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LCD Brightness | This option (represented by a slider bar for On Battery and On AC) sets the panel brightness when the ambient light sensor is off. | |
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This field lets you set, change, or delete the administrator (admin) password (sometimes called the "setup" password). The admin password enables several security features when set including:
| • | Restricts changes to the settings in Setup. | |
| • | Restricts the boot devices listed in the <F12> Boot Menu to those enabled in the "Boot Sequence" field. | |
| • | Prohibits changes to the owner and asset tags. | |
Admin Password | • | Substitutes for the system password if the system prompts for a password during power on. | |
| Successful changes to this password take effect immediately. | ||
| If you delete the admin password, the system password is also deleted. Also, the admin password can be used to delete the HDD | ||
| password. For this reason, you cannot set an admin password if a system password or HDD is already set. The admin password must be | ||
| set first if used in conjunction with a system and/or HDD password. | ||
System | This field lets you set, change, or delete the system password (previously called the "Primary" password). | ||
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Internal HDD | This field lets you set, change, or delete the password on the system's internal hard disk drive (HDD). Successful changes take place | ||
immediately and require a system restart. The HDD password travels with the hard drive, so the HDD is protected even when installed in | |||
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| This option lets you bypass the system and internal HDD password prompts during a system restart or when resuming from a standby | ||
Password Bypass | state. Settings are Disabled and Reboot Bypass. | ||
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| The system will always prompt for the set system and internal HDD password when powered on from an off state (cold boot). | ||
Password | This option lets you determine whether changes to the System and HDD passwords are permitted when an Admin password is set. Use | ||
Change | the checkbox to allow or disallow changes. | ||
| This option lets you control whether the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) in the system is enabled and visible to the operating system. | ||
| When disabled (checkbox is empty), the BIOS will not turn on the TPM during POST. The TPM will be | ||
| operating system. When enabled (check box filled), the BIOS will turn the TPM on during POST so it can be used by the operating system. | ||
| Disabling this option does not change any settings you may have made to the TPM, nor does it delete or change any information or keys | ||
| you may have stored there. It simply turns off the TPM so that it cannot be used. When you | ||
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TPM Security | Once TPM is enabled (checkbox filled), the available settings are: Deactivate, Activate, and Clear. | ||
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| With the TPM in Deactivate mode it will not execute any commands that use the resources of the TPM, nor will it allow any access to | ||
| stored owner information. | ||
| The Clear setting allows the owner information stored in the TPM to be cleared. Use this to restore the TPM to its default state if you lose | ||
| or forget the owner authentication data. | ||
| This field lets you activate or disable the BIOS module interface of the optional Computrace software. The settings are Deactivate, | ||
Computrace® | Disable, and Activate. | ||
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| The Activate and Disable options will permanently activate or disable the feature and no further changes will be allowed. | ||
| This field enables or disables the Execute Disable mode of the processor. Use the checkbox to enable / disable this feature. | ||
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| This option lets you determine whether changes to the setup option are permitted when an administrator password is set. If disabled, | ||
the setup option is locked by the admin password. It cannot be modified unless setup is unlocked. Use the checkboxes to allow / deny | |||
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Password | These fields control the minimum and maximum number of characters allowed for Admin and System passwords. Changes to these fields | ||
Configuration | are not active until they are committed via the apply button or saving changes before exiting setup. | ||
Admin Setup | This option lets you prevent users from entering Setup when an Admin password is set. | ||
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Lockout | Default setting: Disabled | ||
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Multi Core | Use the checkbox to enable / disable multi core support for the CPU. | ||
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HDD Acoustic | This option allows you to optimize your HDD's performance and acoustic noise level based on your personal preferences. Settings are | ||
Mode | Bypass, Quiet, and Performance. | ||
Intel® | Use the checkbox to enable / disable mode for the CPU. | ||
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Wake on AC | Use the checkbox to enable / disable the computer to power up from the off or hibernation state when an AC adapter is inserted. | ||
| This field sets the number of days, if any, when you would like the system to turn on automatically. The settings are Disabled, Everyday, | ||
Auto On Time | or Weekdays. | ||
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| Default setting: Off | ||
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