Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E531 Hardware Maintenance Manual

9.PressFn+F10tosavechangesandexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.
Howtoremovetheharddiskpassword
Attention:IfUseronlymodeisselectedandtheuserharddiskpasswordhasbeenforgottenandcannotbe
madeavailabletotheservicetechnician,neitherLenovonorLenovoauthorizedservicetechniciansprovide
anyservicestoresettheuserharddiskpassword,ortorecoverdatafromtheharddiskdrive.Thehard
diskdrivecanbereplacedforascheduledfee.Toputthesystembacktooperationalstatus,theonly
LenovoandLenovo-authorizedservicesolutionwouldbetoreplacetheharddiskdriveorsolid-statedrive
withascheduledfee.
Toremoveauserharddiskpasswordthathasbeenforgotten,whenthesupervisorpasswordandthemaster
harddiskpasswordareknown,dothefollowing:
1.Turnonthecomputer.
2.WhentheThinkPadlogoisdisplayed,immediatelypressF1toentertheThinkPadSetupprogram.
3.SelectSecurity.
4.SelectPassword.
5.SelectHard-diskxpasswordwherexistheletteroftheharddiskdrive.Apop-upwindowopens.
6.SelectMasterHDP,whereHDPstandsforharddiskpassword.
7.TypethecurrentmasterharddiskpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.Then,leavetheEnter
NewPasswordeldblank,andpressEntertwice.
8.PressFn+F10tosavechangesandexittheThinkPadSetupprogram.Theuserharddiskpasswordand
themasterharddiskpasswordhavebeenremoved.
Powermanagement
Toreducepowerconsumption,thecomputerhasthreepowermanagementmodes:screenblank,sleep,
andhibernation.
Screenblankmode(fortheWindows7operatingsystemonly)
Ifthetimesetonthe“Turnoffmonitor”timerintheoperatingsystemexpires,theLCDbacklightturnsoff.
Toputthecomputerintoscreenblankmode,dothefollowing:
1.Right-clickthebatterygaugeinthetaskbar.
2.SelectPoweroffdisplay(keepcurrentpowerplan).
Toendscreenblankmodeandresumenormaloperation,pressanykey.
Sleepmode
Whenthecomputerenterssleepmode,thefollowingeventsoccurinadditiontowhatoccursinscreen
blankmode:
•TheLCDispoweredoff.
•Theharddiskdriveorsolid-statedriveispoweredoff.
•Themicroprocessorstops.
Toentersleepmode,dooneofthefollowing:
•ForWindows7:ClickthearrowbesidetheShutdownicon,andthenselectSleep.Toreturnfrom
sleepmode,pressanykey.
•ForWindows8:Movethecursortothebottom-rightcornerofthescreentodisplaythecharms.Then
clickSettings➙Power➙Sleep.
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Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E531 Specifications

General

Webcam	720p HD
Storage	Up to 1TB HDD or up to 256GB SSD
Display	15.6-inch HD (1366x768) or HD+ (1600x900)
Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 4000
Operating System	Windows 7 Professional
Battery	6-cell battery, up to 7 hours
Ports	USB 3.0, USB 2.0, HDMI, VGA, Ethernet
Wireless	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0
Optical Drive	DVD-RW
Card Reader	4-in-1 (SD, MMC, SDHC, SDXC)
Dimensions	376 mm x 250 mm x 25.4 mm