Clearing Cmos Settings; Clearing Bios (System Setup) And System Passwords - Dell Inspiron 5585 Service Manual

Table 7. System setup options—Exit menu (continued)
Exit
Save Change Without Exit
Exit Discarding Changes
Load Optimal Defaults
Discard Changes

Clearing CMOS settings

CAUTION: Clearing CMOS settings will reset the BIOS settings on your computer.
1. Remove the base cover.
2. Disconnect the battery cable from the system board.
3. Remove the coin-cell
4. Wait for one minute.
5. Replace the coin-cell
6. Connect the battery cable to the system board.
7. Replace the base cover.

Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords

To clear the system or BIOS passwords, contact Dell technical support as described at www.dell.com/contactdell.
NOTE: For information on how to reset Windows or application passwords, refer to the documentation accompanying
Windows or your application.
battery.
battery.
Allows you to save your changes without exiting the BIOS
setup.
Allows you to exit the BIOS setup without saving the
changes.
Allows you to restore default values for all system setup
options.
Allows you to load previous values for all system setup
options.
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