Lenovo H520s User Manual

Chapter5.UsingtheSetupUtility
TheSetupUtilityprogramisusedtoviewandchangethecongurationsettingsofyourcomputer,regardless
ofwhichoperatingsystemyouareusing.However,theoperating-systemsettingsmightoverrideanysimilar
settingsintheSetupUtilityprogram.
StartingtheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilityprogram
TostarttheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Ifyourcomputerisalreadyonwhenyoustartthisprocedure,shutdowntheoperatingsystemand
turnoffthecomputer.
2.PressandholdtheF1keythenturnonthecomputer.WhentheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilityprogramis
displayed,releasetheF1key.
Note:IfaPower-OnPasswordoranAdministratorPasswordhasbeenset,theSetupUtilityprogrammenu
isnotdisplayeduntilyoutypeyourpassword.Formoreinformation,see“Usingpasswords.”
Viewingandchangingsettings
SystemcongurationoptionsarelistedintheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilityprogrammenu.Tovieworchange
settings,see“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.”
YoumustusethekeyboardwhenusingtheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilitymenu.Thekeysusedtoperform
varioustasksaredisplayedonthebottomofeachscreen.
Usingpasswords
YoucanusetheLenovoBIOSSetupUtilityprogramtosetpasswordstopreventunauthorizedpersons
fromgainingaccesstoyourcomputeranddata.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram.”Thefollowing
typesofpasswordsareavailable:
•AdministratorPassword
•Power-OnPassword
Youdonothavetosetanypasswordstouseyourcomputer.However,ifyoudecidetosetpasswords,read
thefollowingsections.
Passwordconsiderations
Apasswordcanbeanycombinationoflettersandnumbersupto16character(a-z,and0-9).Forsecurity
reasons,itisagoodideatouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.Wesuggestthat
passwordsshouldfollowtheserules:
•Strongpasswordscontain7-16characters,combinelettersandnumbers.
•Donotuseyournameoryourusername.
•Donotuseacommonwordoracommonname.
•Besignicantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspassword.
Attention:AdministratorandPower-Onpasswordsarenotcasesensitive
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Lenovo H520s Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel H61
Storage	Up to 2TB HDD
Audio	Integrated HD Audio
Power Supply	180W
RAM	Up to 8GB DDR3
Graphics	Integrated Intel HD Graphics or optional NVIDIA GeForce
Operating System	Windows 8
Optical Drive	DVD-RW or Blu-ray
Networking	10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
Ports	HDMI, VGA, Audio ports, Ethernet
Processor	Intel Core i3/i5/i7