ThinkPadSetup
YourcomputercomeswiththeThinkPadSetupprogramtoenableyoutoselectvarioussetupparameters.
TostartThinkP adSetup,dothefollowing:
1.Turnonthecomputer.Whenthelogoscreenisdisplayed,presstheF1key.theThinkPadSetup
programmainmenuopens.
Ifyouhavesetasupervisorpassword,theThinkPadSetupprogrammainmenuwillbedisplayed
afteryouenterthepassword.Y oucanstartThinkPadSetupbypressingEnterinsteadofenteringthe
supervisorpassword.However,youcannotchangetheparametersthatareprotectedbythesupervisor
password.Formoreinformation,referto“Usingpasswords”onpage49.
2.Usingthecursork eys,movetoanitemyouwanttochange.Whentheit emishighlighted,press
Enter.Asubmenuisdisplayed.
3.Changetheitemsyouwishtochange.T ochangethevalueofanitem,pressthefollowingkeys:
•Fn+F5or–:Changetoalowervalue.
•Fn+F6orthecombinationofShiftand+:Changetoahighervalue.
Iftheitemhasasubmenu,youcandisplayitbypressingEnter.
4.PressEsctoexitfromthesubmenu.
5.Ifyouareonanestedsubmenu,pressEscrepeatedlyuntilyoureachtheThinkPadSetupprogram
mainmenu.
Note:Ifyouneedtorestorethesettingstotheiroriginalstateasofthetimeofpurchase,pressFn+F9to
loadthedefaultsettings.YoualsocanselectanoptionontheRestartsubmenutoloadthedefault
settingsordiscardthechanges.
6.SelectRestart.Movethecursortotheoptionyouwantforrestartingyourcomputer;thenpressEnter.
Yourcomputerr estarts.
Note:Dependingontheoperatingsystemyouareusing,somemenuitemslistedinthischaptermightnot
beavailableonyourcomputer,andsomemenuitemsmightbeslightlydifferentfromtheactualmenuitems
displayedonyourcomputer.
Mainmenu
TheMainmenuistherstinterfaceyouseeafteryouenterThinkP adSetup.Itdisplaysthefollowing
congurationofyourcomputer:
•UEFIBIOSVersion
•UEFIBIOSDate(Year-Month-Day)
•EmbeddedControllerVersion
•MachineTypeModel
•System-unitserialnumber
•Systemboardserialnumber
•AssetTag
•CPUType
•CPUSpeed
•Installedmemory
•UUID
•MACaddress(InternalLAN)
•PreinstalledOSLicense
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