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Service Tag displays the system’s five-character service tag number, which was
programmed into NVRAM by Dell during the manufacturing process. Refer to this
number during technical assistance or service calls. The service tag number is
also accessed by certain Dell support software, including the diagnostics
software.
Asset Tag displays the customer-programmable asset tag number for the system
if an asset tag number has been assigned. You can use the Asset Tag utility,
which is included with your software support utilities, to enter an asset tag num-
ber of up to ten characters into NVRAM. For information on using the utility, see
“Asset Tag Utility” in Chapter 2.
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Your Dell system is shipped to you without the system password feature enabled. If
system security is a concern, you should operate your system only with system pass-
word protection.
You can assign a system password, as described in the next subsection, “Assigning a
System Password,” whenever you use the System Setup program. After a system
password is assigned, only those who know the password have full use of the
system.
When System Password is set to Enabled, the computer system prompts you for the
system password just after the system boots.
To change an existing system password, you must either know the password or have
access to the inside of the computer (see “Deleting or Changing an Existing System
Password” found later in this section).
If you assign and later
forget
a system password, you need your computer key to
get inside the chassis, where you can change a jumper setting to disable the
system password feature (see “Disabling a Forgotten Password” found later in
this chapter). Note that you erase the
setup password
at the same time.
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Before you can assign a system password, you must enter the System Setup program
and check the System Password status.
With a system password assigned, the status shown in System Password is
Enabled. With the system password feature disabled by a jumper setting on the
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