ToupdatetheBIOS,see“UpdatingorrecoveringtheBIOS”onpage69.
Note:BIOSsettingsvarybyoperatingsystem.ChangetheBIOSsettingsbeforeinstallinganewoperating
system.See“ChangingtheBIOSsettingsbeforeinstallinganewoperatingsystem”onpage70.
Usingsystemprograms
Systemprogramsarethebasiclayerofsoftwarebuiltintoyourcomputer.Systemprogramsincludethe
POST,theBIOS,andtheSetupUtilityprogram.ThePOSTisasetoftestsandproceduresthatare
performedeachtimeyouturnonyourcomputer.TheBIOSisalayerofsoftwarethattranslatesinstructions
fromotherlayersofsoftwareintoelectricalsignalsthatthecomputerhardwarecanexecute.Youcanusethe
SetupUtilityprogramtovieworchangetheconfigurationsettingsofyourcomputer.See“UsingtheSetup
Utilityprogram”onpage65
fordetailedinformation.
Thesystemboardofyourcomputerhasamodulecalledelectricallyerasableprogrammableread-only
memory(EEPROM,alsoreferredtoasflashmemory).ItenablesyoutoupdatethePOST,theBIOS,and
theSetupUtilityprogrameasily.Toperformsuchanupdate,youcaneitherstartyourcomputerwitha
system-program-updatediscorrunaspecialupdateprogramfromyouroperatingsystem.
LenovomightmakechangesandenhancementstothePOSTandBIOS.Whenupdatesarereleased,they
areavailableasdownloadablefilesontheLenovoWebsiteathttp://www.lenovo.com.Instructionsforusing
thePOSTandBIOSupdatesareavailableinaTXTfilethatisincludedwiththeupdatefiles.Formost
models,youcandownloadanupdateprogramthatcanbeusedtocreateasystem-program-updatedisc
orberunfromtheoperatingsystem.
ChangingtheBIOSsettingsbeforeinstallinganewoperatingsystem
BIOSsettingsvarybyoperatingsystem.ChangetheBIOSsettingsbeforeinstallinganewoperatingsystem.
TochangetheBIOSsettings,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage65.
2.FromtheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu,selectExit➙OSOptimizedDefault.
3.Dependingontheoperatingsystemtobeinstalled,dooneofthefollowing:
•ToinstalltheWindows8.1(64-bit)operatingsystem,selectEnabled.
•ToinstallanoperatingsystemotherthanWindows8.1(64-bit),selectDisabled.
4.SelectYesinthewindowdisplayedandpressEntertoconfirmyourselection.
5.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.See“ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram”
onpage69.
UpdatingtheBIOSfromadisc
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoupdate(flash)theBIOSfromadiscontheWindows8.1(64-bit)
operatingsystemandonotheroperatingsystems.
Note:Youcandownloadaself-startingbootablediscimage(knownasanISOimage)withthesystem
programupdatestocreateasystem-program-updatedisc.Goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/support
Toupdate(flash)theBIOSfromadiscontheWindows8.1(64-bit)operatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage65.
2.FromtheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu,selectExit➙OSOptimizedDefault➙Disabled.
3.SelectYesinthewindowdisplayedandpressEntertoconfirmyourselection.
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