Boot Sequence; Setup Password; Auto Power On; Power Management - Dell OptiPlex GXi Reference And Installation Manual

category and cannot be disabled at system start-up by
pressing < ><
CTRL ENTER
To unlock the system password, you must enter the setup
password and then change the
gory to . In this state, the system password
UNLOCKED
can be disabled at system start-up by pressing
< >< > and then changed through the
CTRL ENTER
category.
PASSWORD

Boot Sequence

can be set to
BOOT SEQUENCE
default option) or
HARD DISK ONLY
The term boot refers to the system's start-up pro-
cedure. When turned on, the system "bootstraps"
itself into an operational state by loading into memory
a small program, which in turn loads the necessary
operating system.
BOOT SEQUENCE
where to look for the files that it needs to load.
Selecting
DISKETTE FIRST
booting from drive A first. If it finds a diskette that is
not bootable in the drive or finds a problem with the
drive itself, the system displays an error message. If it
does not find a diskette in the drive, the system then
tries to boot from the hard-disk drive (drive 0).
Selecting
HARD DISK ONLY
only from the hard-disk drive, even if there is a boot-
able diskette in drive A.

Setup Password

lets you restrict access to your com-
SETUP PASSWORD
puter's System Setup program in the same way that you
restrict access to your system with the system password
feature. The options are:
•
(the default option)
NOT ENABLED
•
ENABLED
•
DISABLED BY JUMPER
NOTE: Read "Using the Setup Password Feature" found
later in this chapter for instructions on assigning a setup
password and using or changing an existing setup pass-
word. See "Disabling a Forgotten Password" found later
in this chapter for instructions on disabling a forgotten
setup password.
>.
PASSWORD STATUS
SYSTEM
(the
DISKETTE FIRST
.
tells the system
causes the system to try
causes the system to boot

Auto Power On

AUTO POWER ON
the week to turn on the computer system automatically.
cate-
You can set
every day or every Monday through Friday.
NOTE: This feature will not work if you shut off your sys-
tem using a power strip or surge protector.
Time is kept in a 24-hour format (hours:minutes). To
change the start-up time, press the right-arrow key to
increase the number in the highlighted field or press the
left-arrow key to decrease the number. If you prefer, you
can type numbers in both of the appropriate fields.
The default for

Power Management

For certain types of monitors and most EIDE hard-disk
drives, you can reduce system power consumption by
enabling the power management feature. With
MANAGEMENT
cally switch into low-power mode during periods of system
inactivity.
POWER MANAGEMENT
levels—
MAXIMUM
ent levels apply to the monitor only; hard-disk drive
operation is the same for all three.) The default setting for
this category is

Saving Monitor Power

If you have a Video Electronics Standards Association
®
(VESA ) Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS)-
compliant monitor, enabling the
category reduces monitor power consumption during periods
of keyboard and mouse inactivity.
CAUTION: Check your monitor documentation to
make sure you have a DPMS-compliant monitor
before you enable this feature. Otherwise, you risk
damaging the monitor.
NOTE: The power management feature monitors activity of
a mouse connected to the Personal System/2 (PS/2)-
compatible mouse port.
allows you to set the time and days of
to turn on the system either
AUTO POWER ON
is
AUTO POWER ON DISABLED
enabled, these monitors and drives automati-
can be implemented at three
, , and
REGULAR MINIMUM.
.
DISABLED
POWER MANAGEMENT
Using the System Setup Program
.
POWER
(The differ-
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