Revision : 05 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Software name ThinkVantage Active Protection System Support models ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad

ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad L410, L412, L420, L421 L510, L512, L520 R400 R500 SL300 SL400, SL400c, SL410 SL500, SL500c, SL510 T400, T400s, T410, T410i, T410s, T410si, T420, T420i T420s, T420si T500, T510, T510i, T520, T520i W500, W510, W520 W700(*1), W700ds(*1), W701, W701ds X100e, X120e X200, X200s, X200 Tablet X201, X201i, X200s, X201 Tablet X300, X301

ThinkPad Edge 11", 13", 14", 15" ThinkPad Edge E10, E30, E31, E40, E50 ThinkPad Edge E420s ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad R60, R61, R61e, R61i T60, T60p, T61, T61p X60, X60s, X61, X61s, X61 Tablet Z61m, Z61p, Z61t

Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit Refer to marketing materials to find out what computer models support which Operating Systems. Version 1.74

*1: Refer to the NOTES section. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------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 1.74

[Important updates] Nothing. [New functions or enhancements] - Added support for ThinkPad W520. - Added support for ThinkPad L421. - Added support for ThinkPad L420,L520,T420s,T420si,Edge E420s. - Added support for ThinkPad T420,T420i,T520,T520i. - Added support for ThinkPad X120e. - Enhanced and optimized the disk control function with AMD AHCI driver. [Problem fixes] Nothing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------DETERMINING WHICH VERSION IS INSTALLED [Windows 7] 1. Click Start, then click Control Panel. For the Classic Start menu, click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Lenovo's Airbag Protection icon. 3. Click the About tab on ThinkVantage Active Protection System Properties. 4. Version information is shown in the Software Version: section. [Windows Vista] 1. Click Start, then click Control Panel. For the Classic Start menu, click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the ThinkVantage Active Protection icon. 3. Click the About tab on ThinkVantage Active Protection System Properties. 4. Version information is shown in the Software Version: section. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------NOTES *1: Note for ThinkPad W700 and W700ds - 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 Save. 4. Choose the folder you would like to download the file to and click Save. 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 an administrator account. 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 7] 1. 2. 3. 4. Start Windows and logon with an administrator account. Click Start, then click Control Panel. Make sure "View by Category" is selected, and click Uninstall a program. Select ThinkVantage Active Protection System, and click Uninstall or Uninstall/Change. 5. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete uninstallation and restart the computer. [Windows Vista] 1. 2. 3. 4. Start Windows and logon with an administrator account. Click Start, then click Control Panel. Make sure "Control Panel Home" is selected, and click Uninstall a program. Select ThinkVantage Active Protection System, and click Uninstall or Uninstall/Change. 5. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete uninstallation and restart the computer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------VERSION INFORMATION The following versions have been released to date. Version ------1.74 1.74 1.74 1.74 1.74 1.73 1.72 1.71 1.71 1.71 1.71 1.71 1.70 1.64 1.63 1.63 1.62 1.62 1.61 1.54 1.53 1.52 1.51 1.50 Rev. ---05 04 03 02 01 01 01 05 04 03 02 01 01 01 02 01 01 Issue Date ----------2011/03/18 2011/03/10 2011/03/08 2011/01/25 2011/01/21 2010/12/15 2010/09/03 2010/04/06 2010/03/18 2010/02/12 2010/01/29 2009/12/18 2009/10/02 2009/09/11 2009/06/11 2009/04/13 2008/11/18 7th release 6th release 5th release 4th release 3rd release 2nd release 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: < > [Important] (New) (Fix) Package version number Important update New function or enhancement Correction to existing function

<1.74> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad W520. - (New) Added support for ThinkPad L421. <1.74> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad L420,L520,T420s,T420si,Edge E420s. <1.74> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad T420,T420i,T520,T520i. <1.74> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad X120e. <1.74> - (New) Enhanced and optimized the disk control function with AMD AHCI driver. <1.73> - (New) Enhanced to support for Lenovo Enhanced Experience 2.0. <1.72> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad Edge 11",E10. - (New) Added support for ThinkPad Edge 13"(Machine types: 0217,0221,0250),E31. - (Fix) Fixed an issue where Blue-screen caused intermittently during the new pen device driver installing. <1.71> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad L412,L512. <1.71> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad Edge 14",15",E40,E50. - (New) Added support for ThinkPad W701,W701ds. <1.71> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad X201,X201i,X201s,X201 Tablet. <1.71> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad T410i,T410s,T410si,T510i. <1.71> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad T410,T510,W510,X100e,Edge 13",Edge E30. <1.70> - (New) Support for Microsoft Windows 7 64-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) - (New) - (New) - (New) Support Support Support Support for for for for ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad SL300,SL400,SL400c,SL500,SL500c. R400,R500,T400,T500,W500,X200 (added). X301,W700 (added). 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) Initial release. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------LIMITATIONS Nothing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------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. Other company, product, and service names may be registered trademarks, trademarks or service marks of others.