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System Setup, Boot Sequence, Navigation keys

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3 System Setup System Setup enables you to manage your computer 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 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 • 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 restart the system. 35

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System Setup
System Setup enables you to manage your computer 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
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
•
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 restart the system.
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