Setup Utilities and Diagnostics Features

2.2 Computer Setup Utilities

Use Computer Setup Utilities (F10) to:

■Change factory default settings.

■Set the system date and time.

■Set, view, change, or verify the system configuration, including settings for processor, graphics, memory, audio, storage, communications, and input devices.

■Modify the boot order of bootable devices such as hard drives, diskette drives, optical drives, or USB flash media devices.

■Enable Quick Boot, which is faster than Full Boot but does not run all of the diagnostic tests run during a Full Boot. You can set the system to:

❏always Quick Boot (default);

❏periodically Full Boot (from every 1 to 30 days); or

❏always Full Boot.

■Select Post Messages Enabled or Disabled to change the display status of Power-On Self-Test (POST) messages. Post Messages Disabled suppresses most POST messages, such as memory count, product name, and other non-error text messages. If a POST error occurs, the error is displayed regardless of the mode selected. To manually switch to Post Messages Enabled during POST, press any key (except F1 through F12).

■Establish an Ownership Tag, the text of which is displayed each time the system is turned on or restarted.

■Enter the Asset Tag or property identification number assigned by the company to this computer.

■Enable the power-on password prompt during system restarts (warm boots) as well as during power-on.

■Establish a setup password that controls access to Computer Setup (F10) Utility and the settings described in this section.

■Secure integrated I/O functionality, including the serial, USB, or parallel ports, audio, or embedded NIC, so that they cannot be used until they are unsecured.

■Enable or disable removable media boot ability.

■Enable or disable legacy diskette write ability (when supported by hardware).

■Solve system configuration errors detected but not automatically fixed during the Power-On Self-Test (POST).

■Replicate the system setup by saving system configuration information on diskette and restoring it on one or more computers.

■Execute self-tests on a specified ATA hard drive (when supported by drive).

■Enable or disable DriveLock security (when supported by drive).

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