System Setup; Overview; Entering System Setup - Dell Vostro 400 Owner's Manual

Environmental (continued)
Storage
Altitude:
Operating
Storage

System Setup

Overview

Use system setup as follows:
• To change the system configuration information after you add, change, or
remove any hardware in your computer
• To set or change a user-selectable option such as the user password
• To read the current amount of memory or set the type of hard drive
installed
Before you use system setup, it is recommended that you write down the
system setup screen information for future reference.
NOTICE:
this program. Certain changes can make your computer work incorrectly.

Entering System Setup

1 Turn on (or restart) your computer.
2 When the blue DELL™ logo is displayed, you must watch for the F2
prompt to appear.
3 Once this F2 prompt appears, press <F2> immediately.
NOTE:
The F2 prompt indicates that the keyboard has initialized. This prompt can
appear very quickly, so you must watch for it to display, and then press <F2>. If you
press <F2> before you are prompted, this keystroke will be lost.
4 If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to
wait until you see the Microsoft
your computer (see "Turning Off Your Computer" on page 102) and try
again.
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Appendix
105 G +/- 5% with pulse duration of 2 msec +/- 10%
(equivalent to 50 in/sec [127 cm/sec])
–15.2 to 3048 m (–50 to 10,000 ft)
–15.2 to 10,668 m (–50 to 35,000 ft)
Unless you are an expert computer user, do not change the settings for
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Windows desktop. Then, shut down