(On default)
SpeedStep
(On default)
HDD Acoustic Mode
(Bypass default)
Security
Admin Password
(Not set default) System Password
(Not set default)
Password Changes
(Unlocked default)
Execute Disable
(On default)
processors. The performance of some applications improve with additional logical processors installed.
Allows the BIOS to modify the processor fan and speed based on processor temperature readings.
NOTE: Intel SpeedStep® is not supported by all processors; therefore, this option will appear only when a supported processor is installed.
Bypass — Your computer does not test or change the current 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.
Displays the current status of your System Setup program's password security feature and allows you to verify and assign a new admin password.
Displays the current status of the system's password security feature and allows a new system password to be assigned and verified.
Determines the interaction between the System password and the Admin password.
Locked — prevents a user without a valid Admin password from being able to modify the System password
Unlocked — allows a user without a valid Admin password to modify the system password
Enables or disables Execute Disable memory protection technology.
Power Management
AC Recovery
(Off default)
Auto
Power
On
(Off
Determines how the system responds when AC power is
Off — The system remains off when power is
Last — The system returns to the last power state the system was in just before it was turned off.
Sets the computer to automatically turn on.
Off — disables the Auto Power On feature
Everyday — turns the computer on every day at the time set in
Auto Power Time
Weekdays — turns the computer on every day from Monday through Friday at the time set in Auto Power Time
