Users Guide

Advanced Features: Dell OptiPlex 320 User's Guide
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Value
(Off default)
systems do not complete installation when the max CPUID function supported is greater than 3.
HDD Acoustic Mode
(Bypass default)
Quiet — The hard drive operates at its most quiet setting.
Performance — The hard drive operates at its maximum speed.
Bypass — Your computer does not test or change the current acoustics mode setting.
Suggested — The hard drive operates at the level suggested by the drive manufacturer.
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
(Locked
default)
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
(Not Set
default)
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.
Execute
Disable
(On
default)
Enables or disables Execute Disable memory protection technology.
Power Management
AC
Recovery
(Off
default)
Determines how the system responds when AC power is re-applied after a power loss. Off commands the
system to stay off when the power is re-applied. You must press the front-panel power button before the system
turns on. On commands the system to turn on when the power is re-applied. Last commands the system to
return to the last power state the system was in just before it was turned off.
Auto
Power
On
(Off
default)
Sets the computer to automatically turn on. Off disables this feature. Everyday turns the computer on every
day at the time set in Auto Power Time. Weekdays turns the computer on every day from Monday through
Friday at the time set in Auto Power Time.
NOTE: This feature does not work if you turn off your computer using the switch on a power strip or surge
protector.
Auto
Power
Time
Sets time to automatically turn on the computer.
Time is kept in the standard 12-hour format (hours:minutes). Change the startup time by pressing the right- or
left-arrow key to increase or decrease the numbers, or type numbers in both the date and time fields.
Low
Power
Mode
(Off
default)
When Low Power Mode is selected, remote wakeup events will no longer power up the computer from
Hibernate or Off via the onboard network controller.
Remote