ThinkPad Edge E440 - BIOS Menus: Date;Time and Security

Table4.Configmenuitems(continued)
Menuitem
SubmenuitemSelectionComments
SerialATA(SATA)SATAControllerMode
Option
•Compatibility
•AHCI
SelectsSATAcontroller
operationmode.Ifyou
selectCompatibilitymode,
SATAcontrolleroperatesin
compatibilitymode.
CoreMulti-Processing
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisableadditional
executioncoreunitswithin
amicroprocessor
Note:Ifyouareusinga
computerwithasingle-core
processor,thisitemisnot
available.
CPU
IntelHyper-Threading
Technology
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisableadditional
logicalprocessorswithina
processorcore.
Note:Thissub-menuisnot
supportedinmodelswith
anAMDCPU.
DateandTimemenu
Tochangethedateortimeofyourcomputer,selecttheDate/TimetabfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.
Thendothefollowing:
1.UsethecursorkeystoselectSystemDateorSystemTime.
2.Typeadateortime.
Securitymenu
Tochangethesecuritysettingsofyourcomputer,selecttheSecuritytabfromtheThinkPadSetupmenu.
ThefollowingtableliststheSecuritymenuitems.Defaultvaluesareinboldface.
Attention:Thedefaultconfigurationsarealreadyoptimizedforyou.Improperchangeoftheconfigurations
mightcauseunexpectedresults.
Table5.Securitymenuitems
Menuitem
SubmenuitemSelectionComments
SupervisorPassword
•Disabled
•Enabled
Referto“Supervisor
password”onpage52.
LockUEFIBIOSSettings
•Disabled
•Enabled
Enableordisablethe
functionthatprotects
itemsinThinkPadSetup
frombeingchangedbya
userwhodoesnothave
thesupervisorpassword.
Bydefault,thisissetto
Disabled.Ifyousetthe
supervisorpasswordand
enablethisfunction,no
onebutyoucanchange
Password
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