Revision : 01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Software Name ThinkVantage Active Protection System Support models ThinkPad R400 ThinkPad R500 ThinkPad T400, T400s(*3) ThinkPad T500 ThinkPad W500 ThinkPad W700(*2)(*3), W700ds(*3) ThinkPad X200, X200s, X200 Tablet(*3) ThinkPad X300, X301 ThinkPad L410 ThinkPad L510 ThinkPad SL300 ThinkPad SL400, SL400c, SL410 ThinkPad SL500, SL500c, SL510 ThinkPad R50, R50p, R51, R52 ThinkPad R60, R61, R61e, R61i ThinkPad T41, T41p, T42, T42p, T43, T43p ThinkPad T60, T60p, T61, T61p ThinkPad X40(*1), X41, X41 Tablet ThinkPad X60, X60s, X60 Tablet ThinkPad X61, X61s, X61 Tablet ThinkPad Z60m, Z60t, Z61e, Z61m, Z61p, Z61t ThinkPad Reserve Edition Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit (*3) Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Professional Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 Microsoft Windows 2000 Refer to marketing materials to find out what computer models support which Operating Systems. Version 1.70 *1,*2: Refer to the NOTES section. *3: - ThinkPad W700, W700ds support the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Professional edition only. - ThinkPad T400s multi-touch models and X200 Tablet do not support Windows 7 Home Basic edition. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT THIS PACKAGE DOES This package installs the software support for ThinkVantage Active Protection System. Refer to marketing materials to find out what computer models support Active Protection System. If this package has been installed, updating (overwrite-installing) this package will fix problems, add new functions, or expand functions as noted below. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGES IN THIS RELEASE Version 1.70 [Important updates] Nothing. [New functions or enhancements] - Support for Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit platform. [Problem fixes] Nothing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DETERMINING WHICH VERSION IS INSTALLED [Windows 7] 1. Start Windows 7. 2. For Windows 7 with Classic Start menu, click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel. Otherwise, click Start, then click Control Panel. 3. Double-click "Lenovo's Airbag Protection" icon. 4. Click About tab on ThinkVantage Active Protection System Properties. 5. Version information is shown in the Software Version: section. [Windows Vista/XP] 1. Start Windows Vista/XP. 2. For Windows XP/Vista with Classic Start menu, click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel. Otherwise, click Start, then click Control Panel. 3. Double-click the ThinkVantage Active Protection icon. 4. Click About tab on ThinkVantage Active Protection System Properties. 5. Version information is shown in the Software Version: section. [Windows 2000] 1. Start Windows 2000. 2. Click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel. 3. Double-click the ThinkVantage Active Protection icon. 4. Click About tab on ThinkVantage Active Protection System Properties. 5. Version information is shown in the Software Version: section. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES *1: Note for ThinkPad X40 The BIOS, version 1.13 (1UET62WW) or higher, and Embedded Controller Program, version 1.12 (1UHT58WW) or higher, are required to enable ThinkVantage Active Protection System. Update BIOS and Embedded Controller Program if necessary. For more detail, refer to release notes of BIOS and Embedded Controller Program. *2: Note for ThinkPad W700 - RAID mode configuration To enable ThinkVantage Active Protection System in RAID configuration, the following software is required: - BIOS Version 1.51 or higher - Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver Version 8.6.0.1007 or higher Update BIOS and Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver prior to install ThinkVantage Active Protection System if necessary. For more detail for each software identification and updating, refer to release notes of BIOS and Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Notes: - If your computer runs satisfactorily now, it may not be necessary to update the software. To determine if you should update the software, refer to the Version Information section. - If you have ThinkVantage Productivity Center installed on your system, update your Productivity Center to version 2.00 (or later) prior to install ThinkVantage Active Protection System. Manual Install This section assumes to use Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer. Downloading file 1. Click once on the underlined file name. Once this is done, some pop-up windows will appear. 2. Follow the instructions on the screen. 3. In the window to choose Run or Save, click the Save button. 4. Choose the folder you would like to download the file to and click the Save button. A different window will appear and the download will begin and complete. Once the download has completed, there may or may not be a message stating that the download completed successfully. Extracting file 5. Make sure to be logged on with administrative privileges. 6. Locate the folder where the file was downloaded. 7. Locate the file that was downloaded and double-click it. 8. Follow the instructions on the screen. 9. In the Select Destination Location window, click Next. If you would like to select a different folder, click Browse. 10. In the Ready to Install window, click Install. All the necessary files will be extracted to the folder selected in the step 9. Installing files 11. Make sure the checkbox next to "Install ..... now" is checked and click Finish. 12. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete installation and restart the computer. Finally delete the file saved in the step 4. Unattended Install This is for system administrators' use only. 1. Refer to the Manual Install section, and download and extract the file. 2. In the step 11 of the Installing files section, uncheck the checkbox next to "Install ..... now", and then click Finish to cancel installation. 