Dell E521 Owner's Manual - Page 114

Performance, Power Management, Bypass, Security, Not Set, Unlocked

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Performance HDD Acoustic Mode Bypass default • Bypass - Your computer does not test or change the current acoustics mode setting. • Quiet - The hard drive operates at its most quiet setting. • Suggested - The hard drive operates at the level suggested by the drive manufacturer. • Performance - The hard drive operates at its maximum speed. NOTE: Switching to performance mode will cause the drive heads to move faster, causing the hard drive to be noisier. However, some drives may not see an increase in data transfer rates. NOTE: Changing the acoustics setting does not alter your hard drive image. Security Unlock Setup When an administrator password is being used, allows the user access to modify system setup settings. Enter the administrator password at the prompt to unlock system setup. If the correct password is not entered here, the user can view but not modify system setup fields. Admin Password Displays the current status of your system setup program's password security (Not Set default) feature and allows you to verify and assign a new admin password. System Password Displays the current status of the system's password security feature and allows (Not Set default) a new system password to be assigned and verified. Password Changes (Unlocked default) Determines the interaction between the System password and the Admin password. Locked prevents a user without a valid Admin password from being able to modify the System password. Unlocked allows a user with a valid System password to modify the system password. Non-Execute Func Enables or disables Execute Disable memory protection technology. (On default) Power Management AC Recovery (Off default) Determines how the system responds when AC power is re-applied after a power loss. • Off - The system remains off when power is re-applied. You must press the front-panel power button before the system turns on. • On - The system turns on when power is re-applied. • Last - The system returns to the last power state the system was in just before it was turned off. 114 Appendix

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Appendix
Performance
HDD Acoustic Mode
Bypass
default
•
Bypass
— Your computer does not test or change the current acoustics mode
setting.
•
Quiet
— The hard drive operates at its most quiet setting.
•
Suggested
— The hard drive operates at the level suggested by the drive
manufacturer.
•
Performance
—
The hard drive operates at its maximum speed.
NOTE:
Switching to performance mode will cause the drive heads to move
faster, causing the hard drive to be noisier. However, some drives may not see an
increase in data transfer rates.
NOTE:
Changing the acoustics setting does not alter your hard drive image.
Security
Unlock Setup
When an administrator password is being used, allows the user access to
modify system setup settings. Enter the administrator password at the prompt
to unlock system setup. If the correct password is not entered here, the user
can view but not modify system setup fields.
Admin Password
(
Not Set
default)
Displays the current status of your system setup program’s password security
feature and allows you to verify and assign a new admin password.
System Password
(
Not Set
default)
Displays the current status of the system's password security feature and allows
a new system password to be assigned and verified.
Password Changes
(
Unlocked
default)
Determines the interaction between the
System
password and the
Admin
password.
Locked
prevents a user without a valid
Admin
password from being
able to modify the
System
password.
Unlocked
allows a user with a valid
System
password to modify the system password.
Non-Execute Func
(
On
default)
Enables or disables Execute Disable memory protection technology.
Power Management
AC Recovery
(
Off
default)
Determines how the system responds when AC power is re-applied after a
power loss.
•
Off
— The system remains off when power is re-applied. You must press the
front-panel power button before the system turns on.
•
On
— The system turns on when power is re-applied.
•
Last
— The system returns to the last power state the system was in just
before it was turned off.