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Latitude 5490 Owner’s Manual

Maintenance screen options

Option
Description
Service Tag
Displays the Service Tag of your computer.
Asset Tag
Allows you to create a system asset tag if an asset tag is not already set. This option is not set by default.
BIOS Downgrade
This controls flashing of the system firmware to previous revisions.
  • Allows BIOS Downgrade (enabled by default)
Data Wipe
This field allows users to erase the data securely from all internal storage devices. The following is list of devices affected:
  • Internal SATA HDD/SSD
  • Internal M.2 SATA SDD
  • Internal M.2 PCIe SSD
  • Internal eMMC
BIOS Recovery
This field allows you to recover from certain corrupted BIOS conditions from a recover file on the user primary hard drive or an external USB key.
  • BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive (enabled by default)
  • BIOS Auto-Recovery
  • Always perform Integrity Check

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