7.TypethecurrentsupervisorpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordfield.ThenleavetheEnter
NewPasswordfieldblank,andpressEntertwice.
8.IntheChangeshavebeensavedwindow,pressEnter.
9.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.Thepower-onpasswordhas
beenremoved.
Howtoremovetheharddiskpassword
Attention:IfUseronlymodeisselectedandtheuserharddiskpasswordhasbeenforgottenandcannotbe
madeavailabletotheservicetechnician,neitherLenovonorLenovoauthorizedservicetechniciansprovide
anyservicestoresettheuserharddiskpasswordsortorecoverdatafromtheM.2solid-statedrive.TheM.2
solid-statedrivecanbereplacedforascheduledfee.
Toremoveauserharddiskpasswordthathasbeenforgotten,whenthesupervisorpasswordandmaster
harddiskpasswordareknown,dothefollowing:
1.Turnonthecomputer.
2.WhentheThinkPadlogocomesup,immediatelypressF1toentertheThinkPadSetupprogram.When
thepower-onpasswordiconisdisplayedonthescreen,entereitherthepower-onpasswordorthe
supervisorpassword.
3.Whentheuserharddiskpasswordiconisdisplayedonthescreen,pressF1.Themasterharddisk
passwordiconisdisplayed.
4.EnterthemasterharddiskpasswordtoentertheThinkPadSetupprogram.
5.SelectSecurity.
6.SelectPassword.
7.SelectHard-diskxpassword,wherexistheletteroftheM.2solid-statedrive.Apop-upwindowopens.
8.SelectMasterharddiskpassword.
9.TypethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordfield.ThenleavetheEnter
NewPasswordfieldblank,andpressEntertwice.
10.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.Theuserharddiskpasswordandthe
masterharddiskpasswordhavebeenremoved.
Powermanagement
Toreducepowerconsumption,thecomputerhasthreepowermanagementmodes:screenblank,sleep,
andhibernation.
Sleepmode
Whenthecomputerenterssleepmode,thefollowingeventsoccurinadditiontowhatoccursinscreen
blankmode:
•TheLCDispoweredoff.
•Thesolid-statedriveispoweredoff.
•Themicroprocessorstops.
Toentersleepmode,dooneofthefollowing:
•PressFn+4.
•OpentheStartmenu,click
Power,andthenclickSleep.
Incertaincircumstances,thecomputergoesintosleepmodeautomatically:
•Afteraperiodofinactivityspecifiedinpowerplansettings
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