Table 6. Config menu items (continued)

Menu item

Submenu item

Value

Comments

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fn and Ctrl Key swap

Disabled

If you select Enabled, the

 

 

Enabled

Fn key works as the Ctrl

 

 

key, and the Ctrl key works

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

as the Fn key.

 

 

 

 

Note: Even when Enabled

 

 

 

 

is selected, you need to

 

 

 

 

press the Fn key to resume

 

 

 

 

the computer from sleep

 

 

 

 

mode to normal operation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fn Key Lock

Disabled

If you select Enabled,

 

 

Enabled

you can press the Fn key

 

 

once to activate the Fn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

key function, as if the

 

 

 

 

key is kept in a pressed

 

 

 

 

condition, and then press

 

 

 

 

the desired function key.

 

 

 

 

The action is equivalent to

 

 

 

 

pressing the Fn key and

 

 

 

 

the desired function key

 

 

 

 

simultaneously. If you press

 

 

 

 

the Fn key twice, the Fn

 

 

 

 

key is kept in a pressed

 

 

 

 

condition until you press

 

 

 

 

the Fn key again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keyboard Illumination

ThinkLight Only

Enable the ThinkLight

 

Control

Keyboard backlight Only

light feature, the keyboard

 

 

backlight feature, or both.

 

 

Both

 

 

After you make a selection,

 

 

 

 

you can activate the

 

 

 

 

corresponding feature(s) by

 

 

 

 

pressing Fn+Space.

 

 

 

 

 

Display

Boot Display Device

ThinkPad LCD

Select the display device

 

 

Analog (VGA)

that is to be activated at

 

 

boot time. This selection

 

 

Digital on ThinkPad

 

 

is effective for boot time,

 

 

Digital 1 on dock

password prompt, and

 

 

• Digital 2 on dock

ThinkPad Setup.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digital on ThinkPad is the

 

 

 

 

Mini DisplayPort on your

 

 

 

 

computer.

 

 

 

 

Digital 1 on dock and

 

 

 

 

Digital 2 on dock

 

 

 

 

are DisplayPort or DVI

 

 

 

 

connectors on a docking

 

 

 

 

station.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Graphics Device

Integrated Graphics

The Integrated Graphics

 

 

Discrete Graphics

mode will achieve longer

 

 

battery life. The Discrete

 

 

NVIDIA Optimus

 

 

Graphics mode enhances

 

 

 

 

graphics performance.

 

 

 

 

When NVIDIA Optimus

 

 

 

 

is selected, the system

 

 

 

 

automatically switches

 

 

 

 

 

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