User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Discover your Lenovo computer
- Chapter 1. Meet your computer
- Chapter 2. Get started with your computer
- Chapter 3. Explore your computer
- Chapter 4. Secure your computer and information
- Chapter 5. UEFI BIOS
- What is UEFI BIOS
- Enter the BIOS menu
- Navigate in the BIOS interface
- Change the display language of UEFI BIOS
- Change the display mode of UEFI BIOS (for selected models)
- Set the system date and time
- Change the boot priority order
- Enable or disable the configuration change detection feature
- Enable or disable the automatic power-on feature
- Enable or disable the smart power-on feature (for selected models)
- Enable or disable the ErP LPS compliance mode
- Change the ITS performance mode
- Change BIOS settings before installing a new operating system
- Update UEFI BIOS
- Recover from a BIOS update failure
- Clear CMOS
- Chapter 6. Diagnostics
- Chapter 7. CRU replacement
- CRU list
- Remove or replace a CRU
- Power adapter and power cord
- Power adapter bracket
- VESA mount bracket
- Vertical stand
- External Wi-Fi antenna
- External optical drive box and external optical drive
- Dust shield
- Computer cover
- Hard disk drive and hard disk drive bracket
- Internal speaker
- System fan
- Coin-cell battery
- Wi-Fi card and Wi-Fi card shield
- Bottom cover
- M.2 solid-state drive
- Memory module
- Chapter 8. Help and support
- Appendix A. Compliance information
- Appendix B. Notices and trademarks
You can enable the ErP LPS compliance mode to reduce the consumption of electricity when the computer
is off or in sleep mode.
To enable or disable the ErP LPS compliance mode:
1. Restart the computer. When the logo screen is displayed, press F1 or Fn+F1.
2. Select Power ➙ Enhanced Power Saving Mode and press Enter.
3. Depending on whether you select Enabled or Disabled, do one of the following:
• If you select Enabled, press Enter. Then, select Power ➙ Automatic Power On and press Enter.
Check whether the Wake on LAN feature is disabled automatically. If no, disable it.
• If you select Disabled, press Enter. Then, go to the next step.
4. Press F10 or Fn+F10 to save the changes and exit.
When the ErP LPS compliance mode is enabled, you can wake up the computer by doing one of the
following:
• Press the power button.
• Enable the Wake Up on Alarm feature to make the computer wake up at a set time.
To meet the off mode requirement of ErP compliance, you need to disable the Fast Startup function.
1. Go to Control Panel and view by large icons or small icons.
2. Click Power Options ➙ Choose what the power buttons do ➙ Change settings that are currently
unavailable.
3. Clear the Turn on fast startup (recommended) option from the Shutdown settings list.
Change the ITS performance mode
You can adjust the acoustic and thermal performance of your computer by changing the ITS performance
mode. Three options are available:
• Balance mode: The computer works at the balance mode with balanced noise and better performance.
• Performance mode (default setting): The computer works at the best performance with normal acoustic
level.
Note: The term “best” only refers to the best effect among different settings of the product itself.
• Full Speed: All fans in the computer will run at full speed.
To change the ITS performance mode:
1. Restart the computer. When the logo screen is displayed, press F1 or Fn+F1.
2. Select Power ➙ Intelligent Cooling and press Enter.
3. Select Performance Mode and press Enter.
4. Set the performance mode as desired.
5. Press F10 or Fn+F10 to save the changes and exit.
Change BIOS settings before installing a new operating system
BIOS settings vary by operating system. Change the BIOS settings before installing a new operating system.
Microsoft constantly makes updates to the Windows operating system. Before installing a particular
Windows version, check the compatibility list for the Windows version. For details, go to:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/windows-support
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