NOTE: Successful password changes take effect immediately.

 

NOTE: Deleting the admin password automatically deletes the system password as well.

 

Allows you to set, change, or delete the system password. When set, your computer requests you to enter the system password every

System

time your computer turns on or restarts.

Password

 

 

NOTE: Successful password changes take effect immediately.

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

Password

another system.

 

 

Allows you to bypass the system and internal hard drive password prompts when your computer restarts or resumes from standby.

Password

You can set Password Bypass to: Disabled, Reboot Bypass, Resume Bypass, and Reboot & Resume Bypass.

Bypass

 

 

NOTE: You cannot bypass the system or hard drive password when you turn on your computer that has been shut down.

Password

Allows you to enable of disable changes to the System and hard drive passwords when the admin password is set.

Change

 

 

Allows you to enable or disable the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) on the computer.

 

NOTE: Disabling this option does not change any settings you may have made to the TPM, or delete any information or keys you may

 

have stored there.

TPM Security

When TPM is enabled, the following options are available:

 

Deactivate—Disables the TPM. The TPM restricts access to the stored owner information and does not execute any commands that use TPM resources.

Activate—Enables and activates the TPM.

Clear—Clears the owner information stored in the TPM.

 

Allows you to enable or disable the optional Computrace software. The options are Deactivate, Disable, and Activate.

Computrace®

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: The Activate and Disable options will permanently activate or disable the feature and no further changes will be allowed.

 

Allows you to enable or disable the Execute Disable mode of the processor.

CPU XD Support

 

 

 

 

 

Default setting: Enabled

 

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. Setup is unlocked when there is no admin password, or

Non-Admin Setup when the admin password has been entered. When enabled, the device setting can be modified even when other setup options are

Changes

locked by the admin password.

 

Default setting: Disabled

 

 

 

 

 

Performance

 

 

 

 

Option

 

 

 

Description

Multi Core Support

 

Enables or disables multi-core support for the processor.

HDD Acoustic Mode

 

Allows you to optimise the performance and acoustic noise level of the hard drive.

Intel® SpeedStep™

 

Enables or disables the Intel SpeedStep feature.

Intel® TurboBoost™

 

Enables or disables the Intel TurboBoost feature.

 

 

 

 

 

Power Management

 

 

 

 

 

Option

Description

Wake on AC

Allows you to enable or disable the computer from turning on automatically when an AC adapter is connected.

 

Allows you to set the time at which the computer must turn on automatically.

Auto On Time

You can set the of days, if any, when you would like the system to turn on automatically. The settings are Disabled, Everyday, or

Weekdays.

 

 

Default setting: Off

 

Allows you to enable or disable the ability of USB devices to wake the computer from Standby.

USB Wake

 

 

 

 

Support

This feature is only functional when the AC power adapter is connected. If the AC power adapter is removed during Standby, the BIOS will

 

remove power from all of the USB ports to conserve battery power.

 

Allows the computer to turn on by a special LAN signal or from Hibernate state when triggered by a special wireless LAN signal. Wake-up

 

from the Standby state is unaffected by this setting and must be enabled in the operating system.

Wake on LAN

 

Disabled — Do not allow the system to power on when it receives a wake-up signal from the LAN or wireless LAN.

 

 

LAN Only — Allow the system to be powered on by special LAN signals.

 

The factory default setting is Disabled.

ExpressCharge

Allows you to enable or disable the ExpressCharge feature.

NOTE: ExpressCharge may not be available for all batteries.

 

 

Allows you to enable or disable the battery charger. If disabled, the battery will not lose power when the system is connected to an AC

Charger

adapter but it will not charge either.

Behaviour

 

 

 

 

 

Default setting: Enabled

 

 

 

 

 

POST Behaviour

 

 

 

 

Option

 

Description

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