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support.dell.com System Setup Program B-1
APPENDIX B
System Setup Program
This appendix describes the system setup program, which you can use to configure
your computer as well as enable and disable your computer’s password features.
Each time you turn on or restart your computer, the system compares the installed
hardware to the hardware listed in the configuration information stored in nonvolatile
random-access memory (NVRAM) on the system board. If the computer detects a
discrepancy between the two, it generates error messages that identify the incorrect
configuration settings. The computer then prompts you to enter the system setup
program to correct the setting.
You can use the system setup program as follows:
• To change the system configuration information after you add, change, or remove
any hardware in your system
• To set or change user-selectable options—for example, the user password
Dell recommends that you print the system setup program screens (by pressing
<Print Screen>) or write down the information for future reference.
Entering the System Setup Program
Enter the system setup program as follows:
1. Turn on (or restart) your system.
2. When the blue Dell logo appears, press <Del>.
If you wait too long and the operating system begins to load into memory, let the
system complete the load operation. Then shut down the system and try again.
You can also enter the system setup program by responding to certain error
messages.
Using the System Setup Program
Table B-1 lists the keys you use to view or change information on the system setup
screens and to exit the program.