CAUTION:
Do not turn off the computer during the BIOS update process. The computer may not boot if you turn
off your computer.
Steps
1. From a turn off state, insert the USB drive where you copied the flash into a USB port of the computer.
2. Turn on the computer and press F12 to access the One-Time Boot Menu, select BIOS Update using the mouse or arrow keys
then press Enter.
The flash BIOS menu is displayed.
3. Click
Flash from file
.
4. Select external USB device.
5. Select the file and double-click the flash target file, and then click
Submit
.
6. Click
Update BIOS
. The computer restarts to flash the BIOS.
7. The computer will restart after the BIOS update is completed.
System and setup password
Table 20. System and setup password
Password type
Description
System password
Password that you must enter to log on to your system.
Setup password
Password that you must enter to access and make changes to
the BIOS settings of your computer.
You can create a system password and a setup password to secure your computer.
CAUTION:
The password features provide a basic level of security for the data on your computer.
CAUTION:
Anyone can access the data stored on your computer if it is not locked and left unattended.
NOTE:
System and setup password feature is disabled.
Assigning a system setup password
Prerequisites
You can assign a new
System or Admin Password
only when the field
Enter the old password
is grayed out.
About this task
To enter the system setup, press F2 immediately after a power-on or reboot.
Steps
1. In the
System BIOS
or
System Setup
screen, click
Passwords
on the left pane.
The
Passwords
screen is displayed.
2. Create a password in
Enter the new password
field, and press
Enter
.
Use the following guidelines to assign the system password:
●
A password can have up to 32 characters.
●
The password can contain the numbers 0 through 9.
●
Only lower case letters are valid, upper case letters are not allowed.
●
Only the following special characters are allowed: space, (”), (+), (,), (-), (.), (/), (;), ([), (\), (]), (`).
3. Reenter the new password and press
Enter
to confirm.
4. Click
APPLY CHANGES
and a message prompts you to save the changes.
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