Troubleshooting and Maintenance

Configuring the Computer

System Devices Menu

Setting

Description

Default

Video Display Device

Sets whether the built-in display automatically switches to an

Auto

 

external display, if one is detected.

 

External Pointing

Disables the internal pointing devices when an external

Auto

Device

pointing device is connected.

 

Legacy USB Support

Enables BIOS support for USB mouse, keyboard, and floppy

Enabled

 

disk drive during startup.

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

it is shut down.

 

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

is

 

 

Set User Password

Press ENTER to set, change, or clear the user password.

Enter

 

The password can have no more than 8 characters (0-9,

 

 

A-Z), and cannot include special or accented characters.

 

Set Administrator

Press ENTER to set, change, or clear the administrator

Enter

Password

password, which protects BIOS Setup settings. The

 

 

password can have no more than 8 characters (0-9, A-Z),

 

 

and cannot include special or accented characters.

 

 

 

 

Require Password on

Sets whether a user password is required when the

Disabled

Boot

computer boots. Requires the administrator password for

 

 

changes.

 

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

 

 

the only password set) on the hard disk drive.

 

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