{"id":340,"date":"2020-04-04T21:41:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T19:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/?p=340"},"modified":"2023-12-01T09:10:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T07:10:20","slug":"how-to-reset-the-bios-of-a-dell-poweredge-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/how-to-reset-the-bios-of-a-dell-poweredge-server\/","title":{"rendered":"How to reset the BIOS of a Dell PowerEdge Server?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"340\" class=\"elementor elementor-340\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-24732f00 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"24732f00\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51f73223\" data-id=\"51f73223\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-defffd5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"defffd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"776\" height=\"310\" src=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/resetting-the-bios-on-a-server-776x310.jpg\" class=\"attachment-agama-blog-large size-agama-blog-large wp-image-342\" alt=\"BIOS reset image\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29d54285 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29d54285\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>This simple tip explains how to restore the BIOS defaults settings on a Dell PowerEdge Server. This procedure may be valid for other Dell products.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Tekmart Caveat: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Resetting your BIOS will clear all setting back to defaults this may prevent your system from booting to the operating system until custom settings are reapplied.<\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Power on the system.<\/li>\n<li>While the blue Dell logo is visible, press the &lt; F2 &gt; key to enter the System Setup.<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8552\" src=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/System-Setup-menu.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"637\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/System-Setup-menu.png 637w, https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/System-Setup-menu-300x122.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kbimg.dell.com\/library\/KB\/DELL_ORGANIZATIONAL_GROUPS\/DELL_GLOBAL\/Servers\/bios1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Enter the &#8220;<strong>System BIOS<\/strong>&#8221; section<br \/><br \/><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8553\" src=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/enter-BIOS-screen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"667\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/enter-BIOS-screen.png 667w, https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/enter-BIOS-screen-300x130.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Click on the button &#8220;<strong>Default<\/strong>&#8221; in the low end corner.<br \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8554\" src=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/go-to-System-BIOS-settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/go-to-System-BIOS-settings.png 588w, https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/go-to-System-BIOS-settings-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><br \/><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kbimg.dell.com\/library\/KB\/DELL_ORGANIZATIONAL_GROUPS\/DELL_GLOBAL\/Servers\/bios3.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\n<li>A popup will ask the confirmation of action, press &#8220;<strong>Yes&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The BIOS settings are now reset.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<p><strong>If it doesn&#8217;t work try the following sequence:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Press the &lt; Num Lock &gt; key, and verify that the Num Lock light is on.<\/li>\n<li>Press the &lt; Caps Lock &gt; key, and verify that the Caps Lock light is on.<\/li>\n<li>Press the &lt; Scroll Lock &gt; key, and verify that the Scroll Lock light is on. The lights on the keyboard should all be illuminated as in Figure 1.<\/li>\n<li>Press the &lt; Alt &gt;+&lt; F &gt; keys at the same time. The system will beep as the setup defaults are restored.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The image of key mapping and light location for your reference<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kbimg.dell.com\/library\/KB\/DELL_ORGANIZATIONAL_GROUPS\/DELL_GLOBAL\/image(11034).png\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8555\" src=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/key-mapping-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/key-mapping-image.png 464w, https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/key-mapping-image-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/figure>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br \/><br \/>Clearing the BIOS using the motherboard Jumper (Desktop\/Servers only)<\/h3>\n\n<p>Located the jumpers on the system motherboard normally next to the coin cell battery is the<br \/>NVRAM_CLR \/ PWRD_EN jumpers these can be used to reset your BIOS<\/p>\n\n<p>Example Motherboard<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kbimg.dell.com\/library\/KB\/DELL_ORGANIZATIONAL_GROUPS\/DELL_GLOBAL\/image(12474).png\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8560\" src=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/clear-using-jumpers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"382\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/clear-using-jumpers.png 382w, https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/clear-using-jumpers-300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 382px) 100vw, 382px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Jumper<\/th>\n<th>Setting<\/th>\n<th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>NVRAM_CLR<\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8556\" src=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/NVRAM_CLR-setting.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"52\" height=\"26\" \/>(default)<\/td>\n<td>The configuration settings are retained at system boot (pins 3-5)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8557\" src=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/NVRAM_CLR-setting-cleared.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"52\" height=\"26\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The configuration settings are cleared at the next system boot (pins 1-3)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>PWRD_EN<\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8558\" src=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PWRD_EN-enabled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"52\" height=\"26\" \/>(default)<\/td>\n<td>The password feature is enabled (pins 2-4)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-8559\" src=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/PWRD_EN-disabled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"52\" height=\"26\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The password feature is disabled (pins 4-6)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>Turn off the system<\/strong>, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet.<br \/>Open the System.<br \/><strong>Remove the jumper<\/strong>\u00a0plug from the NVRAM_CLR jumper. See the Figure above to locate the password jumper (labelled &#8220;NVRAM_CLR &#8220;) on the system board.<br \/>Move the Jumper from\u00a0<strong>Pin&#8217;s 3-5<\/strong>\u00a0to pins\u00a0<strong>1-3 for ten seconds<\/strong><br \/>Move the jumper back to\u00a0<strong>Pins 3-5<\/strong>\u00a0(default)<br \/><strong>Close the system.<\/strong><br \/><strong>Reconnect\u00a0<\/strong>your system and peripherals to their electrical outlets, and turn on the system.<br \/><br \/>You will need to enter the system BIOS again and re-enter the time and date and settings required.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>This simple tip explains how to restore the BIOS defaults settings on a Dell PowerEdge Server. This procedure may be valid for other Dell products. Tekmart Caveat: Resetting your BIOS will clear all setting back to defaults this may prevent your system from booting to the operating system until custom settings are reapplied. Power on the system. While the blue<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/how-to-reset-the-bios-of-a-dell-poweredge-server\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,19,4,16,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-center-hardware","category-data-centre-servers","category-datacenter-news","category-how-tos-and-other-useful-tips-and-tricks","category-tekmart-enterprise-hardware-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8563,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions\/8563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}