3. At the command line, execute setup.exe with the following options. -s -v"/qn REBOOT=ReallySuppress" Example: [Path where the files were extracted]\setup -s -v"/qn REBOOT=ReallySuppress" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNINSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Manual Uninstall [Windows Vista, Windows 7] 1. Start Windows and logon with administrative privileges. 2. Click Start, click Control Panel then click Programs. 3. Under Programs and Features, click Uninstall a program. 4. Right-click ThinkVantage Active Protection System, and select Uninstall. 5. Click Continue. 6. Follow the instructions on the screen. [Windows XP, 2000] 1. Start Windows and logon with administrative privileges. 2. Click Start, select Settings, then click Control Panel. 3. Double-click Add/Remove Programs. 4. Select ThinkVantage Active Protection System. 5. Click Change/Remove. 6. Click OK. 7. Click Finish. 8. Restart the system. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VERSION INFORMATION The following versions have been released to date. Version Rev. Issue Date ------- ---- ------------ 1.70 01 2009/10/02 1.64 01 2009/09/11 1.63 02 2009/06/11 1.63 01 2009/04/13 1.62 01 2008/11/18 1.62 20th release 1.61 19th release 1.54 18th release 1.53 17th release 1.52 16th release 1.51 15th release 1.50 14th release Support for Windows Vista 32-bit 1.41 13th release 1.40 12th release 1.34 11th release 1.33b 10th release 1.32 9th release 1.31 8th release 1.30b 7th release 1.23 6th release 1.22 5th release 1.21 4th release 1.20b 3rd release 1.01b 2nd release 1.00b 1st release Note: Revision number (Rev.) is for administrative purpose of this README document and is not related to software version. There is no need to upgrade this software when the revision number changes. To check the version of software, refer to the Determining which version is installed section. Summary of Changes Where: < > Version number [Important] Important update (New) New function or enhancement (Fix) Correction to existing function <1.70> - (New) Support for Microsoft Windows 7 32-bit platform. <1.64> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad L410,L510,SL410,SL510. - (New) The installation program has been changed to Inno Setup. <1.63> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad T400s. <1.63> - (Fix) Fixed an issue where the system might cause system hang when the ReadyBoost feature was enabled on Windows Vista. - (Fix) Fixed an issue where the second hard drive might not be recognized after hot-detaching and hot-attaching operation with using Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver. <1.62> - (New) Support for ThinkPad W700ds (added). <1.62> - (New) Support RAID configured hard disk drive by Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver. <1.61> - (New) Support for ThinkPad SL300,SL400,SL500. - (New) Support for ThinkPad R400,R500,T400,T500,W500,X200 (added). - (New) Support for ThinkPad X301,W700 (added). - (New) Support for ThinkPad X200s,X200 Tablet (added). <1.54> - (New) Support for the new models with new microprocessors. - (New) Support for ThinkPad X300 (added). <1.53> - (New) Support for the new system (ThinkPad R61i) and the complient of ATA8-ACS Rev4b Hard Disk drive. <1.52> - (New) Support to modify the pen delay time in the APS Control Panel. - (Fix) Yellow bangs appear on the disk drive and USB memory devices in the Device Manager. <1.51> - (Fix) Late resume problem. <1.50> - (New) Support for Microsoft Windows Vista 32-bit platform. <1.41> - (Fix) Solve the problem that the system cannot enter into the hibernation state intermittently. - (New) Support for ThinkPad X60 Tablet (added). <1.40> - (New) Support for ThinkPad T60, T60p, X60, X60s. - (New) Support for ThinkPad Z61t, Z61m, Z61e, Z61p, R60 (added). - (New) Support AHCI mode of the hard disk controller. <1.34> - (New) Support for ThinkPad X41 Table. - (New) Add the feature that disables APS function while the user operates a PC with a pen device. <1.33b> - (New) Support for ThinkPad Z60m, Z60t. - (Fix) Solve the problem that the application error is happened at the system shutdown. <1.32> - (New) Support for ThinkPad X41 Tablet. <1.31> - (Fix) Solve the problem that the real-time status window of APS control panel was not correctly shown. - (New) Support for ThinkPad X41 (added). <1.30b> - (New) Support APS feature of 2nd HDD on Ultrabay Slim. - (New) Support for ThinkPad T43, T43p, R52 (added). <1.23> - (Fix) Solve the problem that the system cannot resume from a hibernation state after the system is undocked from ThinkPad Dock II/ThinkPad Mini Dock. <1.22> - (Fix) Solve the problem that the APS task-tray icon appeares even if the tray-icon option is set to disabled. <1.21> - (Fix) Solve the problem that the system is intermittently going to slow with using Battery MaxiMiser program. - (New) Support for ThinkPad R51. <1.20b> - (New) Support for ThinkPad X40 (added). - (New) Support the new feature for adjusting the shock detection sensitivity. - (New) Enhance the prediction algorithm for the critical shock detection. - (New) Support the new feature for manually stopping the activity of Active Protection System during a specified length of time. <1.01b> - (Fix) Improve "Auto-ignore feature". - (New) Support for ThinkPad R50p, T41p (added). <1.00b> - (New) Initial release. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TRADEMARKS * Lenovo, ThinkPad and ThinkVantage are registered trademarks of Lenovo. * Active Protection System is a trademark of Lenovo. * Microsoft, Windows and Windows Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. 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