Hardware Maintenance Manual - Lenovo M4400s

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Attention:Ifyouforgetthepassword,thereisnoserviceproceduretoresetthepassword.Thesystem
boardmustbereplacedforascheduledfee.
Power-onpassword:Apower-onpasswordprotectsthecomputerfrombeingturnedonbyan
unauthorizedperson.Ifapower-onpasswordhasbeenset,theusermustenterthepasswordbefore
startingtheoperatingsystem.
Supervisorpassword:AsupervisorpasswordprotectsthesysteminformationstoredintheBIOS
program.TheusermustenterthesupervisorpasswordtogetaccesstotheBIOSprogramandchange
systemcongurations.
Ifyouhavesetapassword,youwillbepromptedtoenterthepasswordwheneveryouturnonthecomputer.
Powermanagement
Therearethreepowermanagementmodestoreducepowerconsumption:screenblank,sleep,and
hibernation.
Screenblankmode
Inthefollowingcircumstances,thecomputerentersscreenblankmode:
Thetimesetonthe“T urnoffmonitortimerontheWindows7operatingsystemexpires.
Toendscreenblankmodeandresumenormaloperation,pressanykey.
Y ouhavepressedFn+F2.
Toendscreenblankmodeandresumenormaloperation,pressFn+F2.
Sleepmode
Whenthecomputerenterssleepmode,thefollowingeventsoccurinadditiontowhatoccursinscreen
blankmode:
TheLCDispoweredoff.
Theharddiskdriveispoweredoff.
Themicroprocessorstops.
Toentersleepmode,pressFn+F1.
Incertaincircumstances,thecomputerautomaticallyenterssleepmode:
A“suspendtime”hasbeensetonthetimer,andtheuserdoesnotdoanyoperationwiththekeyboard,
theharddiskdrive,theparallelconnector,orthediskettedrivewithinthattime.
Thebatterystatusindicatorblinksorange,indicatingthatthebatterypowerislow.
Tocausethecomputertoreturnfromsleepmodeandresumetheoperation,dooneofthefollowing:
PresstheFnkey.
OpentheLCDcover.
Pressthepowerbutton.
Also,whenthetimesetontheresumetimerelapses,thecomputerautomaticallyreturnsfromsleepmode
andresumesoperation.
Note:Thecomputerdoesnotacceptanyinputimmediatelyafteritenterssleepmode.Waitafewseconds
beforetakinganyactionstoreenteroperationmode.
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