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
3. Copy the BIOS setup program file to the bootable USB drive.
4. Connect the bootable USB drive to the computer that needs the BIOS update.
5. Restart the computer and press F12 .
6. Select the USB drive from the One Time Boot Menu.
7. Type the BIOS setup program filename and press Enter.
The BIOS Update Utility appears.
8. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the BIOS update.
Updating the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu
Update your computer BIOS using the BIOS update.exe file that is copied to a FAT32 USB drive and booting from the F12
One-Time boot menu.
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
BIOS Update
You can run the BIOS update file from Windows using a bootable USB drive or you can also update the BIOS from the F12
One-Time boot menu on the computer.
Most of the Dell computers built after 2012 have this capability, and you can confirm by booting your computer to the F12
One-Time Boot Menu to see if BIOS FLASH UPDATE is listed as a boot option for your computer. If the option is listed, then the
BIOS supports this BIOS update option.
NOTE: Only computers with BIOS Flash Update option in the F12 One-Time boot menu can use this function.
Updating from the One-Time boot menu
To update your BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu, you need the following:
● USB drive formatted to the FAT32 file system (key does not have to be bootable)
● BIOS executable file that you downloaded from the Dell Support website and copied to the root of the USB drive
● AC power adapter that is connected to the computer
● Functional computer battery to flash the BIOS
Perform the following steps to perform the BIOS update flash process from the F12 menu:
CAUTION:
Do not turn off the computer during the BIOS update process. The computer may not boot if you turn
off your computer.
1. From a turn off state, insert the USB drive where you copied the flash into a USB port of the computer.
2. Turn on the computer and press F12 to access the One-Time Boot Menu, select BIOS Update using the mouse or arrow keys
then press Enter.
The flash BIOS menu is displayed.
3. Click Flash from file.
4. Select external USB device.
5. Select the file and double-click the flash target file, and then click Submit.
6. Click Update BIOS. The computer restarts to flash the BIOS.
7. The computer will restart after the BIOS update is completed.
System and setup password
Table 15. System and setup password
Password type Description
System password Password that you must enter to log in to your system.
System setup options 83