Change The Its Performance Mode; Change Bios Settings Before Installing A New Operating System - Lenovo ThinkCentre M80t Gen 3 User Manual

You can enable the ErP LPS compliance mode to reduce the consumption of electricity when the computer
is off or in sleep mode.
To enable or disable the ErP LPS compliance mode:
1. Restart the computer. When the logo screen is displayed, press F1 or Fn+F1.
2. Select Power ➙ Enhanced Power Saving Mode and press Enter.
3. Depending on whether you select Enabled or Disabled, do one of the following:
• If you select Enabled, press Enter. Then, select Power ➙ Automatic Power On and press Enter.
Check whether the Wake on LAN feature is disabled automatically. If no, disable it.
• If you select Disabled, press Enter. Then, go to the next step.
4. Press F10 or Fn+F10 to save the changes and exit.
When the ErP LPS compliance mode is enabled, you can wake up the computer by doing one of the
following:
• Press the power button.
• Enable the Wake Up on Alarm feature to make the computer wake up at a set time.

Change the ITS performance mode

You can adjust the acoustic and thermal performance of your computer by changing the ITS performance
mode. Three options are available:
• Balance mode: The computer works at the balance mode with balanced noise and better performance.
• Performance mode (default setting): The computer works at the best performance with normal acoustic
level.
Note: The term "best" only refers to the best effect among different settings of the product itself.
• Full Speed: All fans in the computer will run at full speed.
To change the ITS performance mode:
1. Restart the computer. When the logo screen is displayed, press F1 or Fn+F1.
2. Select Power ➙ Intelligent Cooling and press Enter.
3. Select Performance Mode and press Enter.
4. Set the performance mode as desired.
5. Press F10 or Fn+F10 to save the changes and exit.

Change BIOS settings before installing a new operating system

BIOS settings vary by operating system. Change the BIOS settings before installing a new operating system.
To change the BIOS settings:
1. Restart the computer. When the logo screen is displayed, press F1 or Fn+F1.
2. From the main interface, select Security ➙ Secure Boot and press Enter.
3. Depending on the operating system to be installed, do one of the following:
• To install the Windows 10 (64-bit) and most of Linux operating system, select Enabled for Secure
Boot.
• To install an operating system that does not support secure boot, select Disabled for Secure Boot.
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