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Performance
HyperThreading | If your computer’s processor supports |
| in the Options List. |
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Hard Drive | • Bypass (default) — Your computer does not test or change the current |
Acoustics | acoustics mode setting. |
| • Quiet — The hard drive operates at its most quiet setting. |
| • Suggested — The hard drive operates at the level suggested by the drive |
| manufacturer. |
| • Performance — The hard drive operates at its maximum speed. |
| NOTE: Switching to performance mode will cause the drive heads to move |
| faster, causing the hard drive to be noisier. However, some drives may not see |
| an increase in data transfer rates. |
| NOTE: Changing the acoustics setting does not alter your hard drive image. |
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Security | This section displays available system security options. |
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Admin Password | This option provides restricted access to the computer's system setup |
| program in the same way that access to the system can be restricted with |
| the System Password option. |
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System Password | Displays the current status of the system's password security feature and |
| allows a new system password to be assigned and verified. |
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Password Status | This option locks the system password field with the setup password. When |
| the field is locked, you can no longer disable password security by pressing |
| <Ctrl><Enter> when the computer starts. |
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Power Management |
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AC Recovery | Determines what happens when AC power is restored to the computer. |
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Auto Power On | Sets the computer to automatically turn on. Choices are every day or every |
| Monday through Friday. |
| The default setting is Off. |
| This feature does not work if you turn off your computer using a power strip |
| or surge protector. |
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Auto Power Time | Sets time to automatically turn on the computer. |
| Time is kept in the standard |
| startup time by pressing the right- or |
| the numbers, or type numbers in both the date and time fields. |
| This feature does not work if you turn off your computer using a power strip |
| or surge protector. |
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Low Power Mode | When Low Power Mode is selected, remote wakeup events no longer power |
| up from Hibernate or Off. |
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