Switch The Security Chip; Customize Bios Defaults - Lenovo ThinkPad Z13 Gen 2 User Manual

• Set On-Premise event: This log shows the change history of on-premise boot settings. It includes the
value of on-premise settings and the change method.
• Capsule Update event: This log shows the occurrence of UEFI capsule firmware update. It includes the
cause and result of the event, and the updated firmware version.
• Log Cleared event: This log shows UEFI BIOS event logs are cleared. It includes the cause and result of
the event.
• Shutdown / Reboot event: This log shows the UEFI BIOS is successfully shut down or the system is
rebooted. It includes the cause and type of the event.

Switch the security chip

Your computer may come with 2 types of security chips (Discrete TPM 2.0 and Pluton TPM 2.0). The Pluton
TPM 2.0 security chip is only applicable on Windows 11. Before you switch to other operating systems, you
should also switch security chip from Pluton TPM 2.0 to Discrete TPM 2.0.
Note: when you switch the security chip, the content in the security chip will be cleared, such as BitLocker
encryption key.
1. If you are using the Windows BitLocker® Drive Encryption feature, ensure that you have disabled the
feature.
2. Select the security chip for your purpose.
a. Restart the computer. When the logo screen is displayed, press F1 to enter the UEFI BIOS menu.
b. Select Security ➙ Security Chip and press Enter. The Security Chip submenu opens.
c. Select security chip from the menu. Ensure that the security chip for Discrete TPM 2.0 is set to
Active.
d. Press F10 to save the settings and exit.

Customize BIOS Defaults

The feature provides a solution to backup your preferred BIOS Setup settings. It helps you to save the BIOS
Setup settings as customized BIOS default settings, load them to current BIOS settings when needed, and
reset the settings to Setup Defaults.
Save the customized settings configuration
1. Restart the computer. When the logo screen is displayed, press F1 to enter the UEFI BIOS menu.
2. Select Restart ➙ Save Custom Defaults.
3. Click Yes to save the settings configuration you customized.
Load the customized settings configuration
1. Restart the computer. When the logo screen is displayed, press F1 to enter the UEFI BIOS menu.
2. Select Restart ➙ Load Custom Defaults.
3. Click Yes to load the customized settings configuration you saved.
You can also press F9 and click Custom Defaults to load the customized settings configuration.
Note: Load Custom Defaults is unavailable if no customized BIOS default settings are saved.
Reset the settings configuration to Setup Defaults
1. Restart the computer. When the logo screen is displayed, press F1 to enter the UEFI BIOS menu.
2. Select Restart ➙ Load Factory Defaults.
3. Click Yes to reset the settings configuration to Setup Defaults.
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