Enabling Or Disabling A Device; Selecting A Startup Device; Selecting A Temporary Startup Device - Lenovo ThinkCentre M90z 0852 User Manual

Enabling or disabling a device

This section provides instructions on how to enable or disable user access to a
device.
USB Support
SATA Controller
To enable or disable a device, do the following:
1. Start the Setup Utility program. See "Starting the Setup Utility program" on
2. Depending on the device you want to enable or disable, do one of the
3. Select the desired settings and press Enter.
4. Press Esc to return to the Setup Utility program main menu. You might have to
5. 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:
Note: A password can be any combination of up to 64 (1 to 64) alphabetic and
numeric characters. For more information, see "Password considerations"
on page 68.
Use this option to enable or disable a USB connector. When a USB
connector is disabled, the device connected to the USB connector
cannot be used.
When this option is set to Disabled, the device connected to the
SATA connector (such as the hard disk drive or the optical drive) is
disabled and cannot be accessed.
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following:
v From the Setup Utility program main menu, select Devices → USB Setup and
follow the instructions on the screen to enable or disable the USB
connector(s) of your choice.
v From the Setup Utility program main menu, select Devices → ATA Drive
Setup → SATA Controller to enable or disable the device connected to the
corresponding SATA connector on the system board.
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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