Service manual

Using the System Setup Program: Dell Latitude CP
Date
Date resets the date on the computer's internal calendar.
Your computer automatically displays the day of the week corresponding to the settings in the
three fields that follow (month, day-of-the-month, and year).
A change to the Date option becomes effective immediately (rebooting is not required).
However, you must reboot to make the change apparent to the operating system.
To change the date, press the right-arrow key to increase the number in the highlighted field,
or press the left-arrow key to decrease the number. If you prefer, you can type in numbers in
the month and day-of-the-month fields.
Disk Time-Out
Disk Time-Out lets you determine how long your hard-disk drive remains idle before the drive
motor turns off to conserve battery power.
The AC category is set to Disabled. There are no user-selectable settings for this option. Settings for
Battery category are:
● Disabled
● 15 Seconds
● 1 Minute
● 2 Minutes
● 3 Minutes
● 4 Minutes
● 5 Minutes
● 10 Minutes
● 15 Minutes
● 30 Minutes
● 1 Hour
The default setting is 3 Minutes if the computer is powered by a battery or 1 Minute if the
computer isuing AC power. To increase battery operating time, set Disk Time-Out to a lower
number. However, if your software requires frequent hard-disk drive accesses, using a higher
time-out setting may save battery power and time by minimizing the number of times the hard-
disk drive must power up.
NOTE: Set Disk Time-Out to Disabled if using it causes compatibility problems with
your software.
A change to the Disk Time-Out option takes effect immediately (rebooting is not required).
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