Dell Inspiron 5482 - Clearing CMOS Settings; Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System Passwords

Table 11. System setup options—Maintenance menu
Maintenance
Service Tag Display the system’s Service Tag.
Asset Tag Create a system Asset Tag.
BIOS Downgrade Control ashing of the system rmware to previous revisions.
Data Wipe Enable to securely erase data from all internal storage devices.
BIOS Recovery Enable the user to recover from certain corrupted BIOS conditions from a recovery
le on the user primary hard drive or an external USB key.
First Power On Date Sets ownership date.
Table 12. System setup options—System Logs menu
System Logs
BIOS Events Display BIOS events.
Thermal Events Display the Thermal events.
Power Events Display the Power events.
Table 13. System setup options—SupportAssist System Resolution menu
SupportAssist System Resolution
Auto OS Recovery Threshold Control the automatic boot ow for SupportAssist System Resolution Console and for
the Dell OS Recovery tool.
SupportAssist OS Recovery Enable or disable the boot ow for the SupportAssist OS Recovery tool when certain
system errors.
Identifier GUID-CA599AD5-9996-4BE8-9643-1C626DB94E2D
Status Released
Clearing CMOS settings
CAUTION
: Clearing CMOS settings will reset the BIOS settings on your computer.
1 Remove the base cover.
2 Disconnect the battery cable from the system board.
3 Remove the coin-cell battery.
4 Wait for one minute.
5 Replace the coin-cell battery.
6 Connect the battery cable to the system board.
7 Replace the base cover.
Identifier GUID-5941E06E-ABCB-4468-ACE5-D51EF6AAA083
Status Released
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords
To clear the system or BIOS passwords, contact Dell technical support as described at www.dell.com/contactdell.
System setup
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