Clearing Cmos Settings; Clearing Bios (System Setup) And System Passwords - Dell 14-3481 Service Manual

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Table 13. System setup options—SupportAssist System Resolution menu
SupportAssist System Resolution
Auto OS Recovery Threshold
SupportAssist OS Recovery

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
battery.
4
Wait for one minute.
5
Replace the
coin-cell
battery.
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.
112
System setup
Control the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System Resolution Console and for
Dell OS Recovery tool.
Enable or disable the boot flow for SupportAssist OS Recovery tool in the even of
certain system errors.

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