Table6.Startupmenuitems(continued)
MenuitemSelectionComments
BootMode•Quick
•Diagnostics
Note:Youcanalsoenterthe
“Diagnostic”modebypressingEsc
duringPOST.
ScreenduringPOST:
•Quick:ThinkP adLogoscreenis
displayed.
•Diagnostics:T estmessagesare
displayed.
BeepatPOSTcompletion:
•Quick:No.Soundonerrorcase
only.
•Diagnostics:Yes.Alwayssounds.
“Ctrl-S”promptforon-board
Ethernet:
•Quick:No.
•Diagnostics:Y es.
MemorytestingduringPOST:
•Quick:Quicktest(ornotest).
•Diagnostics:Fulltest.
TestingotherdevicesduringPOST:
•Quick:Minimumtest(ornotest).
•Diagnostics:Canperform
necessarytestingforcritical
devices.
OptionKeysDisplay•Disabled
•Enabled
Ifyouselect“Disabled”,then“To
interruptnormalstartup,pressEnter”
messageisnotdisplayedduring
POST.
BootDeviceListF12Option•Disabled
•Enabled
Ifyouselect“Enabled”,theF12key
isrecognizedandtheBootMenuis
displayed.
BootOrderLock•Disabled
•Enabled
Ifyouselect“Enabled”,theBoot
PriorityOrderislockedforyourfuture
use.
UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS

TheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BIOSisapartofthesystemprogramsthatmakeupthe

basiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourcomputer.UEFIBIOStranslatestheinstructionsfromothersoftware

layers.

Yourcomputersystemboardhasamodulecalledelectricallyerasableprogrammableread-onlymemory

(EEPROM,alsoreferredtoasashmemory).Y oucanupdateUEFIBIOSandtheConguration/ThinkPad

Setupprogrambystartingyourcomputerwithaashupdateopticaldiscorashupdatetoolapplication

runningontheWindowsenvironment.

Insomeinstanceswhenyouaddsoftware,hardware,oradevicedriver,youmaybeinformedthatyouneed

toupdateyourUEFIBIOSinorderforthenewadditiontoworkproperly.

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