Enabling TPM
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Requirement: You have assigned a supervisor password (see "Security functions", Page 62).
► Call BIOS Setup and select the Security menu.
► Mark the TPM Security Chip Setting field and press the Enter key.
► Select the entry Enabled to enable the TPM
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Once you have enabled the TPM the Clear Security Chip menu item appears.
You can clear the holder in the TPM using Clear Security Chip. With Enabled,
all secret keys (e.g. SRK - Storage Root Keys, AIK - Attestation Identity Keys
etc.) generated by applications are deleted.
Take note that you can then no longer access the data you have
encrypted on the holder-based keys!
► From the Exit menu, select the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Press the Enter key and select Yes.
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The notebook restarts and the TPM is switched on after the reboot.
Disabling TPM
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Requirement: You have assigned a supervisor password (see "Security functions", Page 62).
► Call BIOS Setup and select the Security menu.
► Mark the TPM Security Chip Setting field and press the Enter key.
► Select the entry Disabled to disable the TPM.
► In the Exit menu, select the option Exit Saving Changes.
► Press the Enter key and select Yes.
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The notebook will now reboot with TPM deactivated.