Related service information
How to remove the hard disk password
Attention: If User only mode is selected and the user HDP has been forgotten and cannot be made available to the servicer, neither Lenovo nor Lenovo authorized servicers provide any services to reset the user HDPs or to recover data from the hard disk drive. The hard disk drive can be replaced for a scheduled fee.
To remove a user HDP that has been forgotten, when the SVP and the master HDP are known, do the following:
1.Turn on the computer; then, while the “To interrupt normal startup, press the blue Access IBM button” message is displayed at the
2.Press F1 while HDP icon is appearing on the screen; then enter the master HDP. For the other models, enter the master HDP.
3.
4.Select Security, using the cursor keys to move down the menu.
5.Select Password.
6.Select hard disk x password, where x is the letter of the hard disk drive. A
7.Select Master HDP.
8.Enter the master HDP; then leave the New Password field blank and press Enter twice.
9.Press F10.
10.Select Yes in the Setup Configuration window.
Both user HDP and master HDP will have been removed.
Power management
To reduce power consumption, the computer has three power management modes: screen blank, standby, and hibernation.
Screen blank mode
Screen blank mode has three variants, as follows:
1.If you press Fn+F3, or the time set on the “LCD off timer” in BIOS Setup Utility expires,
vThe LCD backlight turns off.
vThe hard disk drive motor stops.
vThe speaker is muted.
2.If you are using the ACPI operating system and you press Fn+F3,
vThe LCD backlight turns off.
vThe hard disk drive motor stops.
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