Overview of BIOS Features
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3.9.3 Power Button Menu
The Power Button Menu can be accessed during power on if the user presses the power
button and holds it down until three short beep sounds are emitted by the board
piezoelectric speaker. The BIOS will display the following prompt and wait for a
keystroke:
[ESC] Normal Boot
[F2] Intel
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Visual BIOS
[F3] Disable Fast Boot
[F4] BIOS Recovery
[F7] Update BIOS
[F10] Enter Boot Menu
[F12] Network Boot
NOTE
[F3] Disable Fast Boot is only displayed if at least one Fast Boot optimization is
enabled.
If an unrecognized key is pressed, the BIOS will beep and wait for another keystroke.
If one of the listed hotkeys is pressed, the BIOS will follow the indicated boot path.
Password requirements must still be honored.
If Disable Fast Boot is selected, the BIOS will disable all Fast Boot optimizations and
reset the system.
3.10 Hard Disk Drive Password Security Feature
The Hard Disk Drive Password Security feature blocks read and write accesses to the
hard disk drive until the correct password is given. Hard Disk Drive Passwords are set
in BIOS SETUP and are prompted for during BIOS POST. For convenient support of S3
resume, the system BIOS will automatically unlock drives on resume from S3.
The User hard disk drive password, when installed, will be required upon each power-
cycle until the Master Key or User hard disk drive password is submitted.
The Master Key hard disk drive password, when installed, will not lock the drive. The
Master Key hard disk drive password exists as an unlock override in the event that the
User hard disk drive password is forgotten. Only the installation of the User hard disk
drive password will cause a hard disk to be locked upon a system power-cycle.
Table 39 shows the effects of setting the Hard Disk Drive Passwords.
Table 39. Master Key and User Hard Drive Password Functions
Password Set Password During Boot
Neither None
Master only None
User only User only
Master and User Set Master or User
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