Owners Manual

1 Working on your tablet..................................................................................................................5
Safety instructions................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Before working inside the tablet....................................................................................................................................5
Safety precautions...........................................................................................................................................................6
Electrostatic discharge—ESD protection.................................................................................................................... 6
ESD field service kit ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
After working inside the tablet....................................................................................................................................... 7
2 Major components of the tablet.....................................................................................................9
3 System setup..............................................................................................................................11
Boot menu..............................................................................................................................................................................11
Navigation keys..................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Boot Sequence..................................................................................................................................................................... 12
System setup options.......................................................................................................................................................... 12
General options...............................................................................................................................................................12
System information........................................................................................................................................................ 13
Video................................................................................................................................................................................ 15
Security............................................................................................................................................................................15
Secure boot.....................................................................................................................................................................16
Intel Software Guard Extensions..................................................................................................................................17
Performance....................................................................................................................................................................17
Power management.......................................................................................................................................................18
POST behavior................................................................................................................................................................19
Manageability................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Virtualization support.................................................................................................................................................... 20
Wireless............................................................................................................................................................................21
Maintenance screen.......................................................................................................................................................21
System logs.....................................................................................................................................................................21
SupportAssist System Resolution................................................................................................................................22
About...............................................................................................................................................................................22
Updating the BIOS in Windows ........................................................................................................................................ 22
Updating BIOS on systems with BitLocker enabled..................................................................................................23
Updating your system BIOS using a USB flash drive................................................................................................23
Updating the Dell BIOS in Linux and Ubuntu environments.....................................................................................24
Flashing the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu.............................................................................................24
System and setup password..............................................................................................................................................26
Assigning a system setup password............................................................................................................................27
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password........................................................................................27
4 Troubleshooting......................................................................................................................... 28
Enhanced Pre-Boot System Assessment (ePSA) diagnostics......................................................................................28
Running the ePSA diagnostics.....................................................................................................................................28
System diagnostic lights.....................................................................................................................................................28
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