Dell Inspiron 7000 Dell Inspiron 7000 Reference and Troubleshooting Guide - Page 32

System Time, System Date, Floppy Drive, 44 MB, 3 1/2, Not installed, Enabled, Disabled, Quiet, CRT - no lcd display

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System Time sets the computer to the time you specify (usually the current time). Type in the appropriate information. Use the tab key to move between the hours, minutes, and seconds fields. This option is useful if you travel between time zones. System Date sets your system to the date you specify (usually the current date). Type in the appropriate information. Use the tab key to move between the month, day, and year fields. Floppy Drive identifies the type of diskette drive being used by the computer. This option has no user-selectable settings. 1.44 MB, 3 1/2" means there is a diskette drive in the options bay. Not installed means that there is no diskette drive installed. Displays the capacity of the computer's hard-disk drive. If you install a drive with a different capacity, the settings under this option change automatically. This option does not have any user-selectable settings. When set to Enabled (the default), the diagnostic power-on self-test (POST) messages and summary screen do not appear at system boot. Disabled indicates that the POST messages and summary screen do appear at system boot. In addition, if Quiet Boot is enabled, you cannot choose a boot device as the system initializes. Allows you to specify whether video is visible only on the computer's display (LCD Mode), only on an external monitor or projector (CRT Mode), or on both the display and an external device simultaneously (Simul Mode, the default). When you are using Windows 98 (rather than the Setup program), press to change the video display device. This option allows you to specify that a television is connected on the TV port. The options are Disabled (the default), NTSC, and PAL. System Memory displays the base amount of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) installed in the computer. Each computer has 640 kilobytes (KB) of base memory. This option has no user-selectable settings. 2-4 Dell Inspiron 7000 Reference and Troubleshooting Guide

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Dell Inspiron 7000 Reference and Troubleshooting Guide
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System Time
sets the computer to the time you specify (usually the current time).
Type in the appropriate information. Use the tab key to move between the hours, min-
utes, and seconds fields. This option is useful if you travel between time zones.
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System Date
sets your system to the date you specify (usually the current date). Type
in the appropriate information. Use the tab key to move between the month, day, and
year fields.
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Floppy Drive
identifies the type of diskette drive being used by the computer. This
option has no user-selectable settings.
1.44 MB, 3 1/2”
means there is a diskette drive in the options bay.
Not installed
means that there is no diskette drive installed.
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Displays the capacity of the computer's hard-disk drive. If you install a drive with a dif-
ferent capacity, the settings under this option change automatically. This option does
not have any user-selectable settings.
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When set to
Enabled
(the default), the diagnostic power-on self-test (POST) mes-
sages and summary screen do not appear at system boot.
Disabled
indicates that the
POST messages and summary screen do appear at system boot. In addition, if
Quiet
Boot
is enabled, you cannot choose a boot device as the system initializes.
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Allows you to specify whether video is visible only on the computer’s display (
LCD
Mode
), only on an external monitor or projector (
CRT Mode
), or on both the display
and an external device simultaneously (
Simul Mode
, the default).
When you are using Windows 98 (rather than the Setup program), press <Fn><F8>
to change the video display device.
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This option allows you to specify that a television is connected on the TV port. The
options are
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(the default),
NTSC
, and
PAL
.
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System Memory
displays the base amount of dynamic random-access memory
(DRAM) installed in the computer. Each computer has 640 kilobytes (KB) of base
memory. This option has no user-selectable settings.