “suspend time” has been set on the timer, and the user does not do any operation with the keyboard, the TrackPoint, the hard disk, the parallel connector, or the diskette drive within that time.
Note: Even if you do not set the
To cause the computer to return from sleep (standby) mode and resume operation, do one of the following:
•Press the Fn key.
•Open the LCD cover.
•Turn on the power switch.
Also, in either of the following events, the computer automatically returns from sleep (standby) mode and resumes operation:
• The ring indicator (RI) is signaled by a serial device or a PC Card device.
