NOTE: If you change the System and/or Setup password, re-enter the new password when promoted. If you delete the
System and/or Setup password, conrm the deletion when promoted.
5 Press Esc and a message prompts you to save the changes.
6 Press Y to save the changes and exit from System Setup.
The computer reboots.
Disabling a System Password
The system's software security features include a system password and a setup password. The password jumper disables any password(s)
currently in use. There are 2–pins for the PSWD jumper.
NOTE: The password jumper is disabled by default.
1 Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer.
2 Remove the cover.
3 Identify the PSWD jumper on the system board. For identifying the PSWD jumper on the system board, see the System Board
Components.
4 Remove the PSWD jumper from the system board.
NOTE: The existing passwords are not disabled (erased) until the computer boots without the jumper.
5 Install the cover.
NOTE
: If you assign a new system and/or setup password with the PSWD jumper installed, the system disables the new
password(s) the next time it boots.
6 Connect the computer to the electrical outlet and power-on the computer.
7 Power-o the computer and disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet.
8 Remove the cover.
9 Replace the jumper on the pins.
10 Install the cover.
11 Follow the procedures in After Working Inside Your Computer.
12 Power-on the computer.
13 Go to the system setup, and assign a new system or setup password.
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