Dell OptiPlex 7000 Small Form Factor Service Manual - Page 99

System Logs, Updating the BIOS, Updating the BIOS in Windows, Updating the BIOS in Linux and Ubuntu

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Table 29. Performance (continued) Options Enable Dynamic Tuning: Machine Learning Description This field allows the user to configure the OS' capability to enhance dynamic power tuning capabilities based on detected workloads (disabled by default) System Logs This section contains BIOS, Thermal and Power event logs. Table 30. System Logs Options BIOS Event Log Clear BIOS Event log Description This field contains a toggle switch to Keep or Clear BIOS Event logs. It also lists all saved events(Date, Time, Message) - ("Keep" selected by default). Updating the BIOS Updating the BIOS in Windows About this task CAUTION: If BitLocker is not suspended before updating the BIOS, the next time you reboot the system it will not recognize the BitLocker key. You will then be prompted to enter the recovery key to progress and the system will ask for this on each reboot. If the recovery key is not known this can result in data loss or an unnecessary operating system re-install. For more information on this subject, search in the Knowledge Base Resource at www.dell.com/support. Steps 1. Go to www.dell.com/support. 2. Click Product support. In the Search support box, enter the Service Tag of your computer, and then click Search. NOTE: If you do not have the Service Tag, use the SupportAssist feature to automatically identify your computer. You can also use the product ID or manually browse for your computer model. 3. Click Drivers & Downloads. Expand Find drivers. 4. Select the operating system installed on your computer. 5. In the Category drop-down list, select BIOS. 6. Select the latest version of BIOS, and click Download to download the BIOS file for your computer. 7. After the download is complete, browse the folder where you saved the BIOS update file. 8. Double-click the BIOS update file icon and follow the on-screen instructions. For more information, search in the Knowledge Base Resource at www.dell.com/support. Updating the BIOS in Linux and Ubuntu To update the system BIOS on a computer that is installed with Linux or Ubuntu, see the knowledge base article 000131486 at www.dell.com/support. BIOS setup 99

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Table 29. Performance (continued)
Options
Description
Enable Dynamic Tuning: Machine Learning
This field allows the user to configure the OS' capability to
enhance dynamic power tuning capabilities based on detected
workloads (disabled by default)
System Logs
This section contains BIOS, Thermal and Power event logs.
Table 30. System Logs
Options
Description
BIOS Event Log
Clear BIOS Event log
This field contains a toggle switch to Keep or Clear BIOS
Event logs. It also lists all saved events(Date, Time, Message)
- ("Keep" selected by default).
Updating the BIOS
Updating the BIOS in Windows
About this task
CAUTION:
If BitLocker is not suspended before updating the BIOS, the next time you reboot the system it
will not recognize the BitLocker key. You will then be prompted to enter the recovery key to progress and the
system will ask for this on each reboot. If the recovery key is not known this can result in data loss or an
unnecessary operating system re-install. For more information on this subject, search in the Knowledge Base
Resource at
www.dell.com/support
.
Steps
1.
Go to
www.dell.com/support
.
2.
Click
Product support
. In the
Search support
box, enter the Service Tag of your computer, and then click
Search
.
NOTE:
If you do not have the Service Tag, use the SupportAssist feature to automatically identify your computer. You
can also use the product ID or manually browse for your computer model.
3.
Click
Drivers & Downloads
. Expand
Find drivers
.
4.
Select the operating system installed on your computer.
5.
In the
Category
drop-down list, select
BIOS
.
6.
Select the latest version of BIOS, and click
Download
to download the BIOS file for your computer.
7.
After the download is complete, browse the folder where you saved the BIOS update file.
8.
Double-click the BIOS update file icon and follow the on-screen instructions.
For more information, search in the Knowledge Base Resource at
www.dell.com/support
.
Updating the BIOS in Linux and Ubuntu
To update the system BIOS on a computer that is installed with Linux or Ubuntu, see the knowledge base article
000131486
at
www.dell.com/support
.
BIOS setup
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