Installing the system board
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Entering the Service Tag in the BIOS setup program
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80
Chapter 3: Device drivers
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81
Operating system
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81
Downloading the audio driver
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81
Downloading the graphics driver
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81
Downloading the USB driver
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82
Downloading the WiFi driver
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83
Downloading the media-card reader driver
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83
Downloading the chipset driver
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84
Downloading the network driver
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84
Chapter 4: System setup
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86
System setup
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86
Entering BIOS setup program
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86
Navigation keys
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86
Boot Sequence
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86
System setup options
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87
System and setup password
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91
Assigning a system setup password
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92
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password
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92
Clearing CMOS settings
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93
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords
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93
Updating the BIOS
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93
Updating the BIOS in Windows
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93
Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows
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93
Updating the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu
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94
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting
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95
SupportAssist diagnostics
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95
System-diagnostic lights
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95
Recovering the operating system
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96
WiFi power cycle
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96
Drain residual flea power (perform hard reset)
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96
Modern Standby
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97
Chapter 6: Getting help and contacting Alienware
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98
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