GX520

Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX520 User's Guide    Mini Tower Computer  Desktop Computer  Small Form Factor Computer   Back to Contents Page   Advanced Features Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX520 User's Guide   LegacySelect Technology Control   Manageability   Security   Password Protection   System Setup   Booting to a USB Device   Clearing Forgotten Passwords   Clearing CMOS Settings   Hyper-Threading   Power Management  LegacySelect Technology Control LegacySelect technology control offers legacy-full, legacy-reduced, or legacy-free solutions based on common platforms, hard-drive images, and help desk procedures. Control is provided to the administrator through system setup, Dell OpenManage™ IT Assistant, or Dell custom factory integration. LegacySelect allows administrators to electronically activate or deactivate connectors and media devices that include serial and USB connectors, a parallel connector, a floppy drive, PCI slots, and a PS/2 mouse. Connectors and media devices that are deactivated make resources available. You must restart the computer to effect the changes.  Manageability   Alert Standard Format ASF is a DMTF management standard that specifies "pre-operating system" or "operating system-absent" alerting techniques. The standard is designed to generate an alert on potential security and fault conditions when the operating system is in a sleep mode or the system is turned off. ASF is designed to supersede previous operating-system-absent alerting technologies. Your computer suppo...