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UpdatingtheUEFIBIOS
TheUEFIBIOSisthefirstprogramthatthecomputerrunswhenthecomputeristurnedon.TheUEFIBIOS
initializesthehardwarecomponents,andloadstheoperatingsystemandotherprograms.
Whenyouinstallanewprogram,devicedriver,orhardwarecomponent,youmightbeinformedtoupdate
theUEFIBIOS.YoucanupdatetheUEFIBIOSbystartingyourcomputerfromaflashupdatediscoraflash
updateprogramrunningintheWindowsenvironment.
Therequirementsforflashupdateareasfollows:
•ThecomputermustbestartedoverLAN.
•ThecomputermustbeengagedinthePrebooteXecutionEnvironment(PXE).
•Anetwork-managementprogrammustbeinstalledonthecomputerofthenetworkadministrator.
ForinstructionsonhowtoupdatetheUEFIBIOS,gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
BIOSmenu
ThistopicintroducesthefollowingBIOSmenusofyourcomputer:
•Mainmenu
•Configmenu
•Date/Timemenu
•Securitymenu
•Startupmenu
•Restartmenu
Note:Dependingonthemodelandoperatingsystem,themenuitemsandthedefaultvaluemightchange
withoutnotice.
Mainmenu
WhenyouentertheThinkPadSetupprogram,youfirstseetheMainmenuasfollows:
Note:TheBIOSmenuitemsmightchangewithoutnotice.Dependingonthemodel,thedefaultvalue
mightvary.
•UEFIBIOSVersion
•UEFIBIOSDate
•EmbeddedControllerVersion
•MEFirmwareVersion(availableonsomemodels)
•TXEFirmwareVersion(availableonsomemodels)
•MachineTypeModel
•System-unitserialnumber
•Systemboardserialnumber
•AssetTag
•CPUType
•CPUSpeed
•InstalledMemory
•UUID
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