Table2.Congmenuitems(continued)
MenuitemSubmenuitemSelectionComments
PasswordBeep•Disabled
•Enabled
Enablethisoptiontohavea
beepsoundwhenthesystem
iswaitingforapower-on,hard
disk,orsupervisorpassword.
Differentbeepswillbesounded
whentheenteredpassword
matchesordoesnotmatchthe
conguredpassword.
BeepandAlarm
KeyboardBeep•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablethekeyboard
beepwhenunmanageablekey
combinationsarepressed.
SerialA TA(SATA)SATAControllerMode
Option
•Compatibility
•AHCI
SelectSATAcontroller
operationmode.Ifyou
selectCompatibility,the
SATAcontrolleroperatesin
compatibilitymode.
CoreMulti-Processing•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisableadditional
executioncoreunitswithina
CPU.
Note:Ifyouareusinga
computerwithasingle-core
processor,thisitemisnot
available.
CPU
Intel(R)Hyper- Threading
Technology
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisableadditional
logicalprocessorswithina
processorcore.
Date/Timemenu
Ifyouneedtosetthecurrentdateandtimeofyourcomputer,selectDate/TimefromtheThinkPadSetup
programmainmenu.Thefollowingsubmenuisdisplayed:
•SystemDate
•SystemTime
Tochangethedateandtime,dothefollowing:
1.Usingtheupanddownarr owkeystoselecttheitemtochangethedateortime.
2.PressT ab,Shift+T ab,orEntertoselectaeld.
3.Typethedateortime.
Note:Anotherwayt oadjustthedateandtimeisbypressing+or–.
4.PressFn+F10tosavethechangesandrestartthesystem.
Securitymenu
Ifyouneedtosetthesecurityfeaturesofyourcomputer,selectSecurityfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.
Notes:
•Defaultvaluesareinboldface.Thedefaultsettingsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Ifyouconsider
changingthecomputerconguration,proceedwithextremecaution.Settingthecongurationincorrectly
mightcauseunexpectedresults.
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