Enabling Or Disabling A Device; Selecting A Startup Device; Selecting A Temporary Startup Device - Lenovo ThinkCentre A70 7099 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Enabling or disabling a device

This section provides instructions on how to enable or disable user access to a
device.
SATA Controller
Serial Port1 Address
USB Setup
To enable or disable a device, do the following:
1. Start the Setup Utility program. See "Starting the Setup Utility program" on
2. From the Setup Utility program main menu, select Devices.
3. Depending on the device you want to enable or disable, do one of the
4. Select the desired settings and press Enter.
5. Press Esc to return to the Setup Utility program main menu. You might have to
6. Press F10 to save the new settings and exit the Setup Utility program.

Selecting a startup device

If your computer does not start up from a device (such as a hard disk drive or the
disc in an optical drive) as expected, do one of the following to select the desired
startup device.

Selecting a temporary startup device

This section provides instructions on how to select a temporary startup device. You
can use the instructions in this section to start up from any startup device.
Note: Not all discs and hard disk drives are bootable.
To select a temporary startup device, do the following:
1. Turn off your computer.
When this option is set to Disabled, all devices connected to the
SATA connectors (such as the hard disk drive and the optical
drive) are disabled and will not be displayed in the system
configuration.
Use this option to control the input and output of the serial port.
Use this option to set up USB connectors.
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following:
v Select ATA Drives Setup → SATA Controller to enable or disable the devices
connected to the SATA connectors on the system board.
v Select Serial Port Setup → Serial Port1 Address to enable or disable the serial
port.
v Select USB Setup and follow the instructions on the screen to enable or
disable the USB connector(s) of your choice.
press Esc several times.
Notes:
a. If you do not want to save the new settings, select Exit → Discard Changes
and Exit.
b. If you want to return to the default settings, press F9 or select Exit → Load
Optimal Defaults.
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