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Dell OptiPlex N Systems Service Manual
Password Status
Provides an extra measure of system security
by letting you set the system password to
Locked
or Unlocked.
Boot Sequence
Determines whether system boots from Dis-
kette First, Hard Disk Only, LSA, or Device
List (default; see Figure A-2).
Setup Password
Restricts access to System Setup program.
Auto Power On
Allows you to set the day and time you want
the system to turn on automatically. The
time uses the 24-hour format.
Power
Management
With the
Power Management category
enabled, DPMS monitors and most EIDE
drives automatically switch into low-power
mode during periods of system inactivity.
CAUTION: Before enabling this feature,
check the monitor documentation to make
sure the system has a DPMS-compliant
monitor. Otherwise, there is a risk of dam-
aging the monitor.
NOTE: Not all EIDE hard-disk drives support
this feature. Enabling this feature for drives
that do not support it may cause the EIDE
drive to become inoperable until the system is
restarted and the Power Management category
is disabled.
Wakeup On LAN
Enables (On [Add-in NIC]) or disables (Off)
the Wakeup On LAN feature of the optional
network expansion card.
NIC
Enables (On) or disables (Off) the optional
integrated NIC controller.
Mouse
Enables or disables the built-in PS/2-
compatible mouse port.
Serial Port 1
Serial Port 2
Configures system’s built-in serial ports. These
categories may be set to Auto (default) to
automatically configure a port, to a specific
designation (COM1 or COM3 for Serial Port 1;
COM2 or COM4 for Serial Port 2), or to Off.
Parallel Port
Configures system’s built-in parallel port. The
port’s I/O address may be set to 378h (default),
278h
,
or 3BCh
.
Otherwise, the port may be
disabled.
Table A-1. System Setup Categories (continued)
Category
Function
