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Table 44. System setup options—Performance menu (continued)
Performance
PCIe Resizable Base Address Register
(BAR)
PCIe Resizable Base Address Register
(BAR)
Table 45. System setup options—System Logs menu
System Logs
BIOS Event Log
Clear BIOS Event Log
Thermal Event Log
Clear Thermal Event Log
Power Event Log
Clear Power Event Log
Updating the BIOS
Updating the BIOS in Windows
Steps
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 about how to update the system BIOS, search in the Knowledge Base Resource at www.dell.com/support.
Updating the BIOS using the USB drive in Windows
Steps
1. Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 6 in
2. Create a bootable USB drive. For more information, search the Knowledge Base Resource at www.dell.com/support.
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 .
Enables or disables the PCIe Register BAR support.
By default, the PCIe Resizable Base Address Register (BAR) option is disabled.
Allows you to select option to keep or clear BIOS events logs.
By default, Keep Log option is selected.
Allows you to select option to keep or clear Thermal events logs.
By default, Keep Log option is selected.
Allows you to select option to keep or clear Power events logs.
By default, Keep Log option is selected.
Updating the BIOS in Windows
to download the latest BIOS setup program file.
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