If you install the hard drive in another NEC PowerMate system with security enabled, you must enter the master password to access the hard drive. If the hard drive is installed in another NEC PowerMate 2000 system with security disabled, the system prompts you to enter the master password and then a new user password.
Moving the Hard Drive
When a password protected hard drive is moved from its original system and installed in another system, error messages appear indicating that the drive is locked. Next, the Security Setup screen appears requiring the user to enter the master password to unlock the drive. Enter the master password, when prompted.
To take advantage of HDD password protection in another system, the system must be equipped with the same HDD password protection feature. To determine if the system has HDD password protection, check the Security Menu in the BIOS Setup to see if there are provisions for establishing HDD passwords.
FLASH Utility
The system BIOS resides on a flash read only memory (ROM) chip in your system. The FLASH ROM can be updated using the following procedure. Before starting the BIOS update, we recommends that you first contact NECC for assistance (see Chapter 6 for contact information).
Update the FLASH ROM with a BIOS FLASH diskette. The diskette contains the latest version of the BIOS code. You can get the diskette from NECC or download the BIOS from the NECC website. See Chapter 6 for download and website information.
Update the BIOS from the BIOS FLASH diskette as follows.
1.Write down the BIOS Setup parameters currently set on your system.
2.Turn off the system.
3.Put the FLASH diskette in drive A, and turn on the system.
4.When the flash upgrade menu appears, choose Update Flash Memory Area from a file.
