
Troubleshooting and Maintenance
Configuring the Computer
System Devices Menu
Setting | Description | Default |
Video Display Device | Sets whether the | Auto |
| external display, if one is detected. |
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External Pointing | Disables the internal pointing devices when an external | Auto |
Device | pointing device is connected. |
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Legacy USB Support | Enables BIOS support for USB mouse, keyboard, and floppy | Enabled |
| disk drive during startup. |
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Wake On LAN from | Lets the computer be turned on via the LAN port. If this | Disabled |
Power Off | option is enabled, the computer uses increased power while |
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| it is shut down. |
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Security Menu
Setting | Description | Default |
User Password is | Shows if a user password is set. | Clear |
Administrator Password | Shows if an administrator password is set. | Clear |
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Set User Password | Press ENTER to set, change, or clear the user password. | Enter |
| The password can have no more than 8 characters |
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Set Administrator | Press ENTER to set, change, or clear the administrator | Enter |
Password | password, which protects BIOS Setup settings. The |
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| password can have no more than 8 characters |
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| and cannot include special or accented characters. |
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Require Password on | Sets whether a user password is required when the | Disabled |
Boot | computer boots. Requires the administrator password for |
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| changes. |
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Internal hard disk drive | Only if the Boot password option is enabled, encodes the | Disabled |
lock | current user password (or administrator password if that is |
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| the only password set) on the hard disk drive. |
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