Enabling Or Disabling The System Record Thermal Alert Logs; Enabling Or Disabling The Configuration Change Detection - Lenovo ThinkStation P310 Hardware Maintenance Manual

• 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 59.
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 setting and exit the Setup Utility program, press F10, select Yes in the window displayed,
and press Enter.
Note: For some keyboards, you might need to press Fn+F10 to exit the Setup Utility program.

Enabling or disabling the system record thermal alert logs

When the system is enabled to record thermal alert logs, 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,
1. Start the Setup Utility program. See "Starting the Setup Utility program" on page 59.
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 setting and exit the Setup Utility program, press F10, select Yes in the window displayed,
and press Enter.
Note: For some keyboards, you might need to press Fn+F10 to exit the Setup Utility program.

Enabling or disabling the configuration change detection

When the configuration change detection is 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 configuration change detection, do the following:
1. Start the Setup Utility program. See "Starting the Setup Utility program" on page 59.
2. Select Security ➙ Configuration Change Detection and press Enter.
3. Select the desired setting and press Enter.
4. To save setting and exit the Setup Utility program, press F10, select Yes in the window displayed,
and press Enter.
Note: For some keyboards, you might need to press Fn+F10 to exit the Setup Utility program.
To bypass the error message and log in to the operating system, do one of the following:
• Press the F2 key.
Note: For some keyboards, you might need to press Fn+F2 to bypass the error message.
• Start and then exit the Setup Utility program. See "Starting the Setup Utility program" on page 59 and
"Exiting the Setup Utility program" on page 65.
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