User Manual
Table Of Contents
- OptiPlex 7000 Tower Service Manual
- Contents
- Working inside your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Recommended tools
- Screw list
- Major components of OptiPlex 7000 Tower
- Side cover
- Front bezel
- Hard-drive assembly
- 3.5 in. hard-drive assembly
- Solid-state drive
- WLAN card
- Coin-cell battery
- Memory module
- Expansion card
- Graphical processing unit
- Slim optical-drive
- Slim optical-drive bracket
- Speaker
- Power-supply unit
- Processor fan and heat-sink assembly
- Processor
- Communication card
- Chassis fan
- Voltage regulator heat sink
- Power button
- Intrusion switch
- SD card reader (optional)
- Optional modules
- Removing optional DisplayPort module
- Installing optional DisplayPort module
- Removing optional VGA module
- Installing optional VGA module
- Removing optional HDMI module
- Installing optional HDMI module
- Removing optional Serial module
- Installing optional Serial module
- Removing optional Type-C module
- Installing optional Type-C module
- Removing optional Thunderbolt 4 module
- Installing optional Thunderbolt4 module
- Removing internal antenna
- Installing internal antenna
- System board
- Drivers and downloads
- BIOS setup
- Troubleshooting
- Getting help and contacting Dell
Table 13. System setup options—Passwords menu (continued)
Passwords
Minimum Characters Set the minimum characters allowed for password.
Password Bypass When enabled, this always prompts for computer and internal hard drive
passwords when powered on from the off state.
By default, the Disabled option is enabled.
Password Changes
Enable Non-Admin Password Changes Enable or disable to change computer and hard drive password without the
need for admin password.
By default, the option is enabled.
Admin Setup Lockout
Enable Admin Setup Lockout Enables administrators control over how their users can or cannot access BIOS
setup.
By default, the option is disabled.
Master Password Lockout
Enable Master Password Lockout When enabled, this will disable the master password support.
By default, the option is disabled.
Allow Non-Admin PSID Revert
Enable Allow Non-Admin PSID Revert Controls access to the Physical Security ID (PSID) revert of NVMe hard-drives
from the Dell Security Manager prompt.
By default, the option is disabled.
Table 14. System setup options—Update, Recovery menu
Update, Recovery
UEFI Capsule Firmware Updates Enable or disable BIOS updates through UEFI capsule update packages.
By default, the option is enabled.
BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive Enables the user to recover from certain corrupted BIOS conditions from a
recovery file on the user primary hard drive or an external USB key.
By default, the option is enabled.
BIOS Downgrade
Allow BIOS Downgrade Enable or disable the flashing of the computer firmware to previous revision is
blocked.
By default, the option is enabled.
SupportAssist OS Recovery Enable or disable the boot flow for SupportAssist OS Recovery tool in the
event of certain computer errors.
By default, the option is enabled.
BIOSConnect Enable or disable cloud Service OS recovery if the main operating system fails
to boot with the number of failures equal to or greater than the value specified
by the Auto OS Recovery Threshold setup option and local Service OS does not
boot or is not installed.
By default, the option is enabled.
Dell Auto OS Recovery Threshold Controls the automatic boot flow for SupportAssist System Resolution Console
and for Dell OS Recovery Tool.
By default, the threshold value is set to 2.
112 BIOS setup