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    A question about Active Protection System

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by barcarole, Apr 12, 2008.

  1. barcarole

    barcarole Notebook Enthusiast

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    On my lenovos, all Windows Vista were installed in fresh, and no ThinkVantage software installed.

    Lenovo X and T series are capable of Active Protection System which detects the movement of the laptop, and parks hard disk headers to minimize the shock.

    I'm wondering that even if I didn't install no ThinkVantage, does active protection system still work? Do I have to install specific driver or software for that?

    In my opinion, this mechanism should be implemented in hardware leve, since desktop operating systems cannot guarantee realtime-ness. So, it should work without any software support. Am I right?
     
    barcarole, Apr 12, 2008
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  2. vi3tscorpian

    vi3tscorpian Notebook Evangelist

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    you're not right! in order for that function to work, you need to install Thinkvantage Active Protection System program.
     
    vi3tscorpian, Apr 12, 2008
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