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System Setup Screens, Boot Sequence, Boot Device Menu

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www.dell.com | support.dell.com System Setup Screens The system setup program screens display the current configuration information for your computer. Information on the screen is divided into five areas: • Title - The box at the top of all screens that lists the computer name. • Computer data - Two boxes below the title box that display your computer processor, L2 cache, service tag, and the version number of the BIOS. • Options - A scrollable box listing options that define the configuration of your computer, including installed hardware, power conservation, and security features. Fields to the right of the option titles contain settings or values. The fields that you can change appear bright on the screen. The fields that you cannot change (because they are set by the computer) appear less bright. When appears to the right of an option title, press to access a popup menu of additional options. • Key functions - A line of boxes across the bottom of all screens that lists keys and their functions within the system setup program. • Help - Press for information on the option that is selected (highlighted). Boot Sequence This feature allows you to change the boot sequence for devices. Changing Boot Sequence for the Current Boot You can use this feature, for example, to tell the computer to boot from the CD drive so that you can run the Dell Diagnostics on the Drivers and Utilities CD, but you must set the computer to boot from the hard drive when the diagnostic tests are complete. 1 Turn on (or restart) your computer. 2 When the blue DELL logo appears, press immediately. If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Microsoft Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer (see page 30) and try again. The Boot Device Menu appears, listing all available boot devices. Each device has a number next to it. 3 At the bottom of the menu, enter the number of the device that is to be used for the current boot only. 126 Appendix

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System Setup Screens
The system setup program screens display the current configuration information for your
computer. Information on the screen is divided into five areas:
•
Title — The box at the top of all screens that lists the computer name.
•
Computer data — Two boxes below the title box that display your computer processor,
L2 cache, service tag, and the version number of the BIOS.
•
Options — A scrollable box listing options that define the configuration of your
computer, including installed hardware, power conservation, and security features.
Fields to the right of the option titles contain settings or values. The fields that you
can change appear bright on the screen. The fields that you cannot change (because
they are set by the computer) appear less bright. When <
ENTER
> appears to the right
of an option title, press <Enter> to access a popup menu of additional options.
•
Key functions — A line of boxes across the bottom of all screens that lists keys and
their functions within the system setup program.
•
Help — Press <F1> for information on the option that is selected (highlighted).
Boot Sequence
This feature allows you to change the boot sequence for devices.
Changing Boot Sequence for the Current Boot
You can use this feature, for example, to tell the computer to boot from the CD drive so
that you can run the Dell Diagnostics on the
Drivers and Utilities
CD, but you must set the
computer to boot from the hard drive when the diagnostic tests are complete.
1
Turn on (or restart) your computer.
2
When the blue DELL logo appears, press <F2> immediately.
If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you
see the Microsoft Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer (see page 30)
and try again.
The
Boot Device Menu
appears, listing all available boot devices. Each device has a
number next to it.
3
At the bottom of the menu, enter the number of the device that is to be used for the
current boot only.