Clearing Forgotten Passwords; Clearing Cmos Settings - Alienware Area-51 Service Manual

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5th Boot
Hard Disk Drive BBS Priorities
USB Storage Drive BBS Priorities
USB Hard Disk Drive BBS Priorities
Save & Exit
Save Changes and Reset
Discard Changes and Reset
Restore Defaults

Clearing Forgotten Passwords

WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow
the steps in "Before You
Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
NOTE: The computer must be disconnected from the electrical outlet to clear the CMOS setting.
1. Lay the chassis on the left side.
2. Remove the stability foot
3. Remove both the left and right side-panel. See
4. Locate the password reset jumper (PASSWORD1) on the system board. See
5. Remove the jumper plug from pins 2 and 3 and fix it on pins 1 and 2.
6. Wait for approximately five seconds to clear the password setting.
7. Remove the jumper plug from pins 1 and 2 and replace it on pins 2 and 3.
1. pin 1
3. pin 3
8. Replace the left side-panel. See
9. Replace the stability foot.

Clearing CMOS Settings

NOTE: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the
steps in Before Working Inside Your
Working Inside Your
regulatory_compliance.
1. Lay the system on the right side.
2. Remove the stability foot
Begin." For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance
"Removing the Side
"Replacing the Side
Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in
Computer. For more safety best practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at dell.com/
Allows you to enable or disable the 5th boot device.
Default: Network.
Sets the hard drive boot priority. The items displayed are
dynamically updated according to the hard drives
detected.
Sets the USB storage drive boot priority.
Sets the USB hard disk drive storage drive boot priority.
Allows you to exit system setup and save your changes.
Allows you to exit system setup and load previous values for
all system setup options.
Allows you to load default values for all system setup
options.
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"System Board
2. pin 2
4. jumper plug
Panels".
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