Table4.Startupmenuitems(continued)
MenuitemSelectionComments
BootDeviceListF12Option•Disabled
•Enabled
F12keyisusedtoinvokeapop-upBoot
deviceList.
Thisoptionisonlyavailablewhen
supervisorent erssetup.
BootOrderLock•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectDisabled,yourcomputer
willbootusingthedefaultpriority.Ifyou
selectEnabled,yourcomputerwillboot
usingthepriorityyouhavecustomized.
Restartmenu
IfyouneedtoclosetheThinkP adSetupprogr amandrestartthesystem,selectRestartfromtheThinkPad
Setupprogr ammainmenu.Thefollowingsubmenuoptionsaredisplayed:
•ExitSavingChanges:ExitSystemSetupandsaveyourchangestoCMOS.
•ExitDiscardingChanges:ExitSystemSetupwithoutsavingchanges.
•LoadSetupDefaults:LoadthedefaultvalueforallThinkP adSetupitems.
•DiscardChanges:Discardthechanges.
•SaveChanges:Savethechanges.
UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS
TheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BIOSisapartofthesystemprogramsthatmakeupthe
basiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourcomputer.TheUEFIBIOStranslatestheinstructionsfromother
softwarelayers.
YourcomputersystemboardhasamodulecalledEEPROM,alsoreferredtoasashmemory.Youcan
updatetheUEFIBIOSandtheThinkPadSetupprogrambystartingyourcomputerwithaashupdate
opticaldiscorashupdateapplicationrunningintheWindowsenvironment.
Insomeinstanceswhenyouaddsoftware,hardware,oradevicedriver,youmightbeinformedthatyou
needtoupdateyourUEFIBIOSinorderforthenewadditiontoworkproperly.
ToupdateyourUEFIBIOS,gotothefollowingWebsiteandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers
Usingsystemmanagement
Thissectionisintendedprimarilyfornetworkadministrators.
Yourcomputerisdesignedformanageability,sothatyoucanr edirectmoreofyourresourcestobetter
meetyourbusinessobjectives.
Thismanageability,or“TotalCostofOwnership”(TCO),enablesyoutoremotelyoperateclientcomput ers
inthesamewayasyouoperateyourowncomputer,suchasturningonaclientcomputer,formatting
harddiskdrive,andinstallingsoftware.
Oncethecomputerisconguredandoperational,youcanmanageitbyuseofsoftwareandmanageability
featuresalr eadyintegr atedintotheclientsystemandthenetwork.
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