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COM2 or COM4 for Serial Port 2, or to Off., designation COM1 or COM3 for Serial Port 1

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Table A-1. System Setup Categories (continued) Category Function Password Status Provides an extra measure of system security by letting you set the system password to Locked or Unlocked. Boot Sequence Determines whether system boots from diskette (if present) or hard-disk drive. Setup Password Restricts access to System Setup program. Auto Power On Allows you to turn your computer system on automatically on certain days of the week at a preset time. Power Management With the Power Management category enabled, DPMS monitors and most EIDE drives automatically switch into low-power mode during periods of system inactivity. CAUTION: Before enabling this feature, check the monitor documentation to make sure the system has a DPMS-compliant monitor. Otherwise, there is a risk of damaging the monitor. NOTE: Not all EIDE hard-disk drives support this feature. Enabling this feature for drives that do not support it may cause the EIDE drive to become inoperable until the system is restarted and the Power Management category is disabled. Sound Enables (On [default]) or disables (Off) the audio controller. NIC Enables (On) or disables (Off) the network interface controller. Mouse Enables or disables the built-in PS/2compatible mouse port. Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2 Configures system's built-in serial ports. These categories may be set to Auto (default) to automatically configure a port, to a specific designation (COM1 or COM3 for Serial Port 1; COM2 or COM4 for Serial Port 2), or to Off. Parallel Port Configures system's built-in parallel port. The port's I/O address may be set to 278H, 3BCH, or 378H. Otherwise, the port may be disabled. A-4 Dell WorkStation 400 Systems Service Manual

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Dell WorkStation 400 Systems Service Manual
Password Status
Provides an extra measure of system security
by letting you set the system password to
Locked or Unlocked.
Boot Sequence
Determines whether system boots from dis-
kette (if present) or hard-disk drive.
Setup Password
Restricts access to System Setup program.
Auto Power On
Allows you to turn your computer system on
automatically on certain days of the week at a
preset time.
Power Management
With the Power Management category
enabled, DPMS monitors and most EIDE
drives automatically switch into low-power
mode during periods of system inactivity.
CAUTION: Before enabling this feature,
check the monitor documentation to make
sure the system has a DPMS-compliant
monitor. Otherwise, there is a risk of dam-
aging the monitor.
NOTE: Not all EIDE hard-disk drives support
this feature. Enabling this feature for drives
that do not support it may cause the EIDE
drive to become inoperable until the system is
restarted and the Power Management category
is disabled.
Sound
Enables (On [default]) or disables (Off) the
audio controller.
NIC
Enables (On) or disables (Off) the network
interface controller.
Mouse
Enables or disables the built-in PS/2-
compatible mouse port.
Serial Port 1
Serial Port 2
Configures system’s built-in serial ports. These
categories may be set to Auto (default) to
automatically configure a port, to a specific
designation (COM1 or COM3 for Serial Port 1;
COM2 or COM4 for Serial Port 2), or to Off.
Parallel Port
Configures system’s built-in parallel port. The
port’s I/O address may be set to 278H, 3BCH,
or 378H.
Otherwise, the port may be
disabled.
Table A-1.
System Setup Categories
(continued)
Category
Function