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CHAPTER 4: USING YOUR NOTEBOOK
Security Menu
Supervisor Password is Displays if the supervisor password is clear or set.
User Password is Displays if the user password is clear or set.
Set Supervisor Password Allows you to set the supervisor password. e
supervisor password controls access to the system
setup utility.
Set User Password Allows you to set the user password. e user
password controls access to the system at boot.
Password on boot Allows you to enable or disable password entry on
boot.
Service Tag Displays your system’s Service Tag. If the Service
Tag was not already set, you would be able to use
this eld to set it. is option allows you to set
your system’s Service Tag.
e Service Tag is a unique, 7-digit, alpha-numeric
system identier assigned to your computer. e
Service Tag allows support to identify the type of
system you have in order to provide you with the
best possible support.
You will not be able to set an Admin or Primary
password until you set the Service Tag. e
Service Tag can be found on a bar-coded label
on the bottom of your system. is label also
includes the Express Service Code.
e rst character of the tag can be a number or
any letter from A-Z. e remaining characters can
be a number or any letter from A-Z except for the
vowels (A, E, I, O, and U).
Asset Tag Displays the asset tag.
Graphics Settings Sub-Menu
Hybrid Graphics Allows you to enable or disable the Hybrid Graphics
feature.
Hybrid Graphics is only supported in Windows
Vista and needs to be disabled in other operating
systems or for AMD discrete graphics cards.
Integrated GPU Allows you to switch between Integrated and
Discrete GPU.
Hybrid Graphics and Integrated Graphics Behaviors
Operating
System Hybrid Graphics
Setting
Integrated
Graphics
Setting Graphics Enabled
Vista On Grayed out NVIDIA® discrete Gfx single/SLI
(dGPU) and NVIDIA® GeForce®
9400M G (iGPU)
Vista O O AMD™ discrete Gfx single/
Crossre or NVIDIA® discrete
Gfx single/SLI (dGPU)
Vista O On NVIDIA® GeForce® 9400M G
(iGPU)
XP O O AMD™ discrete Gfx single/
Crossre or NVIDIA® discrete
Gfx single/SLI (dGPU)
XP O On NVIDIA® GeForce® 9400M G
(iGPU)
NOTE: e computer will have to be rebooted to switch from iGPU to dGPU or
vice versa. e need for a reboot applies to all the cases listed in the table where
Hybrid Graphics is o.