Table 6. Startup menu items (continued)

Menu item

Selection

Comments

 

 

 

 

Boot Mode

Quick

Screen during POST:

 

Diagnostics

Quick: The ThinkPad Logo screen

 

 

 

 

is displayed.

 

 

 

Diagnostics: Test messages are

 

 

 

 

displayed.

 

 

 

Beep at POST completion:

 

 

 

Quick: No. Sounds on error cases

 

 

 

 

only.

 

 

 

Diagnostics: Yes. Always sounds.

 

 

 

“Ctrl-S” prompt for on-board

 

 

 

Ethernet:

 

 

 

Quick: No.

 

 

 

Diagnostics: Yes.

 

 

 

Memory testing during POST:

 

 

 

Quick: Quick test (or no test).

 

 

 

Diagnostics: Full test.

 

 

 

Testing other devices during POST:

 

 

 

Quick: Minimum test (or no test).

 

 

 

Diagnostics: Can perform

 

 

 

 

necessary testing for critical

 

 

 

 

devices.

 

 

 

Note: You can also enter Diagnostic

 

 

 

mode by pressing Esc during POST.

 

 

 

 

Option Key Display

Disabled

If you select Disabled, then the

 

Enabled

message “To interrupt normal startup,

 

press Enter” is not displayed during

 

 

 

 

 

 

the POST.

 

 

 

 

Boot Device List F12 Option

Disabled

If you select Enabled, the F12 key

 

Enabled

is recognized and the Boot Menu is

 

displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boot Order Lock

Disabled

If you select Disabled, your computer

 

Enabled

will boot using the default priority. If

 

you select Enabled, your computer

 

 

 

 

 

 

will boot using the priority you have

 

 

 

customized.

 

 

 

 

 

Restart menu

If you need to close the ThinkPad Setup program and restart the system, select Restart from the ThinkPad Setup program main menu. The following submenu is displayed:

Exit Saving Changes: Restart the system after saving the changes.

Exit Discarding Changes: Restart the system without saving the changes.

Load Setup Defaults: Load the default setting that was in effect at the time of purchase.

Enable OS Optimized Defaults to meet the Microsoft Windows 8 certification requirements. When you

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