Jumpers—A General Explanation
Dell™ PowerEdge™ SC420 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
Disabling a Forgotten Password
This section provides specific information about the system jumpers. It also provides some basic information on jumpers and switches and describes the connectors on the various boards in the system.
Jumpers provide a convenient and reversible way of reconfiguring the circuitry on a printed circuit board. When reconfiguring the system, you may need to change jumper settings on circuit boards or drives.
Jumpers are small blocks on a circuit board with two or more pins emerging from them. Plastic plugs containing a wire fit down over the pins. The wire connects the pins and creates a circuit. To change a jumper setting, pull the plug off its pin(s) and carefully fit it down onto the pin(s) indicated. Figure A-1 shows an example of a jumper.
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CAUTION: Ensure that the system is turned off before you change a jumper setting. Otherwise, damage to the system or unpredictable results may occur. |
A jumper is referred to as open or unjumpered when the plug is pushed down over only one pin or if there is no plug at all. When the plug is pushed down over two pins, the jumper is referred to as jumpered. The jumper setting is often shown in text as two numbers, such as 1–2. The number 1 is printed on the circuit board so that you can identify each pin number based on the location of pin 1.
Figure A-2 shows the location and default settings of the system jumper blocks. See Table A-1 for the designations, default settings, and functions of the system's jumpers.
Figure A-2 shows the location of the configuration jumpers on the system board. Table A-1 lists the jumpers settings.
Figure A-2. System Board Jumpers
Table A-1. System Board Jumper Settings
See Figure A-3 and Table A-2 for the location and description of system board connectors. Figure A-3 also indicates expansion slots and bus operating speeds.
Figure A-3. System Board Connectors
Table A-2. System Board Connectors
The system's software security features include a system password and an admin password, which are discussed in detail in "Using the System Setup Program" in your User's Guide. The password jumper enables these password features or disables them and clears any password(s) currently in use.
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CAUTION: See your Product Information Guide for complete information about safety precautions, working inside the computer, and protecting against electrostatic discharge. |
See Figure A-2 to locate the password jumper on the system board.
The existing passwords are not disabled (erased) until the system boots with the password jumper plug removed. However, before you assign a new system and/or admin password, you must install the jumper plug.
See Figure A-2 to locate the password jumper on the system board.
To assign a new password using the System Setup program, see "Using the System Setup Program" in your User's Guide.
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