User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Latitude 5490 Owner’s Manual
- Contents
- Working on your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Recommended tools
- Screw size list
- Subscriber Identity Module(SIM) board
- Base cover
- Battery
- Solid State Drive — optional
- Hard drive
- Coin-cell battery
- WLAN card
- WWAN card – optional
- Memory modules
- Keyboard lattice and Keyboard
- Heat sink
- System fan
- Power connector port
- Chassis frame
- SmartCard module
- Speaker
- System board
- Display hinge cover
- Display assembly
- Display bezel
- Display panel
- Display (eDP) cable
- Camera
- Display hinges
- Display back cover assembly
- Palm rest
- Technical specifications
- Technology and components
- System setup options
- BIOS overview
- Entering BIOS setup program
- Navigation keys
- One time boot menu
- Boot Sequence
- System Setup overview
- Accessing System Setup
- General screen options
- System Configuration screen options
- Video screen options
- Security screen options
- Secure Boot screen options
- Intel Software Guard Extensions
- Performance screen options
- Power Management screen options
- POST Behavior screen options
- Manageability
- Virtualization support screen options
- Wireless screen options
- Maintenance screen options
- Updating the BIOS
- System and setup password
- Clearing CMOS settings
- Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords
- Software
- Troubleshooting
- Contacting Dell
Option Description
Data Wipe This field allows users to erase the data securely from all internal storage devices. The following is list of
devices affected:
● Internal SATA HDD/SSD
● Internal M.2 SATA SDD
● Internal M.2 PCIe SSD
● Internal eMMC
BIOS Recovery This field allows you to recover from certain corrupted BIOS conditions from a recover file on the user
primary hard drive or an external USB key.
● BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive (enabled by default)
● BIOS Auto-Recovery
● Always perform Integrity Check
Updating the BIOS
Updating the BIOS in Windows
CAUTION: If BitLocker is not suspended before updating the BIOS, the next time you reboot the system it
will not recognize the BitLocker key. You will then be prompted to enter the recovery key to progress and the
system will ask for this on each reboot. If the recovery key is not known this can result in data loss or an
unnecessary operating system re-install. For more information on this subject, see Knowledge Article: https://
www.dell.com/support/article/sln153694
1. Go to www.dell.com/support.
2. Click Product support. In the Search support box, enter the Service Tag of your computer, and then click Search.
NOTE:
If you do not have the Service Tag, use the SupportAssist feature to automatically identify your computer. You
can also use the product ID or manually browse for your computer model.
3. Click Drivers & Downloads. Expand Find drivers.
4. Select the operating system installed on your computer.
5. In the Category drop-down list, select BIOS.
6. Select the latest version of BIOS, and click Download to download the BIOS file for your computer.
7. After the download is complete, browse the folder where you saved the BIOS update file.
8. Double-click the BIOS update file icon and follow the on-screen instructions.
For more information, see knowledge base article 000124211 at www.dell.com/support.
Updating the BIOS in Linux and Ubuntu
To update the system BIOS on a computer that is installed with Linux or Ubuntu, see the knowledge base article 000131486 at
www.dell.com/support.
Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows
CAUTION:
If BitLocker is not suspended before updating the BIOS, the next time you reboot the system it
will not recognize the BitLocker key. You will then be prompted to enter the recovery key to progress and the
system will ask for this on each reboot. If the recovery key is not known this can result in data loss or an
unnecessary operating system re-install. For more information on this subject, see Knowledge Article: https://
www.dell.com/support/article/sln153694
1. Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 6 in Updating the BIOS in Windows to download the latest BIOS setup program file.
2. Create a bootable USB drive. For more information, see the knowledge base article 000145519 at www.dell.com/support.
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System setup options