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System Setup, Overview, Entering System Setup

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System Setup Overview Use system setup to: • Get information about the hardware installed in your computer, such as the amount of RAM, the size of the hard drive, and so on. • Change the system setup configurations. • Set or change a user-selectable option, such as the user password, type of hard drive installed, enabling or disabling base devices, and so on. Entering System Setup CAUTION: Unless you are an expert computer user, do not change the settings in the system setup program. Certain changes can make your computer work incorrectly. NOTE: Before you change system setup, it is recommended that you write down the system setup screen information for future reference. 1 Turn on (or restart) your computer. 2 During POST, when the DELL logo is displayed, watch for the F2 prompt to appear and then press immediately. NOTE: The F2 prompt indicates that the keyboard has initialized. This prompt can appear very quickly, so you must watch for it, and then press . If you press before the F2 prompt, this keystroke is lost. If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the operating system's desktop. Then, turn off your computer and try again. System Setup | 120

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System Setup
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System Setup
Overview
Use system setup to:
•
Get information about the hardware installed in your computer, such as the amount
of RAM, the size of the hard drive, and so on.
•
Change the system setup configurations.
•
Set or change a user-selectable option, such as the user password, type of hard drive
installed, enabling or disabling base devices, and so on.
Entering System Setup
CAUTION:
Unless you are an expert computer user, do not change
the settings in the system setup program. Certain changes can make
your computer work incorrectly.
NOTE:
Before you change system setup, it is recommended that you write down
the system setup screen information for future reference.
1
Turn on (or restart) your computer.
2
During POST, when the DELL logo is displayed, watch for the F2 prompt to appear and
then press <F2> immediately.
NOTE:
The F2 prompt indicates that the keyboard has initialized. This prompt
can appear very quickly, so you must watch for it, and then press <F2>. If you
press <F2> before the F2 prompt, this keystroke is lost. If you wait too long and
the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the operating
system’s desktop. Then, turn off your computer and try again.