Table6.Startupmenuitems(continued)
MenuitemSelectionComments
BootDeviceListF12Option•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,theF12keyis
recognizedandtheBootmenuwindow
isdisplayed.
BootOrderLock•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectDisabled,yourcomputer
willbootusingthedefaultpriority.Ifyou
selectEnabled,yourcomputerwillboot
usingthepriorityyouhavecustomized.
RestartmenuIfyouneedtoclosetheThinkPadSetupprogramandr estartthesystem,selectRestartfromtheThinkPad
Setupprogrammainmenu.Thefollowingsubmenuoptionsaredisplayed:
•ExitSavingChanges:Restartthesystemaftersavingthechanges.
•ExitDiscardingChanges:Restartthesystemwithoutsavingthechanges.
•LoadSetupDefaults:LoadthedefaultvalueforallThinkP adSetupitems.
•DiscardChanges:Discardthechanges.
•SaveChanges:Savethechanges.
UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOSTheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BIOSisapartofthesystemprogramsthatmakeupthe
basiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourcomputer.TheUEFIBIOStranslatestheinstructionsfromother
softwarelayers.
YourcomputersystemboardhasamodulecalledEEPROM,alsoreferredtoasashmemory .Y oucan
updatetheUEFIBIOSandtheThinkP adSetupprogrambystartingyourcomputerwithaashupdate
opticaldiscorashupdateapplicationrunningintheWindowsenvironment.
Insomeinstanceswhenyouaddsoftware,hardware,oradevicedriver,youmightbeinformedthatyou
needtoupdateyourUEFIBIOSinorderforthenewadditiontoworkproperly.
ToupdateyourUEFIBIOS,gotothefollowingWebsiteandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers
UsingsystemmanagementThissectionisintendedprimarilyfornetworkadministr ators.
Yourcomputerisdesignedformanageability,sothatyoucanr edirectmoreofyourresourcestobetter
meetyourbusinessobjectives.
Thismanageability,or“TotalCostofOwnership”(TCO),enablesyoutoremotelyoperateclientcomputers
inthesamewayasyouoperateyourowncomput er,suchasturningonaclientcomputer ,formatting
harddiskdrive,andinstallingsoftware.
Oncethecomputerisconguredandoperational,youcanmanageitbyuseofsoftwareandmanageability
featuresalreadyintegratedintotheclientsystemandthenetwork.
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