Enabling Or Disabling A Device; Selecting A Startup Device - Lenovo IdeaCentre Q190 Hardware Maintenance Manual

To delete a previously set Power-On Password, do the following :
1. From the Security menu, select Set Power-On Password and press Enter.
2. The password dialog box will be displayed. Enter Current Password and press Enter. Press Enter in New
Password and confirm New Password dialog. A setup notice will display that changes have been saved.
3. Select Exit.
4. Select Save changes and Exit.

Enabling or disabling a device

The Devices options is used to enable or disable user access to the following devices:
USB Functions
SATA Controller
Onboard Audio Controller
Onboard Ethernet Controller or Onboard PXE
Controller
To enable or disable a device, do the following:
1. Start the Setup Utility program (see "Starting the Setup Utility program" on page 13).
2. From the Setup Utility program menu, select Devices.
3. Select:
USB Setup press the Enter key, and then select USB Functions.
ATA Drives Setup press the Enter key , and then select SATA Mode.
Audio Setup press the Enter key, and then select Onboard Audio Controller.
Network Setup press the Enter key, then select Onboard Ethernet Support or LAN Boot Agent.
4. Select Disabled or Enabled and press the Enter key.
5. Return to the Setup Utility program menu and select the Exit option.
6. Select Save changes and Exit from the menu.
Note: If you do not want to save the settings, select Discard changes and Exit from the menu.

Selecting a startup device

If your computer does not start up (boot) from a device such as the CD-ROM, diskette, or hard disk as
expected, use one of the following procedures to select a startup device.
Selecting a temporary startup device
Use this procedure to startup from any boot device.
Note: Not all CDs, hard disks, and diskettes are bootable.
Select whether to enable or disable USB (Universal Serial
Bus) functions. If the functions are disabled, no USB
devices can be used.
When feature is set to Disabled, all devices connected to
the SATA connectors (e.g. hard disk drives or the optical
disk drive) are disabled and can't be accessed.
Select whether to enable or disable the Onboard Audio
Controller, when feature is set to Disabled all devices
connected to the audio connectors (e.g. a headphone or
a microphone) are disabled and can't be used.
Select whether to enable or disable Onboard Ethernet
Controller, or select whether to enable or disable load
onboard PXE (Preboot Execution Environment).
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Using the Setup Utility