BIOS
C
LEAR
CMOS
2-19
Clear CMOS
The following steps will load the BIOS defaults by jumper:
1. Power down the system.
2. Move CMOS clear jumper from pins 2-3 to pins 1-2 for a few seconds.
3. Move CMOS clear jumper back to pins 2-3.
4. System automatically powers on.
5. Check BIOS defaults are loaded.
Clear Password
1. Power down the system.
2. Move password clear jumper from pins 2-3 to pins 1-2.
3. Power on the system.
4. Make sure password is cleared.
5. Power down the system.
6. Move password clear jumper from pins 1-2 back to pins 2-3.
7. Power on the system.
8. Set new password.
SKU
Stock Keeping Unit – indicates a specific marketing package, in this sense based around a
server board configuration.
SMBIOS
System Management BIOS.
SMI
System Management Interrupt.
SMM
System Management Mode.
SOL
Serial Over LAN.
SPI
Serial Peripheral Interface, a serial data interface used for Flash memory.
UDIMM
Unbuffered DIMM (also called Unregistered) memory modules do not have a register
between the SDRAM modules and the system's memory controller.
UE or UCE
Uncorrectable Error (memory ECC error).
UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface – replacement for Legacy BIOS and the Legacy DOS
interface.
USB
Universal Serial Bus, a standard serial expansion bus meant for connecting peripherals.
UUID
Universally Unique Identifier. See also GUID.
WHEA
Windows Hardware Error Architecture.
Table 10: Terminology (Continued)
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