It is recommended that you write down the system setup screen information for future reference. Entering System Setup Viewing Settings 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 and try again. System Setup Screens System setup screens display the current configuration information for your computer. Information on the screen is divided into five areas: l Title — The box at the top of all screens that lists the computer name. l Computer data — Two boxes below the title box that display your computer processor, L2 cache, Service Tag, and the version number of the BIOS. l 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. When appears to the right of an option title, press to access a pop-up menu of additional options. l Help — A feature that gives you information on the option that is selected (highlighted) when you press . l Key functions — A line of boxes across the bottom of all screens that lists keys and their functions within system setup. NOTICE: Unless you are an expert computer user, do not change the settings for this program. Certain changes can make your computer work incorrectly. Keys Action or down arrow Moves to the next field. , , or up arrow Moves to the previous field. System Setup Options back arrow or forward arrow Cycles through the options in a field. In many fields, you can also type the appropriate value. or Scrolls through help information. Enters the selected field's pop-up options menu. spacebar, <=>, or <-> In the selected field's pop-up options menu, cycles through the options in a field. Exits system setup without restarting the computer and returns the computer to the boot routine. Exits system setup and restarts the computer, implementing any changes you have made. Resets the selected option to the default setting. Restores all system settings to the default configuration. NOTE: Depending on your computer and installed devices, the items listed in this section may or may not appear. Drive Configuration Diskette Drive A Identifies the floppy drive attached to the DSKT connector on the system board. With the standard cabling configuration, Diskette Drive A (the boot floppy drive) is the 3.5-inch floppy drive installed in the top externally accessible drive bay. The two options are 3.5 Inch, 1.44 MB and Not Installed. Tape drives are not reflected in the Diskette Drive A option. For example, if a single floppy drive and a tape drive are attached to the floppy drive interface cable, set Diskette Drive A to 3.5 Inch, 1.44 MB. SATA Primary Drive Identifies the serial ATA hard drive attached to the SATA1 connector on the system board. SATA Secondary Drive Identifies the serial ATA hard drive attached to the SATA2 connector on the system board (not available on the small form-factor computer). Primary Drive 0 Identifies the IDE hard drive attached to the IDE1 connector on the system board. Primary Drive 1 Identifies the IDE device attached to the IDE2 connector on the system board. Secondary Drive 0 Identifies the device that is cabled with the drive on the IDE1 data cable. Secondary Drive 1 Identifies the device that is cabled with the device on the IDE2 data cable. IDE Drive UDMA Sets the mode for all installed hard drives. NOTE: You must have an IDE device connected to the primary IDE interface if you have an IDE device connected to the secondary IDE interface. Hard-Disk Drive Sequence If you insert a boot device and restart, this option appears in the system setup menu. System BIOS boot device USB Device To boot from a USB memory device, select the USB device and move it so it becomes the first device in the list. Boot Sequence Normal (This option is available only for the current boot process.) The computer attempts to boot from the sequence of devices specified in system setup. Diskette Drive The computer attempts to boot from the floppy drive. If the floppy disk in the drive is not bootable, or if no floppy disk is in the drive, the computer generates an error message. Hard Drive The computer attempts to boot from the primary hard drive. If no operating system is on the drive, the computer generates an error message. CD Drive The computer attempts to boot from the CD drive. If no CD is in the drive, or if no operating system is on the CD, the computer generates an error message. PXE (This option is available only for the future boot process.) As the computer boots, it prompts the user to press . Pressing this key combination causes a menu to display that allows you to select ...
