Lenovo ThinkStation P310 - Exiting the Setup Utility Program; Updating and Recovering the BIOS; BIOS Levels; Updating the BIOS

2.Turnonorrestartthecomputer.BeforeWindowsstartsup,repeatedlypressandreleasetheF12key
untilStartupDeviceMenuisdisplayed.
Note:Forsomekeyboards,youmightneedtopressFn+F12todisplayStartupDeviceMenu.
3.SelectthedesiredstoragedeviceandpressEnter.Thecomputerthenstartsupfromthedeviceyou
select.
Ifyouwanttoselectapermanentstartupdevice,selectEnterSetuponStartupDeviceMenuandpress
EntertostarttheSetupUtilityprogram.Formoreinformationabouthowtoselectapermanentstartup
device,see“Changingthestartupdevicesequencepermanently”onpage64.
ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram
ToexittheSetupUtilityprogram,dooneofthefollowing:
•Ifyouwanttosavethenewsettings,presstheF10key.Then,selectYesinthewindowdisplayed
andpressEnter.
Note:Forsomekeyboards,youmightneedtopressFn+F10toexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethenewsettings,selectExit➙DiscardChangesandExitandpressEnter.
Then,selectYesinthewindowdisplayedandpressEnter.
UpdatingandrecoveringtheBIOS
TheBIOSisthefirstprogramthatthecomputerrunswhenyouturnonthecomputer.TheBIOSinitializesthe
hardwarecomponentsandloadstheoperatingsystemandotherprograms.
BIOSlevels
AnincorrectlevelofBIOScancausefalseerrorsandunnecessaryFRUreplacement.Usethefollowing
informationtodeterminethecurrentlevelofBIOSinstalledinthecomputer,thelatestBIOSavailableforthe
computer,andwheretoobtainthelatestlevelofBIOS.
•TodeterminethecurrentLevelofBIOS:
StarttheSetupUtilityandviewtheBIOSRevisionlevelontheMainpage.
•SourcesforobtainingthelatestlevelBIOSavailable
–LenovosupportWebsite:http://www.lenovo.com/support/
–LenovoCustomerSupportCenter
–Levels1and2Support
ToupdatetheBIOS,see“UpdatingandrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage65
.
Note:BIOSsettingsvarybyoperatingsystem.ChangetheBIOSsettingsbeforeinstallinganewoperating
system.See“ChangingtheBIOSsettingsbeforeinstallinganewoperatingsystem”onpage62
.
UpdatingtheBIOS
Whenyouinstallanewprogram,hardwaredevice,ordevicedriver,youmightbeinformedtoupdate
theBIOS.YoucanupdatetheBIOSfromyouroperatingsystemoraflashupdatedisc(supportedonly
onsomemodels).
ToupdatetheBIOS,dothefollowing:
1.Gotohttp://www.lenovo.com/drivers.
2.ToupdatetheBIOSfromyouroperatingsystem,downloadtheflashBIOSupdatedriveraccordingto
youroperatingsystemversion.ToupdatetheBIOSfromaflashupdatedisc,downloadtheISOimage
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