The following ThinkPad are supported

• Edge 13, Edge E30
• L410, L510
• R50, R50p, R51, R52, R60, R61, R61e, R61i
• R400, R500
• Reserve Edition
• SL300, SL400, SL400c, SL410, SL500, SL500c, SL510
• T41, T41p, T42, T42p, T43, T43p
• T60, T60p, T61, T61p
• T400, T400s(*3), T410, T500, T510
• W500, W510, W700 (*2)(*3), W700ds(*3)
• X40 (*1), X41, X41 Tablet
• X60, X60s, X60 Tablet, X61, X61s, X61 Tablet
• X100e, X200, X200s, X200 Tablet(*3), X300, X301
• Z60m, Z60t
• Z61e, Z61m, Z61p, Z61t

• 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

Note:

• *1,*2: Refer to the Notes section.
• *3: - ThinkPad W700, W700ds support the 64-bit version of Windows 7 Professional edition only.
  
• *3: - ThinkPad T400s multi-touch models and X200 Tablet do not support Windows 7 Home Basic edition.

	Summary of changes
	Notes
	Installation instructions
	Uninstallation instructions
	Determining which version is installed

Where:

• [Important] Important update
• (New) New function or enhancement
• (Fix) Correction to existing function

Version 1.71

• - (New) Added support for ThinkPad T410,T510, W510, X100e, Edge 13", Edge E30.

Click here for a complete list of changes fixed by this driver update.

Notes:

• *1: Note for ThinkPad X40 systems require the following BIOS and Embedded Controller versions to enable ThinkVantage Active Protection System:
  • BIOS version 1.13 (1UET62WW) or higher
  • Embedded Controller Program version 1.12 (1UHT58WW) or higher.
    
  • Update BIOS and Embedded Controller Program if necessary.
  • For more detail, refer to release notes of BIOS and Embedded Controller Program.
    
• (*2) For ThinkPad W700 - RAID mode configuration
  • To enable ThinkVantage Active Protection System in RAID configuration, The following software are 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.

   

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.

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 directory 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 files]

5. Make sure to be logged on with administrative privileges.
6. Locate the directory 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. The file will begin to extract all the necessary files to the folder specified in the step 9.

[Installing files]

11. Make sure the checkbox next to "Install ..... now" is selected 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.

Note: This is for system administrators' use only.

1. Refer to the "Manual Install" section, and download and extract the files.
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"

[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.

[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 the 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 Vista / XP 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.
   

1. Start Windows 2000.
2. Click Start, select Settings, and click Control Panel.
3. Double-click ThinkVantage Active Protection icon.
4. Click About tab on "ThinkVantage Active Protection System Properties".
5. Version information is shown in the Software Version: section.