Dell XPS 600 Renegade Owner's Manual - Page 135

Power Management, Maintenance, POST Behavior, AC Recovery, Auto Power On, Suspend Mode, Load Defaults

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Power Management AC Recovery Auto Power On Auto Power Time Suspend Mode Maintenance Load Defaults Event Log POST Behavior Fastboot Numlock Key POST Hotkeys Keyboard Errors Determines what happens when AC power is restored to the computer. Sets the computer to automatically turn on. Choices are every day or every Monday through Friday. The default setting is Off. This feature does not work if you turn off your computer using a power strip or surge protector. Sets time to automatically turn on the computer. Time is kept in a 24-hour format (hours:minutes). Change the start-up time by pressing the right- or left-arrow key to increase or decrease the numbers, or type numbers in both the date and time fields. This feature does not work if you turn off your computer using a power strip or surge protector. The options are S1, a suspend state where the computer is running in a lowpower mode, and S3, a standby state where the power is reduced or turned off for most components, however, system memory remains active. This setting restores the computer's factory-installed default settings. Displays the system event log. When set to On (default), your computer starts more quickly because it skips certain configurations and tests. This option involves the rightmost bank of keys on your keyboard. When set to On (default), this option activates the numeric and mathematical features shown at the top of each key. When set to Off, this option activates the cursor-control functions labeled on the bottom of each key. This option allows you to specify the function keys to display on the screen when the computer starts. This option disables or enables keyboard error reporting when the computer starts. Appendix 135

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Appendix
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Power Management
AC Recovery
Determines what happens when AC power is restored to the computer.
Auto Power On
Sets the computer to automatically turn on. Choices are
every day
or every
Monday through Friday
.
The default setting is
Off
.
This feature does not work if you turn off your computer using a power strip
or surge protector.
Auto Power Time
Sets time to automatically turn on the computer.
Time is kept in a 24-hour format (
hours:minutes
). Change the start-up time
by pressing the right- or left-arrow key to increase or decrease the numbers,
or type numbers in both the date and time fields.
This feature does not work if you turn off your computer using a power strip
or surge protector.
Suspend Mode
The options are
S1
, a suspend state where the computer is running in a low-
power mode, and
S3
, a standby state where the power is reduced or turned
off for most components, however, system memory remains active.
Maintenance
Load Defaults
This setting restores the computer’s factory-installed default settings.
Event Log
Displays the system event log.
POST Behavior
Fastboot
When set to
On
(default), your computer starts more quickly because it
skips certain configurations and tests.
Numlock Key
This option involves the rightmost bank of keys on your keyboard. When set
to
On
(default), this option activates the numeric and mathematical
features shown at the top of each key. When set to
Off
, this option activates
the cursor-control functions labeled on the bottom of each key.
POST Hotkeys
This option allows you to specify the function keys to display on the screen
when the computer starts.
Keyboard Errors
This option disables or enables keyboard error reporting when the computer
starts.