User Manual

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 conguration

• 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 ash drive

• Enabling smart power on

Boot Sequence

Boot Sequence allows you to bypass the System Setup–dened boot device order and boot directly to a specic 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)

• 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 eect until you re-start the

system.

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