ThinkPad Edge E540 - How to Remove the Hard Disk Password; Power Management; Screen Blank Mode (for the Windows 7 Operating System Only); Sleep Mode

3.TypethesupervisorpasswordtoentertheThinkPadSetupprogram.
4.SelectSecurity.
5.SelectPassword.
6.SelectPower-OnPassword.
7.TypethecurrentsupervisorpasswordintheEnterCurrentPasswordeld.Then,leavetheEnter
NewPasswordeldblank,andpressEntertwice.
8.IntheChangeshavebeensavedwindow,pressEnter.
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.
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