Dell DCCY Personal Computer User Manual


 
Advanced Features 261
HDD Acoustic Mode
(Bypass default)
Bypass
— Your computer does not test or change the current acoustics mode setting.
Quiet
— The hard drive operates at its most quiet setting.
Suggested
— The hard drive operates at the level suggested by the drive manufacturer.
Performance
The hard drive operates at its maximum speed.
NOTE: Switching to performance mode may cause the drive to be noisier, but its
performance is not affected.
Changing the acoustics setting does not alter your hard-drive image.
Security
Unlock Setup When an administrator password is being used, allows the user access to modify
system setup settings. Enter the administrator password at the prompt to unlock
system setup. If the correct password is not entered here, the user can view but not
modify system setup fields.
Admin Password Displays the current status of your system setup program’s password security feature
and allows you to verify and assign a new admin password.
System Password
(Not Set default)
Displays the current status of the system's password security feature and allows a new
system password to be assigned and verified.
Drive 0-n Password
(Not Set default)
Displays the current status of the hard drive’s password security feature and allows a
new hard drive password to be assigned and verified.
Password Changes
(Unlocked default)
Determines the interaction between the System password and the Admin password.
Locked prevents a user without a valid Admin password from being able to modify the
System password. Unlocked allows a user with a valid System password to modify the
system password.
Chassis Intrusion
(On-Silent default)
When enabled and the switch installed, this option alerts the user, during the next
computer start-up, that the computer cover has been opened.
The settings are
On
,
On-
Silent
(default setting), and
Off
.
Intrusion Alert
Acknowledges and clears a chassis intrusion alert.
TPM Security
(Off default)
Enables or disables the Trusted Platform Module security device.
TPM Activation
(Deactivate
default)
Activates or deactivates the Trusted Platform Module security device. The Clear
option clears any data stored by a user that has previously activated and used TPM.
NOTE: In order to activate Trusted Platform Module, the TPM Security option must be set
to On.
Non-Execute Disable
(On default)
Enables or disables Execute Disable memory protection technology.