BIOS Utilities
Password
Protection
Note that you should set
a supervisor password
in the BIOS to protect
5
the
TPM
information
from being tampered
with by unauthorized us-
ers.
5 - 12 Security Menu
Set HDD Password (Security Menu)
Press Enter to create a password for access to the computer's hard disk when the
computer boots up.
I/O Interface Security (Security Menu)
The submenus here allow you to enable/disable the interface controllers for Blue-
tooth, PC Card/Card Reader, USB/Finger Print ID, LAN and Audio/Modem.
TPM Protection (Security Menu)
You can enable/disable TPM protection from this menu. If you choose to disable
TPM protection then a submenu will appear as per TPM Function below. Note that
you should disable TPM Protection when you are first going to initialize the
TPM security module (see
TPM Function (Security Menu)
If you disable the TPM function from the menu above this menu will appear to allow
you to set the level of TPM functionality. You can enable/disable the TPM function
altogether, or clear all existing TPM information but leave the function enabled, or
clear all existing TPM information and disable the function.
Note: If you clear all TPM information it will be erased altogether and the informa-
tion will need to be reconfigured.
"Trusted Platform Module" on page 7 -
10).
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