Revision : 01 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Software name ThinkVantage Active Protection System Support models Lenovo(R) B430 Lenovo(R) V480/480c, V580/580c, V480s,

V490u ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad 5 ThinkPad Edge E520, E525, E530, E530c, E531, E535, E545 ThinkPad Edge S430 ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad , ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad T420s, T420si, T430, T430i, T430s, T430si, T430u, T431s T500, T510, T510i, T520, T520i, T530, T530i W500, W510, W520, W530 W700(*2), W700ds, W701, W701ds X1, X1 Hybrid X100e, X120e, X121e, X130e, X131e X200, X200s, X200 Tablet, X201, X201i, X201s, X201 Tablet, X220, X220i, X220 Tablet, X220i Tablet, X230, X230i, X230 Tablet, X230i Tablet, X230s X300, X301 R50, R50p, R51, R52 R60, R61, R61e, R61i T41, T41p, T42, T42p, T43, T43p T60, T60p, T61, T61p X40(*1), X41, X41 Tablet X60, X60s, X60 Tablet, X61, X61s, X61 Tablet Z60m, Z60t, Z61e, Z61m, Z61p, Z61t Reserve Edition L330 L410, L412, L420, L421, L430 L510, L512, L520, L530 R400 R500 S3-S431 S5-S531 S230u S430, S431 S531 SL300 SL400, SL400c, SL410 SL500, SL500c, SL510 T400, T400s, T410, T410i, T410s, T410si, T420, T420i Edge Edge Edge Edge Edge Edge 11", 13", 14", 15" E10, E30, E31, E40, E50 E120, E125, E130, E135 E220s E320, E325, E330, E335 E420, E420s, E425, E430, E430c, E431, E435, E44

Zhaoyang K29, K49 Zhaoyang K4350 Operating Systems Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft Windows Windows Windows Windows 8 32-bit 7 32-bit Vista 32-bit XP Home Edition, Professional

Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 Refer to marketing materials to find out what computer models support which Operating Systems. Version 1.77.0.26

*1,*2: 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 1.77.0.26 [Important updates] Nothing. [New functions or enhancements] Nothing. [Problem fixes] - Fixed an issue that Active Protection System function might not work on the RAID system with the some version of the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------DETERMINING WHICH VERSION IS INSTALLED [Windows 8/7] 1. (Windows 8)Windows key + X ,and click Control Panel. (Windows 7)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/XP] 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 X40 To enable the ThinkVantage Active Protection System(TM) program, ensure that your computer meets the following system requirements: - BIOS version 1.13 (1UET62WW) or later - Embedded Controller version 1.12 (1UHT58WW) or later If the version requirements are not met, update the BIOS and Embedded Controller before you install ThinkVantage Active Protection System. For details, refer to the release notes of the BIOS and Embedded Controller. *2: Note for ThinkPad W700 To enable the ThinkVantage Active Protection System program in redundant array of independent disks (RAID) mode, ensure that your computer meets the following system requirements: - BIOS version 1.51 or later - Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver version 8.6.0.1007 or later If the version requirements are not met, update the BIOS and Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver before you install ThinkVantage Active Protection System. For details, refer to the release notes of the BIOS and Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver. *3: Note for Microsoft Windows 2000 If you are using the Windows 2000 operating system, install Active Protection System 1.77.0.5 instead. *4: Note for Zhaoyang K29, K49 If you are using the Zhaoyang K29, K49, install Active Protection System 1.77.0.5 instead. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------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 8/7] 1. Start Windows and logon with an administrator account. 2. Windows key + X(Windows 8) ,Click Start(Windows 7), then click Control Panel. 3. Make sure "View by Category" is selected, and click Uninstall a program. 4. 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. Start Windows and logon with an administrator account. 2. Click Start, then click Control Panel. 3. Make sure "Control Panel Home" is selected, and click Uninstall a program.

4. 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 XP] 1. 2. 3. 4. Start Windows and logon with an administrator account. Click Start, then click Control Panel. Select Add or Remove Programs. Select ThinkVantage Active Protection System, and click Remove or Change/Remove. 5. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete uninstallation and restart the computer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------VERSION INFORMATION The following versions have been released to date. Package --------1.77.0.26 1.77.0.20 1.77.0.11 1.77.0.11 1.77.0.11 1.77.0.9 1.77.0.9 1.77.0.8 1.77.0.7 1.77.0.5 1.77.0.5 1.76 1.76 1.76 1.76 1.76 1.76 1.76 1.75 1.75 1.74 1.74 1.74 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 Rev. ---01 01 02 01 02 01 01 01 02 01 Issue Date --------------2013/07/02 2013/06/25 2013/05/10 for factory use 2013/03/19 2013/03/15 2012/10/10 2012/09/24 2012/09/24 2012/08/10 2012/07/10 for factory use for factory use for factory use for factory use 2012/05/25 2012/04/27 2012/04/06 2011/12/01 2011/07/15 2011/06/10 2011/04/28 2011/04/08 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

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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

<1.77.0.26> - (Fix) Fixed an issue that Active Protection System function might not work on the RAID system with the some version of the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Driver <1.77.0.20> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad Edge E430c,E530c. <1.77.0.11> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad S3-S431,S5-S531,S431,S531. - (New) Added support for Thinkpad Edge E445,E545 <1.77.0.11> - (New) Added support for Thinkpad Edge E431,E531. <1.77.0.11> - (Fix) Fixed an issue that the Active Protection System tile might not be displayed from All apps in Windows 8 Operating System.

<1.77.0.9> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad X230s, T431s. - (New) Added support for Zhaoyang K4350. <1.77.0.9> - (New) Added support for Zhaoyang K29, Zhaoyang K49. <1.77.0.8> - (New) Added support for Microsoft Windows 8 32-bit. - (New) Added support for ThinkPad S230u. - (New) Added support for Lenovo 480c,580c,B430. - (New) Removed support for Zhaoyang K29, Zhaoyang K49. - (Fix) Fixed the issue that a User Account Control confirmation panel with message of "unknown publisher" is displayed during program uninstallation. <1.77.0.7> - (New) Added support for Lenovo V490u. <1.77.0.5> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad S430,T430u. <1.77.0.5> - (Fix) Fixed the issue that a message suggesting that the process has stopped working is displayed intermittently during installation or removal. <1.76> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad Edge E335. - (New) Added support for ThinkPad L330. <1.76> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad Edge E135. <1.76> - (New) Added support for Lenovo V480s. <1.76> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad Edge E130. <1.76> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad X131e, Edge S430. - (New) Added support for ThinkPad Edge E330. <1.76> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad L430,L530,T430,T430i,T430s,T430si,T530,T530i, W530,X230,X230i,X230 Table,X230i Tablet. <1.76> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad Edge E430,E435,E530,E535. - (New) Added support for Lenovo V480,V580,B480,B580. <1.75> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad X130e. <1.75> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad Edge E425,E525. <1.74> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad X121e,Edge E120,E125,E320,E325.

<1.74> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad X1. <1.74> - (New) Added support for ThinkPad X220,X220i,X220 Tablet,X220i Tablet. - (New) Added support for ThinkPad Edge E220s,E420,E520. <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 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) - (New) - (New) - (New) Support Support Support Support for for for for ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad ThinkPad SL300,SL400,SL500. 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) 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) - (New) - (New) - (New) Support for ThinkPad X40 (added). Support the new feature for adjusting the shock detection sensitivity. Enhance the prediction algorithm for the critical shock detection. 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------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.