Lenovo ThinkPad L430 - Restart Menu; Updating Your System UEFI BIOS; Using System Management

Table6.Startupmenuitems(continued)
Menuitem
SelectionComments
OptionKeysdisplay
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectDisabled,the“To
interruptnormalstartup,pressEnter”
messageisnotdisplayedduring
POST.
BootDeviceListF12Option
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,theF12key
isrecognizedandtheBootMenu
windowisdisplayed.
BootOrderLock
•Disabled
•Enabled
IfyouselectEnabled,theboot
priorityorderislockedforyourfuture
use.
Restartmenu
IfyouneedtoclosetheThinkPadSetupandrestartthesystem,selectRestartfromtheThinkPadSetup
menu.Thefollowingsubmenuitemsaredisplayed:
•ExitSavingChanges:Restartthesystemaftersavingthechanges.
•ExitDiscardingChanges:Restartthesystemwithoutsavingthechanges.
•LoadSetupDefaults:Loadthesetupdefaultsettings.
•DiscardChanges:Discardthechanges.
•SaveChanges:Savethechanges.
UpdatingyoursystemUEFIBIOS
TheUniedExtensibleFirmwareInterface(UEFI)BIOSisapartofthesystemprogramsthatmakeupthe
basiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourcomputer.TheUEFIBIOStranslatestheinstructionsfromother
softwarelayers.
YourcomputersystemboardhasamodulecalledEEPROM,alsoreferredtoasashmemory.Youcan
updatetheUEFIBIOSandtheThinkPadSetupprogrambystartingyourcomputerwithaashupdate
opticaldiscorashupdateapplicationrunningintheWindowsenvironment.
Insomeinstanceswhenyouaddsoftware,hardware,oradevicedriver,youmightbeinformedthatyou
needtoupdateyourUEFIBIOSinorderforthenewadditiontoworkproperly.
ToupdateyourUEFIBIOS,gotothefollowingWebsiteandfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen:
http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkPadDrivers
Usingsystemmanagement
Thissectionisintendedprimarilyfornetworkadministrators.
Yourcomputerisdesignedformanageability,sothatyoucanredirectmoreofyourresourcestobetter
meetyourbusinessobjectives.
Thismanageability,or“TotalCostofOwnership”(TCO),enablesyoutoremotelyoperateclientcomputers
inthesamewayasyouoperateyourowncomputer,suchasturningonaclientcomputer,formatting
harddiskdrive,andinstallingsoftware.
Oncethecomputerisconguredandoperational,youcanmanageitbyuseofsoftwareandmanageability
featuresalreadyintegratedintotheclientsystemandthenetwork.
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