Enabling Or Disabling The System To Record Thermal Alert Logs; Enabling Or Disabling The Configuration Change Detection; Changing The Bios Settings Before Installing A New Operating System - Lenovo 30CF User Manual

• 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 25.
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 25.
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 25.
2. Select Security ➙ Configuration Change Detection and press Enter.
3. Select the desired setting and press Enter.
4. 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.
To bypass the error message and log in to the operating system, do one of the following:
• Press F2 or Fn+F2 (depending on the keyboard settings).
• Start and then exit the Setup Utility program. See "Starting the Setup Utility program" on page 25 and
"Exiting the Setup Utility program" on page 30.

Changing the 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, do the following:
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