Operation Manual

Table7.Startupmenuitems(continued)
MenuitemValue
Comments
OptionKeysdisplay
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectDisabled,the“Tointerrupt
normalstartup,pressEnter.”messageis
notdisplayedduringthePOST.
BootDeviceListF12Option
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,theF12keyis
recognizedandtheBootMenuwindow
isdisplayed.
BootOrderLock
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,thebootpriority
orderislockedforyourfutureuse.
Restartmenu
IfyouneedtocloseThinkPadSetupandrestartthesystem,selectRestartfromtheThinkPadSetup
menu.Thefollowingsubmenuisdisplayed:
•ExitSavingChanges:Restartthesystemaftersavingthechanges.
•ExitDiscardingChanges:Restartthesystemwithoutsavingthechanges.
•LoadSetupDefaults:Loadthedefaultsettingthatwasineffectatthetimeofpurchase.
•DiscardChanges:Discardthechanges.
•SaveChanges:Savethechanges.
UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS
TheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BIOSisapartofthesystemprogramsthatmakeupthe
basiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourcomputer.TheUEFIBIOStranslatestheinstructionsfromother
softwarelayers.
YourcomputersystemboardhasamodulecalledEEPROM,alsoreferredtoasashmemory.Youcan
updatetheUEFIBIOSbystartingyourcomputerwithaashupdateopticaldiscorashupdateapplication
runningintheWindowsenvironment.
Insomeinstanceswhenyouaddsoftware,hardware,oradevicedriver,youmightbeinformedthatyou
needtoupdateyourUEFIBIOSinorderforthenewadditiontoworkproperly.
ToupdateyourUEFIBIOS,gotothefollowingWebsiteandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers
Usingsystemmanagement
Thissectionisintendedprimarilyfornetworkadministrators.
Yourcomputerisdesignedformanageability,sothatyoucanredirectmoreofyourresourcestobetter
meetyourbusinessobjectives.
Thismanageability,orsocalledasTotalCostofOwnership(TCO),enablesyoutoremotelyoperateclient
computersinthesamewayasyouoperateyourowncomputer,suchasturningonaclientcomputer,
formattingharddiskdrive,andinstallingsoftware.
Oncethecomputerisconguredandoperational,youcanmanageitbyuseofsoftwareandmanageability
featuresalreadyintegratedintotheclientsystemandthenetwork.
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