Dell OptiPlex Gxi - Manual (Page 37)

Using the System Setup Program 2-7
system password and using or changing an existing sys-
tem password. See “Disabling a Forgotten Password”
found later in this chapter for instructions on disabling a
forgotten system password.
Password Status
When SETUP PASSWORD is set to ENABLED , PASSWORD
STATUS allows you to prevent the system password from
being changed or disabled at system start-up.
To lock the system password, you must first assign a
setup password and then change the
PASSWORD STATUS
category to LOCKED . In this state, the system password
cannot be changed through the SYSTEM PASSWORD cate-
gory and cannot be disabled at system start-up by
pressing <
CTRL >< ENTER >.
To unlock the system password, you must enter the setup
password and then change the
PASSWORD STATUS cate-
gory to UNLOCKED . In this state, the system password
can be disabled at system start-up by pressing
<
CTRL >< ENTER > and then changed through the SYSTEM
PASSWORD category.
Boot Sequence
BOOT SEQUENCE can be set to DISKETTE FIRST (the
default option) or HARD DISK ONLY .
The term boot refers to the system’s start-up pro-
cedure. When turned on, the system “bootstraps”
itself into an operational state by loading into memory
a small program, which in turn loads the necessary
operating system.
BOOT SEQUENCE tells the system
where to look for the files that it needs to load.
Selecting DISKETTE FIRST causes the system to try
booting from drive A first. If it finds a diskette that is
not bootable in the drive or finds a problem with the
drive itself, the system displays an error message. If it
does not find a diskette in the drive, the system then
tries to boot from the hard-disk drive (drive 0).
Selecting HARD DISK ONLY causes the system to boot
only from the hard-disk drive, even if there is a boot-
able diskette in drive A.
Setup Password
SETUP PASSWORD lets you restrict access to your com-
puter’s System Setup program in the same way that you
restrict access to your system with the system password
feature. The options are:
•
NOT ENABLED (the default option)
•
ENABLED
•
DISABLED BY JUMPER
NOTE: Read “Using the Setup Password Feature” found
later in this chapter for instructions on assigning a setup
password and using or changing an existing setup pass-
word. See “Disabling a Forgotten Password” found later
in this chapter for instructions on disabling a forgotten
setup password.
Auto Power On
AUTO POWER ON allows you to set the time and days of
the week to turn on the computer system automatically.
You can set
AUTO POWER ON to turn on the system either
every day or every Monday through Friday.
NOTE: This feature will not work if you shut off your sys-
tem using a power strip or surge protector.
Time is kept in a 24-hour format (hours:minutes). To
change the start-up time, press the right-arrow key to
increase the number in the highlighted field or press the
left-arrow key to decrease the number. If you prefer, you
can type numbers in both of the appropriate fields.
The default for AUTO POWER ON is DISABLED .
Power Management
For certain types of monitors and most EIDE hard-disk
drives, you can reduce system power consumption by
enabling the power management feature. With
POWER
MANAGEMENT enabled, these monitors and drives auto-
matically switch into low-power mode during periods of
system inactivity.
POWER MANAGEMENT can be implemented at three
levels— MAXIMUM , REGULAR , and MINIMUM. (The differ-
ent levels apply to the monitor only; hard-disk drive
operation is the same for all three.) The default setting for
this category is
DISABLED .