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Related service information message is displayed at the lower-left of the screen, press the Access IBM button. 2. For models supporting the Passphrase function, press F1 while HDP icon is appearing on the screen; then enter the master HDP. For the other models, enter the master HDP. Note: To check whether the ThinkPad computer supports the Passphrase function, enter BIOS Setup Utility and go to Security -> Password. If using Passphrase item is displayed in the menu, this function is available on the ThinkPad computer. 3. Double-click Start setup utility. Enter SVP. 4. Select Security, using the cursor keys to move down the menu. 5. Select Password. 6. Select hard disk x password, where x is the letter of the hard disk drive. A pop-up window opens. 7. Select Master HDP. 8. Enter the master HDP; then leave the New Password field blank and press Enter twice. 9. Press F10. 10. 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, standby, and hibernation. Notes v Screen blank mode is called standby mode in Windows 95 and Windows NT. v Standby mode is called suspend mode in Windows 95 and Windows NT. Screen blank mode Screen blank mode has three variants, as follows: 1. If you press Fn+F3, or the time set on the "LCD off timer" in BIOS Setup Utility expires, v The LCD backlight turns off. v The hard disk drive motor stops. v The speaker is muted. 2. If you are using the ACPI operating system and you press Fn+F3, General descriptions 39