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Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords

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Maintenance Service Tag BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive BIOS Auto-Recovery Start Data Wipe Allow BIOS Downgrade Displays the Service Tag of the computer. Enables the computer to recover from a bad BIOS image, as long as the Boot Block portion is intact and functioning. Default: ON. NOTE: BIOS recovery is designed to fix the main BIOS block and cannot work if the Boot Block is damaged. In addition, this feature cannot work in the event of EC corruption, ME corruption, or a hardware issue. The recovery image must exist on an unencrypted partition on the drive. Enables the computer to automatically recover the BIOS without user actions. This feature requires BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive to be set to Enabled. Default: OFF. CAUTION: This Secure Wipe Operation will delete information in a way that it cannot be reconstructed. If enabled, the BIOS will queue up a data wipe cycle for storage devices that are connected to the motherboard on the next reboot. Default: OFF. Controls flashing of the system firmware to previous revisions. Default: ON. Table 38. System setup options-System Logs menu System Logs Power Event Log Displays Power events. Default: Keep. BIOS Event Log Displays BIOS events. Default: Keep. Thermal Event Log Displays Thermal events. Default: Keep. Table 39. System setup options-SupportAssist menu SupportAssist Dell Auto operating system Recovery Threshold Controls the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System Resolution Console and for Dell operating system Recovery tool. Default: 2. SupportAssist operating system Recovery Enables or disables the boot flow for SupportAssist operating system Recovery tool in the even of certain system errors. Default: ON. Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords To clear the system or BIOS passwords, contact Dell technical support as described at www.dell.com/contactdell. NOTE: For information on how to reset Windows or application passwords, refer to the documentation accompanying Windows or your application. System setup 27

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Maintenance
Service Tag
Displays the Service Tag of the computer.
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive
Enables the computer to recover from a bad BIOS image, as long as the Boot Block
portion is intact and functioning.
Default: ON.
NOTE:
BIOS recovery is designed to fix the main BIOS block and cannot
work if the Boot Block is damaged. In addition, this feature cannot work
in the event of EC corruption, ME corruption, or a hardware issue. The
recovery image must exist on an unencrypted partition on the drive.
BIOS Auto-Recovery
Enables the computer to automatically recover the BIOS without user actions. This
feature requires BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive to be set to Enabled.
Default: OFF.
Start Data Wipe
CAUTION:
This Secure Wipe Operation will delete information in a way
that it cannot be reconstructed.
If enabled, the BIOS will queue up a data wipe cycle for storage devices that are
connected to the motherboard on the next reboot.
Default: OFF.
Allow BIOS Downgrade
Controls flashing of the system firmware to previous revisions.
Default: ON.
Table 38. System setup options—System Logs menu
System Logs
Power Event Log
Displays Power events.
Default: Keep.
BIOS Event Log
Displays BIOS events.
Default: Keep.
Thermal Event Log
Displays Thermal events.
Default: Keep.
Table 39. System setup options—SupportAssist menu
SupportAssist
Dell Auto operating system Recovery
Threshold
Controls the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System Resolution Console and
for Dell operating system Recovery tool.
Default: 2.
SupportAssist operating system Recovery
Enables or disables the boot flow for SupportAssist operating system Recovery tool
in the even of certain system errors.
Default: ON.
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords
To clear the system or BIOS passwords, contact Dell technical support as described at
www.dell.com/contactdell
.
NOTE:
For information on how to reset Windows or application passwords, refer to the documentation accompanying
Windows or your application.
System setup
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