Power Button Menu; 3.10 Hard Disk Drive Password Security Feature; Master Key And User Hard Drive Password Functions - Intel DQ87PG Specification

Intel Desktop Board DQ87PG Technical Product Specification
3.9.3

Power Button Menu

The Power Button Menu can be accessed during power on if the user presses the
power button and holds it down until three short beep sounds are emitted by the
board piezoelectric speaker. The BIOS will display the following prompt and wait for a
keystroke:
[ESC] Normal Boot
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[F2] Intel Visual BIOS
[F3] Disable Fast Boot
[F4] BIOS Recovery
[F7] Update BIOS
[F10] Enter Boot Menu
[F12] Network Boot
NOTE
[F3] Disable Fast Boot is only displayed if at least one Fast Boot optimization is
enabled.
If an unrecognized key is pressed, the BIOS will beep and wait for another keystroke.
If one of the listed hotkeys is pressed, the BIOS will follow the indicated boot path.
Password requirements must still be honored.
If Disable Fast Boot is selected, the BIOS will disable all Fast Boot optimizations and
reset the system.

3.10 Hard Disk Drive Password Security Feature

The Hard Disk Drive Password Security feature blocks read and write accesses to the
hard disk drive until the correct password is given. Hard Disk Drive Passwords are set
in BIOS SETUP and are prompted for during BIOS POST. For convenient support of S3
resume, the system BIOS will automatically unlock drives on resume from S3.
The User hard disk drive password, when installed, will be required upon each power-
cycle until the Master Key or User hard disk drive password is submitted.
The Master Key hard disk drive password, when installed, will not lock the drive. The
Master Key hard disk drive password exists as an unlock override in the event that the
User hard disk drive password is forgotten. Only the installation of the User hard disk
drive password will cause a hard disk to be locked upon a system power-cycle.
Table 41 shows the effects of setting the Hard Disk Drive Passwords.
Table 41. Master Key and User Hard Drive Password Functions
Password Set
Neither
Master only
User only
Master and User Set
76
Password During Boot
None
None
User only
Master or User