Lenovo NetVista Hardware Maintenance Manual (HMM) for NetVista 2284 systems - Page 57

Advanced Setup, Administrator Password, Cache Control, ROM Shadowing

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and then press Enter. The message appears on the screen as below: "PASSWORD DISABLED!!!" Press any key to continue ........ 3. Return to Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. 4. Select Save and Exit Setup to save and exit Setup and reboot the system. Administrator Password IMPORTANT: When both Power-On password and Administrator password are setup with password, you must enter Power-On password to get in the Configuration/Setup Utility. All the setting in the BIOS will not be configurable. Otherwise, after typing in administator password and enter the Configuration/Setup Utility menu, you can change all the Setup settings. For the basic administrator password setting, follow the same rule with Power-On Password to set up, change, or delete a password. Advanced Setup IMPORTANT: Items on the following menus control advanced hardware features. If they are configured incorrectly, the system might malfunction. Cache Control CPU Internal Cache This parameter enables or disables the first-level or internal memory, that is, the memory integrated into the CPU. The default setting is Enabled. External Cache This parameter enables or disable the external cache is incorporated in the CPU module. ROM Shadowing Video BIOS Shadow The default is Enabled. Video BIOS Shadow means to copy video display card BIOS into the DRAM area. This enhances system performance because DRA access time is faster than ROM. General Information 23

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General Information
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and then press
Enter
.
The message appears on
the screen as below:
“PASSWORD DISABLED!!!“
Press any key to continue
........
3.
Return to Configuration/Setup Utility main menu.
4. Select
Save and Exit Setup
to save and exit
Setup and reboot the system.
Administrator Password
IMPORTANT:
When both Power-On password and
Administrator password are setup with
password, you must enter Power-On password
to get in the Configuration/Setup Utility.
All the
setting in the BIOS will not be configurable.
Otherwise, after typing in administator
password and enter the Configuration/Setup
Utility menu, you can change all the Setup
settings.
For the basic administrator password setting, follow
the same rule with Power-On Password to set up,
change, or delete a password.
Advanced Setup
IMPORTANT:
Items on the following menus control
advanced hardware features.
If they are
configured incorrectly, the system might
malfunction.
Cache Control
CPU Internal Cache
This parameter enables or disables the first-level or
internal memory, that is, the memory integrated into
the CPU.
The default setting is Enabled.
External Cache
This parameter enables or disable the external cache
is incorporated in the CPU module.
ROM Shadowing
Video BIOS Shadow
The default is Enabled. Video BIOS Shadow means
to copy video display card BIOS into the DRAM area.
This enhances system performance because DRA
access time is faster than ROM.