Back An easy guide to BIOS

Enter the UEFI BIOS menu

Restart the computer. When the logo screen is displayed, press F1 to enter the UEFI BIOS menu.

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 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 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 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 BIOS menu.
  2. Select Restart ➙ Load Factory Defaults.
  3. Click Yes to reset the settings configuration to Setup Defaults.

You can also press F9 and click Factory Defaults to reset the settings configuration to Setup Defaults.

Update UEFI BIOS

When you install a new program, device driver, or hardware component, you might need to update UEFI BIOS.

Download and install the latest UEFI BIOS update package by one of the following methods:

Note: During the UEFI BIOS update process, Memory Reference Code (MRC) change might cause memory retraining. Memory retraining is a process to initialize the memory module and run diagnostic tests for the memory module in your computer. When memory retraining occurs, the screen might be blank. You might see the LED indicators on Esc, F1, and F4 blinking sequentially to indicate the progress. Do not press the power button to interrupt the process. Wait a few minutes until the logo screen is displayed.

To know more about UEFI BIOS, visit Knowledge Base of your computer at https://pcsupport.lenovo.com.