Lenovo THINKPAD L520 - Power Management

ActiveProtectionSystem
TheActiveProtectionSystemprotectsyourharddiskdrivewhentheshocksensorinsideyourcomputer
detectsaconditionthatcoulddamagethedrive,suchassystemtilt,excessivevibration,orshock.Thehard
diskdriveislessvulnerabletodamagewhenitisnotoperating;sothesystemstopsitfromspinning,and
mayalsomovetheread/writeheadsofthedrivetoareasthatdonotcontaindata.Assoonastheshock
sensorsensesthattheenvironmentisstableagain(minimalchangeinsystemtilt,vibration,orshock),it
turnstheharddiskdriveon.
ToopenActiveProtectionSystem,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:See“AccessingapplicationsinWindows7”onpage16
.
•ForWindowsVistaandWindowsXP:Toconguretheprotectionsystem,clickStart➙AllPrograms
➙ThinkVantage➙ActiveProtectionSystem.
FingerprintSoftware
Ifyoursystemcomeswithangerprintreader,theFingerprintSoftwareprogramisinstalledandenables
youtoenrollyourngerprintandassociateitwithyourWindowspassword.Asaresult,thengerprint
authenticationcanreplaceyourpasswordandenablesimpleandsecureuseraccess.
Toopenthengerprintsoftware,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:See“AccessingapplicationsinWindows7”onpage16.
•ForWindowsVistaandWindowsXP:ClickStart➙AllPrograms➙ThinkVantage➙ThinkVantage
FingerprintSoftware.
LenovoSolutionCenter
Note:Dependingonthedatewhenyourcomputerwasmanufactured,yourcomputerispreinstalledwith
eithertheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramortheLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogramfordiagnostic
purposes.ForadditionalinformationabouttheLenovoThinkVantageToolboxprogram,see“Lenovo
ThinkVantageToolbox”onpage19.
TheLenovoSolutionCenterprogramenablesyoutotroubleshootandresolvecomputerproblems.It
combinesdiagnostictests,systeminformationcollection,securitystatus,andsupportinformation,along
withhintsandtipsformaximumsystemperformance.See“Diagnosingproblems”onpage157
fordetailed
information.
LenovoThinkVantageTools
TheLenovoThinkVantageToolsprogramprovidesyoueasyaccesstovarioustechnologies,suchas:
•LenovoSolutionCenterorLenovoThinkVantageToolbox(dependingonthedateofmanufacture)
•PowerManager
•RescueandRecovery
•SystemUpdate
ToaccesstheLenovoThinkVantageToolsprogram,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙LenovoThinkVantage
Tools.
Note:LenovoThinkVantageToolsisavailableonlyonmodelspreinstalledwiththeWindows7operating
system.IfyourWindows7modelisnotpreinstalledwiththeprogram,youcandownloaditfrom
http://www.lenovo.com/support.
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