To set a Power-On Password, do the following:

1.Start the Lenovo BIOS Setup Utility program (See ”Starting the Lenovo BIOS Setup Utility program” on page 13.)

2.From the Security menu, select Set Power-On Password and press the Enter key.

3.The password dialog box will be displayed. Type the password, and press the Enter key.

4.Re-type the password to confirm, if you type the password correctly, the password will be installed.

To change a Power-On Password, do the following:

1.Start the Lenovo BIOS Setup Utility program (See ”Starting the Lenovo BIOS Setup Utility program” on page 13.)

2.From the Security menu, select Set Power-On Password and press the Enter key.

3.The password dialog box will be displayed. Type the current password then press the Enter key.

4.Type the new password, then press the Enter key. Re-type the password to confirm the new password, if you type the new password correctly, the new password will be installed. A setup notice will display that changes have been saved.

To delete a previously set Power-On Password, do the following :

1.From the Security menu, select Set Power-On Password and press the Enter key.

2.The password dialog box will be displayed. Type the current password and press the Enter key.

3.To delete the Power-On Password, Enter blank fields for each new password line item. A setup notice will display that changes have been saved.

4.Return to the Lenovo BIOS Setup Utility program menu and select the Exit option.

5.Select Save changes and Exit from the menu.

Enabling or disabling a device

The Devices options is used to enable or disable user access to the following devices:

USB Functions

Select whether to enable or disable USB (Universal Serial

 

Bus) functions. If the functions are disabled, no USB

 

devices can be used.

 

 

ATA Drive Setup

Select IDE or ACHI mode. Device driver support is

 

required for ACHI mode. Depending on how the hard disk

 

image was installed, changing this setting may prevent

 

the system from booting.

 

 

Onboard Audio Controller

Select whether to enable or disable the Onboard Audio

 

Controller, when feature is set to Disabled all devices

 

connected to the audio connectors (e.g. a headphone or

 

a microphone) are disabled and can’t be used.

 

 

Onboard Ethernet Controller or Boot Agent

Select whether to enable or disable Onboard Ethernet

 

Controller, or select whether to enable or disable load

 

onboard PXE (Preboot Execution Environment), or

 

SMC (Secure Managed Client). This feature will allow

 

the computer to boot from a server image.

 

 

To enable or disable a device, do the following:

1.Start the Setup Utility program (see “Starting the Setup Utility program” on page 13).

2.From the Setup Utility program menu, select Devices.

3.Select:

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Lenovo K410, K430 manual Enabling or disabling a device, Select Save changes and Exit from the menu