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Allow Non-Admin Password Changes, Enable CPU XD Support - access bios

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Option Internal HDD-0 Password Strong Password Password Configuration Password Bypass Password Change Non-Admin Setup Changes TPM Security Computrace CPU XD Support OROM Keyboard Access Description Allows you to set, change or delete the administrator password. Default Setting: Not set Allows you to enforce the option to always set strong passwords. Default Setting: Enable Strong Password is not selected. You can define the length of your password. Min = 4 , Max = 32 Allows you to enable or disable the permission to bypass the System and the Internal HDD password, when they are set. The options are: • Disabled (Default Setting) • Reboot bypass Allows you to enable or disable permissions to set a System password and a Hard Drive password when the admin password is set. Default Setting: Allow Non-Admin Password Changes is not selected Allows you to determine whether changes to setup option are permitted when an administrator password is set. This option is disabled by default. • Allows Wireless Switch Changes This option lets you control whether the Trsuted Platform Module (TPM) in the system is enabled and visible to the operating system. When disabled the BIOS will not turn On the TPM During POST. The TPM will be non-functional and invisible to the operating system. When enabled, the BIOS will turn On the TPM during POST so that it can be used by the operating system. This option is disabled by default. NOTE: Disabling this option does not change any settings you may have made to the TPM, nor does it delete or change any information or keys you may have stored there. It simply turns Off the TPM so that it cannot be used. When you re-enable this option, the TPM will function exactly as it did before it was disabled. NOTE: Changes to this option take effect immediately. • TPM Security Allows you to activate or disable the optional Computrace software The options are: • Deactivate (Default Setting) • Disable • Activate NOTE: The Activate and Disable options will permanently activate or disable the feature and no further changes will be allowed Allows you to enable the Execute Disable mode of the processor. Default Setting: Enable CPU XD Support Allows you to set access to enter the Option ROM Configuration screens using hotkeys during boot process. The options are: • Enable (Default Setting) 62

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Option
Description
Internal HDD-0 Password
Allows you to set, change or delete the administrator password.
Default Setting:
Not set
Strong Password
Allows you to enforce the option to always set strong passwords.
Default Setting:
Enable Strong Password
is not selected.
Password Configuration
You can define the length of your password. Min = 4 , Max = 32
Password Bypass
Allows you to enable or disable the permission to bypass the System and the
Internal HDD password, when they are set. The options are:
•
Disabled
(Default Setting)
•
Reboot bypass
Password Change
Allows you to enable or disable permissions to set a System password and a Hard
Drive password when the admin password is set.
Default Setting:
Allow Non-Admin Password Changes
is not selected
Non-Admin Setup Changes
Allows you to determine whether changes to setup option are permitted when an
administrator password is set. This option is disabled by default.
•
Allows Wireless Switch Changes
TPM Security
This option lets you control whether the Trsuted Platform Module (TPM) in the
system is enabled and visible to the operating system. When disabled the BIOS
will not turn On the TPM During POST. The TPM will be non-functional and
invisible to the operating system. When enabled, the BIOS will turn On the TPM
during POST so that it can be used by the operating system. This option is
disabled by default.
NOTE:
Disabling this option does not change any settings you may have made
to the TPM, nor does it delete or change any information or keys you may
have stored there. It simply turns Off the TPM so that it cannot be used.
When you re-enable this option, the TPM will function exactly as it did before
it was disabled.
NOTE:
Changes to this option take effect immediately.
•
TPM Security
Computrace
Allows you to activate or disable the optional Computrace software The options
are:
•
Deactivate
(Default Setting)
•
Disable
•
Activate
NOTE:
The Activate and Disable options will permanently activate or disable
the feature and no further changes will be allowed
CPU XD Support
Allows you to enable the Execute Disable mode of the processor.
Default Setting:
Enable CPU XD Support
OROM Keyboard Access
Allows you to set access to enter the Option ROM Configuration screens using
hotkeys during boot process. The options are:
•
Enable
(Default Setting)
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