Table5.Startupmenuitems(continued)
MenuitemSelectionComments
bootabledeviceswhichdonothave
UEFIenabledOS.
UEFI/LegacyBootPriority•UEFIFirst
•LegacyFirst
Selectpriorityofbootoptionbetween
UEFIandLegacy.
BootMode•Quick
•Diagnostics
ScreenduringthePOST:
•Quick:ThinkP adLogoscreenis
displayed.
•Diagnostics:T extmessagesare
displayed.
Note:Youalsocanenterthe
“Diagnostic”modebypressingEsc
duringPOST.
OptionKeysdisplay(ThinkVantage
buttonmessage)
•Disabled
•Enabled
Ifyouselect“Disabled,”the“To
interruptnormalstartup,pressthe
blueThinkVantagebutton.”message
isnotdisplayedduringthePOST.
BootDeviceListF12Option•Disabled
•Enabled
Ifyouselect“Enabled,”theF12key
isrecognizedandtheBootmenuis
displayed.
BootOrderLock•Disabled
•Enabled
Ifyouselect“Enabled,”theBoot
PriorityOrderislockedforyourfuture
use.
UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS
TheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BIOSisapartofthesystemprogramsthatmakeupthe
basiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourcomputer.UEFIBIOStranslatestheinstructionsfromothersoftware
layers.
Yourcomputersystemboardhasamodulecalledelectricallyerasableprogrammableread-onlymemory
(EEPROM,alsoreferredtoasashmemory).Y oucanupdateUEFIBIOSandtheConguration/ThinkPad
SetupProgrambystartingyourcomputerwithaashupdateopticaldiscorashupdatetoolapplication
runningontheWindowsenvironment.
Insomeinstanceswhenyouaddsoftware,hardware,oradevicedriver,youmightbeinformedthatyou
needtoupdateyourUEFIBIOSinorderforthenewadditiontoworkproperly.
ToupdateyourUEFIBIOS,gotothefollowingWebsiteandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers
Usingsystemmanagement
Thissectionisintendedprimarilyfornetworkadministr ators.
Yourcomputerisdesignedformanageability,sothatyoucanr edirectmoreofyourresourcestobetter
meetyourbusinessobjectives.
Thismanageability,or“TotalCostofOwnership”(T CO),enablesyoutoremotelypoweronyourcomputer,
formattheharddiskdrive,installthesoftwareofyourchoice(forexample,WindowsXPwithuserand
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