Dell Latitude E6510, Service Manual

NOTE: 

Successful password changes take effect immediately. 

NOTE

: Deleting the admin password automatically deletes the system password as well.  

System 
Password

Allows you to set, change, or delete the system password. When set, your computer requests you to enter the system password every 
time your computer turns on or restarts. 

NOTE: 

Successful password changes take effect immediately. 

Internal HDD 
Password

This field lets you set, change, or delete the password on the system's internal hard disk drive (HDD). Successful changes take place 
immediately and require a system restart. The HDD password travels with the hard drive, so the HDD is protected even when installed in 
another system.  

Password 
Bypass

Allows you to bypass the system and internal hard drive password prompts when your computer restarts or resumes from standby. 

You can set 

Password Bypass

 to: 

Disabled

, 

Reboot Bypass

, 

Resume Bypass

, and 

Reboot & Resume Bypass

. 

NOTE: 

You cannot bypass the system or hard drive password when you turn on your computer that has been shut down. 

Password 
Change

Allows you to enable of disable changes to the System and hard drive passwords when the admin password is set. 

TPM Security

Allows you to enable or disable the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) on the computer. 

NOTE

: Disabling this option does not change any settings you may have made to the TPM, or delete any information or keys you may 

have stored there. 

When TPM is enabled, the following options are available:  

l

Deactivate

—

Disables the TPM. The TPM restricts access to the stored owner information and does not execute any commands that 

use TPM resources.  

l

Activate

—

Enables and activates the TPM.  

l

Clear

—

Clears the owner information stored in the TPM.  

Computrace

®

Allows you to enable or disable the optional Computrace software. The options are 

Deactivate

, 

Disable

, and 

Activate

. 

NOTE

: The 

Activate

 and 

Disable

 options will permanently activate or disable the feature and no further changes will be allowed. 

CPU XD Support

Allows you to enable or disable the Execute Disable mode of the processor.  

Default setting: 

Enabled

Non-Admin Setup 
Changes

Determine whether changes to the setup option are permitted when an administrator password is set. If disabled the setup option is 
locked by the admin password. It cannot be modified unless setup is unlocked. Setup is unlocked when there is no admin password, or 
when the admin password has been entered. When enabled, the device setting can be modified even when other setup options are 
locked by the admin password. 

Default setting: 

Disabled

Performance

Option

Description

Multi Core Support

Enables or disables multi-core support for the processor. 

HDD Acoustic Mode

Allows you to optimize the performance and acoustic noise level of the hard drive. 

Intel

® SpeedStep™

Enables or disables the Intel SpeedStep feature. 

Intel

® TurboBoost™

Enables or disables the Intel TurboBoost feature. 

Power Management

Option

Description

Wake on AC

Allows you to enable or disable the computer from turning on automatically when an AC adapter is connected. 

Auto On Time

Allows you to set the time at which the computer must turn on automatically. 

You can set the of days, if any, when you would like the system to turn on automatically. The settings are 

Disabled

, 

Everyday

, or 

Weekdays

. 

Default setting: 

Off

USB Wake 
Support

Allows you to enable or disable the ability of USB devices to wake the computer from Standby. 

This feature is only functional when the AC power adapter is connected. If the AC power adapter is removed during Standby, the BIOS will 
remove power from all of the USB ports to conserve battery power. 

Wake on LAN

Allows the computer to turn on by a special LAN signal or from Hibernate state when triggered by a special wireless LAN signal. Wake-up 
from the Standby state is unaffected by this setting and must be enabled in the operating system. 

l

Disabled

—

 Do not allow the system to power on when it receives a wake-up signal from the LAN or wireless LAN.  

l

LAN Only

—

 Allow the system to be powered on by special LAN signals.  

The factory default setting is 

Disabled

. 

ExpressCharge

Allows you to enable or disable the ExpressCharge feature. 

 
NOTE:

 ExpressCharge may not be available for all battries.

Charger 
Behavior

Allows you to enable or disable the battery charger. If disabled, the battery will not lose power when the system is connected to an AC 
adapter but it will not charge either. 

Default setting: 

Enabled

POST Behavior

Option

Description