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How to remove the hard-disk password, Power management, Screen blank mode, Security, Password

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3. Turn on the computer and wait until the POST ends. After the POST ends, the password prompt does not appear. The POP has been removed. 4. Make sure that the battery pack is disabled in the UEFI BIOS. Refer to "1000 Disabling the battery pack in the UEFI BIOS" on page 58 for detailed instructions. 5. Reinstall the backup battery. (B) If an SVP has been set and is known by the service technician: 1. Turn on the computer. 2. When the ThinkPad logo comes up, immediately press F1 to enter the ThinkPad Setup program. When POP icon is appearing on the screen, enter the POP. 3. Select Security, using the cursor directional keys to move the menu. 4. Select Password. 5. Select Power-On Password. 6. Type the current SVP in the Enter Current Password field. then leave the Enter New Password field blank, and press Enter twice. 7. In the Changes have been saved window, press Enter. 8. Press F10; then, in the Setup Notice window, select Yes. How to remove the hard-disk password Attention: If User only mode is selected and the user HDP has been forgotten and cannot be made available to the service technician, neither Lenovo nor Lenovo authorized service technicians provide any services to reset the user HDPs or to recover data from the hard disk drive. The hard disk drive can be replaced for a scheduled fee. To remove a user HDP that has been forgotten, when the SVP and the master HDP are known, do the following: 1. Turn on the computer. 2. When the ThinkPad logo comes up, immediately press F1 to enter the ThinkPad Setup program. When POP icon is appearing on the screen, enter the POP. 3. Select Security, using the cursor directional keys to move the menu. 4. Select Password. 5. Select Hard-disk x password, where x is the letter of the hard disk drive. A pop-up window opens. 6. Select Master HDP. 7. Type the current master HDP in the Enter Current Password field. then leave the Enter New Password field blank, and press Enter twice. 8. Press F10. 9. Select Yes in the Setup Configuration window. Both user HDP and master HDP will have been removed. Power management To reduce power consumption, the computer has three power management modes: screen blank, sleep, and hibernation. Screen blank mode If the time set on the "Turn off monitor" timer in the operating system expires, the LCD backlight turns off. To put the computer into screen blank mode, do as follows: 1. Press Fn+F3. A panel for selecting a power plan appears. 40 Hardware Maintenance Manual

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3. Turn on the computer and wait until the POST ends. After the POST ends, the password prompt does
not appear. The POP has been removed.
4. Make sure that the battery pack is disabled in the UEFI BIOS. Refer to “1000 Disabling the battery pack
in the UEFI BIOS” on page 58 for detailed instructions.
5. Reinstall the backup battery.
(B) If an SVP has been set and is known by the service technician:
1. Turn on the computer.
2. When the ThinkPad logo comes up, immediately press F1 to enter the ThinkPad Setup program. When
POP icon is appearing on the screen, enter the POP.
3. Select
Security
, using the cursor directional keys to move the menu.
4. Select
Password
.
5. Select
Power-On Password
.
6. Type the current SVP in the
Enter Current Password
field. then leave the
Enter New Password
field
blank, and press Enter twice.
7. In the Changes have been saved window, press Enter.
8. Press F10; then, in the Setup Notice window, select
Yes
.
How to remove the hard-disk password
Attention:
If
User only
mode is selected and the user HDP has been forgotten and cannot be made
available to the service technician, neither Lenovo nor Lenovo authorized service technicians provide any
services to reset the user HDPs or to recover data from the hard disk drive. The hard disk drive can be
replaced for a scheduled fee.
To remove a user HDP that has been forgotten, when the SVP and the master HDP are known, do the
following:
1. Turn on the computer.
2. When the ThinkPad logo comes up, immediately press F1 to enter the ThinkPad Setup program. When
POP icon is appearing on the screen, enter the POP.
3. Select
Security
, using the cursor directional keys to move the menu.
4. Select
Password
.
5. Select
Hard-disk
x
password
, where
x
is the letter of the hard disk drive. A pop-up window opens.
6. Select
Master HDP
.
7. Type the current master HDP in the
Enter Current Password
field. then leave the
Enter New Password
field blank, and press Enter twice.
8. Press F10.
9. Select
Yes
in the Setup Configuration window. Both user HDP and master HDP will have been removed.
Power management
To reduce power consumption, the computer has three power management modes: screen blank, sleep,
and hibernation.
Screen blank mode
If the time set on the “Turn off monitor” timer in the operating system expires, the LCD backlight turns off.
To put the computer into screen blank mode, do as follows:
1. Press Fn+F3. A panel for selecting a power plan appears.
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Hardware Maintenance Manual