Dell 6300 Laptop User Manual


 
Using the System Setup Program 4-5
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The following subsections explain in detail each of the options on the System Setup
screens:
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Time resets the time on the computer’s internal clock.
Time is kept in a 24-hour format (
hours
:
minutes
:
seconds
). To change the time, 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 numbers in each of the
appropriate fields.
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Date resets the date on the computer’s internal calendar.
Your system automatically displays the day of the week corresponding to the settings
in the three fields that follow (
month
,
day-of-month
, and
year
).
To change the date, press the right-arrow key to increase the number in the high-
lighted field or press the left-arrow key to decrease the number. If you prefer, you can
type numbers in the
month
and
day-of-month
fields.
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Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B identify the type of diskette drive installed in
your computer. With the standard cabling configuration, Diskette Drive A (the boot
diskette drive) is the 3.5-inch diskette drive installed in the top externally accessible
drive bay.
The settings always match the physical locations of the drives in your computer—the
first drive listed on Page 1 of the System Setup screens is the top drive in your
computer.
The settings are:
3.5 Inch, 720 KB
3.5 Inch, 1.44 MB
5.25 Inch, 360 KB
5.25 Inch, 1.2 MB
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Sets the state of the processor cache to On (default) or Off.