ThinkPadSetup
YourcomputercomeswiththeThinkPadSetupprogramtoenableyoutoselectvarioussetupparameters.
TostartThinkPadSetup,dothefollowing:
1.Turnonthecomputer.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,presstheF1key.TheThinkPadSetup
programmainmenuopens.
Note:Ifyouhavesetasupervisorpassword,theThinkPadSetupprogrammainmenuwillbedisplayed
afteryouenterthepassword.Y oucanstartThinkPadSetupbypressingEnterinsteadofenteringthe
supervisorpassword.However,youcannotchangetheparametersthatareprotectedbythesupervisor
password.Formoreinformation,referto“Usingpasswords”onpage49.
2.Usingthecursorkeys,movetoanitemyouwanttochange.Whentheitemishighlighted,press
Enter.Asubmenuisdisplayed.
3.Changetheitemsyouwishtochange.Tochangethevalueofanitem,dothefollowing:
•F6orthecombinationofShiftand+:Changetoahighervalue.
•F5or–:Changetoalowervalue.
Iftheitemhasasubmenu,pressEntertodisplayit.
4.P ressEsctoexitfromthesubmenu.
5.Ifyouareonanestedsubmenu,pressEscrepeatedlyuntilyoureachtheThinkPadSetupprogr am
mainmenu.
Note:Ifyouneedtorestorethesettingstotheiroriginalstateasofthetimeofpurchase,pressF9to
loadthedefaultsettings.YoualsocanselectanoptionontheRestartsubmenutoloadthedefault
settingsordiscardthechanges.
6.SelectRestart.Movethecursortotheoptionyouwantforrestartingyourcomputer;thenpressEnter.
Yourcomputerrestarts.
Note:Dependingontheoperatingsystemyouareusing,somemenuitemslistedinthischaptermightnot
beavailableonyourcomputer,andsomemenuit emsmightbeslightlydifferentfromtheactualmenuitems
displayedonyourcomputer .
Mainmenu
TheMainmenuistherstinterfaceyouseeafteryouenterThinkPadSetup.Itdisplaysthefollowing
congurationofyourcomputer:
•UEFIversion
•UEFIdate
•Embeddedcontrollerversion
•Machinetypemodel
•System-unitserialnumber
•Systemboardserialnumber
•Assettag
•CPUtype
•CPUspeed
•Installedmemory
•UUID
•MACaddress(InternalLAN)
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