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This is most likely a UEFI issue, and the fact that I did a native install from a USB and didn’t keep the manufacturer OS when I got the laptop as I at the time had to install some beta components. Make sure you restart after installing.īoot Manager missing from boot order menu after ‘reset to defaults’- can’t boot from CD or USB. #W540 MISSING FINGERPRINT SOFTWARE WINDOWS 10 DRIVERS#I had done a full update and thought I was done, but some updates depend upon each other so do a new scan after installing drivers to double check that you got everything done.įor the BIOS update, have the PC plugged in and do not touch the computer Starting the computer, from powered off or from sleep took almost 10 seconds, turns out I was missing a BIOS update. Lenovo provides a utility that lets you scan your computer and install the drivers that you need- I was able to grab all the drivers that I needed using it. Where do I find a driver checker so I can download missing drivers for my Lenovo? After doing a driver search (see below) I installed the fingerprint device driver and the computer had no problem waking up from sleep. I hadn’t installed all the drivers for my laptop, as I decided on skipping the ones I didn’t need- such as the finger print stuff. I can see that it managed to wake up as the light on the power button is on and not flashing. Once in BIOS you can find the setting under the configuration tab.Īfter putting the laptop in sleep mode could can wake it up, but the screen remains black. However on the W540 you can change this in BIOS. ![]() On most Lenovo keyboards the Fn and Ctrl key are swapped- something that I find rather annoying. This is not a problem per se, but just something that you can modify to suit your taste/needs. Do notice that most the fixes are things that I should have thought about from the start- so this post is not a rant but a collection of my ‘ahhh- of course I should have X and Y’ I have the extended battery (the big butt as I call it), which means I never bring the charger with me to work as I can easily squeeze out up to 10-9 hours of hard core work with several VM’s, video rendering, and 100 tabs in Chrome. The Lenovo is a monster of a machine, heavy and a bit clunky- but very powerful- more than any other machine I’ve before that has been a laptop. You might find some more answers in the Lenovo forums- as well some more details about the things I discuss below. Here as some that that I experienced lately, all after doing a fresh install and many related me not properly installing drivers. As you probably know I have a Lenovo and as with all computers you collect some fixes to some reoccurring problems- some frequent some rare.
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