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Appendix 135
Standard Settings
NOTICE: Unless you are an expert computer user or are directed to do so by
Dell technical support, do not change the settings for this program. Certain
changes might make your computer work incorrectly.
Viewing the System Setup Screens
1 Turn on (or restart) your computer.
2 When the DELL™ logo appears, press immediately. If you wait
too long and the Windows
logo appears, continue to wait until you see
the Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer (see "Turning
Off Your Computer" on page 43) and try again.
System Setup Screens
NOTE: To see
information about a
specific item on a system
setup screen, highlight the
item and refer to the Help
area on the screen.
The system setup screens display the current setup information and settings
for your computer. On each screen, the system setup options are listed at
the left of the screen. To the right of each option is the setting or value for
that option. You can change settings that appear as white type on the
screen. Options or values that you cannot change (because they are
determined by the computer) appear less bright.
The upper-right corner of the screen displays help information for the
currently highlighted option; the lower-right corner displays information
about the computer. System setup key functions are listed across the
bottom of the screen.
The screens display such information as:
• System configuration
• Boot order
• Boot (start-up) configuration and docking-device configuration
settings
• Basic device configuration settings
• Battery charge status
• System security and hard-drive password settings