NOTICE: Unless you are an expert computer user, do not change the settings for this program. Certain changes can make your computer work incorrectly. Entering System Setup 1 Turn on (or restart) your computer. 2 When the blue DELL™ logo appears, press immediately. If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop. Then shut down your computer (see "Turning Off Your Computer" on page 69) and try again. System Setup Screens The system setup screen displays current or changeable configuration information for your computer. Information on the screen is divided into three areas: the options list, the active options field, and key functions. Appendix dell.com | support.dell.com Options List — This Option Field — This field contains information about field appears on the left each option. In this field you can view your current settings side of the system setup and make changes to your settings. window. The field is a Press the left- and right-arrow keys to highlight an option. scrollable list containing Press to make that selection active. features that define the configuration of your computer, including installed hardware, power conservation, and security features. Scroll up and down the list with the up- and down-arrow keys. As an option is highlighted, the Option Field Key Functions — This field appears below the Option displays more Field and lists keys and their functions within the active information about that system setup field. option and the option’s current and available settings. System Setup Options NOTE: Depending on your computer and installed devices, the items listed in this section may not appear, or may not appear exactly as listed. System System Info Lists system information such as the computer name, the BIOS version number and date, system tags, and other system-specific information. CPU Info Identifies whether the computer’s processor supports Hyper-Threading and lists the processor bus speed, processor ID, clock speed, and L2 cache. Memory Info Indicates amount of installed memory, memory speed, channel mode (dual or single), and type of memory installed. PCI Info Indicates the expansion card type by slot location. Date/Time Displays current date and time settings. 132 Appendix Boot Sequence The computer attempts to boot from the sequence of devices specified in this list. NOTE: If you insert a boot device and restart the computer, this option appears in the system setup menu. To boot from a USB memory device, select the USB device and move it so it becomes the first device in the list. Drives Diskette Drive Identifies and defines the floppy drive attached to the DSKT connector on the system board as Off, USB, Internal, or Read Only. SATA Drives 0 through 3 Identifies and defines the SATA drive settings. You can set the SATA drive to On, Off, or RAID On. The default setting is On. PATA Drives 0 through 1 Identifies the drives attached to the ATA connectors on the system board, and lists the capacity for hard drives. Smart Reporting Determines whether hard-drive errors for internal drives are reported during system startup. Off does not report errors. On reports errors. Onboard Devices Integrated NIC Enables or disables the integrated NIC controller. Off disables the controller. On enables the controller. NOTE: PXE and RPL is required only if you are booting to an operating system on another system; not if you are booting to an operating system on a hard drive in this system. Audio Controller Enables or disables the onboard audio controller. USB Controller (Default On) Enables or disables the internal USB controller. Off disables the controller. On enables the controller. No Boot enables the controller but disables the ability to boot from a USB device. 1394 Controller Enables or disables the IEEE 1394 controller. Serial Port #1 Disables or selects the address for the serial port. Options consist of: Off, Auto (which selects the port automatically and disables it if both addresses are in use), COM1 and COM3. PS/2 Mouse Port Enables or disables the onboard PS/2-compatible mouse controller. Front LED Color This setting allows you to change the front-panel back lighting to the following colors: off, ruby, emerald, amber, sapphire, amethyst, topaz, and diamond. Video Primary Video This setting specifies which video controller is primary when two video controllers are present on the computer. Performance Hyper-Threading If your processor supports Hyper-Threading, this option appears in the Options List. Appendix 133 dell.com | support.dell.com Multiple CPU Core This setting specifies whether more than one core is enabled. The performance of some applications may improve with an additional core enabled. Defaults to On (second core enabled). HDD Acoustic Mode • Bypass — Your computer does not test or change the current acoustics mode setting. • Quiet (default) — The hard drive operates at its most quie...
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