System And Setup Password - Dell XPS 13 7390 2-in-1 Service Manual

Maintenance
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive
BIOS Auto-Recovery
Start Data Wipe
Allow BIOS Downgrade
Table 15. System setup options—System Logs menu
System Logs
Power Event Log
BIOS Event Log
Thermal Event Log
Table 16. System setup options—SupportAssist menu
SupportAssist
Dell Auto operating system Recovery
Threshold
SupportAssist operating system Recovery

System and setup password

Table 17. System and setup password
Password type
System password
Setup password
You can create a system password and a setup password to secure your computer.
Enables the computer to recover from a bad BIOS image, as long as the Boot Block
portion is intact and functioning.
Default: ON.
NOTE: BIOS recovery is designed to fix the main BIOS block and cannot
work if the Boot Block is damaged. In addition, this feature cannot work
in the event of EC corruption, ME corruption, or a hardware issue. The
recovery image must exist on an unencrypted partition on the drive.
Enables the computer to automatically recover the BIOS without user actions. This
feature requires BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive to be set to Enabled.
Default: OFF.
CAUTION: This Secure Wipe Operation deletes information in a way that
it cannot be reconstructed.
If enabled, the BIOS will queue up a data wipe cycle for storage devices that are
connected to the motherboard on the next reboot.
Default: OFF.
Controls flashing of the system firmware to previous revisions.
Default: ON.
Displays Power events.
Default: Keep.
Displays BIOS events.
Default: Keep.
Displays Thermal events.
Default: Keep.
Controls the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System Resolution Console and
for Dell operating system Recovery tool.
Default: 2.
Enables or disables the boot flow for SupportAssist operating system Recovery tool
in the even of certain system errors.
Default: ON.
Description
Password that you must enter to log on to your system.
Password that you must enter to access and make changes to the
BIOS settings of your computer.
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