Switching Between Better Acoustic And Better Thermal Performance; Enabling Or Disabling The System To Record Thermal Alert Logs; Enabling Or Disabling The Configuration Change Detection - Lenovo 30C5 Hardware Maintenance Manual

the SATA 4 connector on the system board. To verify the cable connection, see "Preparing your computer"
on page 96 and "Parts on the system board" on page 38 for more information.
To enable or disable the eSATA mode, do the following:
1. Start the Setup Utility program. See "Starting the Setup Utility program" on page 65.
2. Select Devices ➙ ATA Drive Setup and press Enter.
3. Select SATA Drive 4 Hot-Plug Support and press Enter.
4. Select Enabled or Disabled as desired and press Enter.
5. To save settings and exit the Setup Utility program, press F10 or Fn+F10 (depending on the keyboard
settings). Then, select Yes in the window displayed and press Enter.

Switching between better acoustic and better thermal performance

You can adjust the acoustic and thermal performance of your computer through the ICE Performance
Mode menu. Two choices are available:
• Better Acoustic Performance (default setting): This computer works with less noise at a normal thermal
level.
• Better Thermal Performance: The computer works at a better thermal level with normal acoustic
performance.
To switch between better acoustic performance and better thermal performance, do the following:
1. Start the Setup Utility program. See "Starting the Setup Utility program" on page 65.
2. Select Power ➙ Intelligent Cooling Engine (ICE) and press Enter.
3. Select ICE Performance Mode and press Enter.
4. Select Better Acoustic Performance or Better Thermal Performance as desired and press Enter.
5. To save settings and exit the Setup Utility program, press F10 or Fn+F10 (depending on the keyboard
settings). Then, select Yes in the window displayed, and press Enter.

Enabling or disabling the system to record thermal alert logs

When the ICE thermal alert feature is enabled, if a critical thermal situation occurs, an alert log is written into
the Windows system log. The alert log can help you identify thermal problems, such as malfunctioning fans,
abnormally high temperature, or poor cooling performances.
To enable or disable the system to record thermal alert logs, do the following:
1. Start the Setup Utility program. See "Starting the Setup Utility program" on page 65.
2. Select Power ➙ Intelligent Cooling Engine (ICE) and press Enter.
3. Select ICE Thermal Alert and press Enter.
4. Select the desired setting and press Enter.
5. To save settings and exit the Setup Utility program, press F10 or Fn+F10 (depending on the keyboard
settings). Then, select Yes in the window displayed, and press Enter.

Enabling or disabling the configuration change detection

With the configuration-change detection enabled, if the POST detects configuration changes of some
hardware devices (such as storage drives or memory modules), an error message is displayed.
To enable or disable the configuration change detection, do the following:
1. Start the Setup Utility program. See "Starting the Setup Utility program" on page 65.
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