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System setup, Boot Sequence, Navigation Keys

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5 System setup System setup enables you to manage your desktop hardware and specify BIOS level options. From the System setup, you can: • Change the NVRAM settings after you add or remove hardware • View the system hardware configuration • Enable or disable integrated devices • Set performance and power management thresholds • Manage your computer security Topics: • Boot Sequence • Navigation Keys • System and setup password • System Setup options • Updating the BIOS in Windows • Updating your system BIOS using a USB flash drive • Enabling smart power on Boot Sequence Boot Sequence allows you to bypass the System Setup-defined boot device order and boot directly to a specific device (for example: optical drive or hard drive). During the Power-on Self Test (POST), when the Dell logo appears, you can: • Access System Setup by pressing F2 key • Bring up the one-time boot menu by pressing F12 key The one-time boot menu displays the devices that you can boot from including the diagnostic option. The boot menu options are: • Removable Drive (if available) • STXXXX Drive NOTE: XXX denotes the SATA drive number. • Optical Drive (if available) • SATA Hard Drive (if available) • Diagnostics NOTE: Choosing Diagnostics, will display the ePSA diagnostics screen. The boot sequence screen also displays the option to access the System Setup screen. Navigation Keys The following table displays the system setup navigation keys. NOTE: For most of the system setup options, changes that you make are recorded but do not take effect until you re-start the system. System setup 67

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System setup
System setup enables you to manage your desktop hardware and specify BIOS level options. From the System setup, you can:
•
Change the NVRAM settings after you add or remove hardware
•
View the system hardware
configuration
•
Enable or disable integrated devices
•
Set performance and power management thresholds
•
Manage your computer security
Topics:
•
Boot Sequence
•
Navigation Keys
•
System and setup password
•
System Setup options
•
Updating the BIOS in Windows
•
Updating your system BIOS using a USB
flash
drive
•
Enabling smart power on
Boot Sequence
Boot Sequence allows you to bypass the System
Setup–defined
boot device order and boot directly to a
specific
device (for example:
optical drive or hard drive). During the Power-on Self Test (POST), when the Dell logo appears, you can:
•
Access System Setup by pressing F2 key
•
Bring up the one-time boot menu by pressing F12 key
The one-time boot menu displays the devices that you can boot from including the diagnostic option. The boot menu options are:
•
Removable Drive (if available)
•
STXXXX Drive
NOTE:
XXX denotes the SATA drive number.
•
Optical Drive (if available)
•
SATA Hard Drive (if available)
•
Diagnostics
NOTE:
Choosing Diagnostics, will display the ePSA diagnostics screen.
The boot sequence screen also displays the option to access the System Setup screen.
Navigation Keys
The following table displays the system setup navigation keys.
NOTE:
For most of the system setup options, changes that you make are recorded but do not take
effect
until you re-start the
system.
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