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Article Number: 000216658

How to Enable or Disable USB Boot Support for a Dell OptiPlex 3000 Thin Client

Summary: This article provides instructions to enable or disable USB boot support for OptiPlex 3000 thin clients.

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Instructions

Note:
  • Ensure that the thin client is running the latest BIOS. Contact technical support if you have any issues. For more information about how to update the BIOS, reference the Upgrade BIOS section of the Dell ThinOS 2306 and 2303 Administrator’s Guide from Support for OptiPlex 3000 Thin Client Documentation.
  • The process to enable or disable USB boot support for other Dell thin clients may differ. For more information about enabling and disabling USB boot support for Wyse thin clients, reference How to Enable or Disable USB Boot Support in the Wyse BIOS.

An administrator may either Enable or Disable USB boot support for an OptiPlex 3000 from the one-time boot settings. For more information, select the appropriate process.

To enable USB boot support:

  1. Power on the OptiPlex 3000 thin client and then press F12 when prompted to access the one-time boot settings.
  2. Select BIOS SETUP.

BIOS SETUP
Figure 1: (English Only) BIOS SETUP

  1. Click Admin Password UNLOCK.

Admin Password UNLOCK
Figure 2: (English Only) Admin Password UNLOCK

  1. Populate the BIOS administrative Password and then click OK.

Entering Password and the OK button
Figure 3: (English Only) Entering Password and the OK button

Note: The default BIOS administrative password is Fireport. The BIOS administrative password in your environment may differ.
  1. Click Integrated Devices.

Integrated Devices
Figure 4: (English Only) Integrated Devices

  1. Verify that the Enable USB Boot Support is selected.

Enable USB Boot Support option
Figure 5: (English Only) Enable USB Boot Support option

  1. Select APPLY CHANGES.
  2. Click EXIT in the lower right corner.

EXIT button
Figure 6: (English Only) EXIT button

  1. To boot a bootable USB, turn on the OptiPlex 3000 thin client and then press F12 when prompted to access the one-time boot settings. Select the bootable USB device to boot.

To disable USB boot support:

  1. Power on the OptiPlex 3000 thin client and then press F12 when prompted to access the one-time boot settings.
  2. Select BIOS SETUP.

BIOS SETUP
Figure 7: (English Only) BIOS SETUP

  1. Click Admin Password UNLOCK.

Admin Password UNLOCK
Figure 8: (English Only) Admin Password UNLOCK

  1. Populate the BIOS administrative Password and then select OK.

Enter Password and the OK button
Figure 9: (English Only) Enter Password and the OK button

Note: The default BIOS administrative password is Fireport. The BIOS administrative password in your environment may differ.
  1. Click Integrated Devices.

Integrated Devices
Figure 10: (English Only) Integrated Devices

  1. Verify that the Enable USB Boot Support selection is cleared.

Verifying that Enable USB Boot Support is cleared
Figure 11: (English Only) Verifying that Enable USB Boot Support is cleared

  1. Select APPLY CHANGES.
  2. Select EXIT.

EXIT button
Figure 12: (English Only) EXIT button

Article Properties

Affected Product

OptiPlex 3000 Thin Client

Last Published Date

10 Aug 2023

Version

1

Article Type

How To

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