Dell Precision 400 Service Manual page 110

A-4 Dell WorkStation 400 Systems Service Manual
Table A-1. System Setup Categories (continued)
Category
Password Status
Boot Sequence
Setup Password
Auto Power On
Power Management
Sound
NIC
Mouse
Serial Port 1
Serial Port 2
Parallel Port
Function
Provides an extra measure of system security
by letting you set the system password to
Locked or Unlocked.
Determines whether system boots from dis-
kette (if present) or hard-disk drive.
Restricts access to System Setup program.
Allows you to turn your computer system on
automatically on certain days of the week at a
preset time.
With the Power Management category
enabled, DPMS monitors and most EIDE
drives automatically switch into low-power
mode during periods of system inactivity.
CAUTION: Before enabling this feature,
check the monitor documentation to make
sure the system has a DPMS-compliant
monitor. Otherwise, there is a risk of dam-
aging the monitor.
NOTE: Not all EIDE hard-disk drives support
this feature. Enabling this feature for drives
that do not support it may cause the EIDE
drive to become inoperable until the system is
restarted and the Power Management category
is disabled.
Enables (On [default]) or disables (Off) the
audio controller.
Enables (On) or disables (Off) the network
interface controller.
Enables or disables the built-in PS/2-
compatible mouse port.
Configures system's built-in serial ports. These
categories may be set to Auto (default) to
automatically configure a port, to a specific
designation (COM1 or COM3 for Serial Port 1;
COM2 or COM4 for Serial Port 2), or to Off.
Configures system's built-in parallel port. The
port's I/O address may be set to 278H, 3BCH,
or 378H. Otherwise, the port may be
disabled.