System Setup Program; Viewing Settings; System Setup Screens; Entering The System Setup Program - Dell Dimension 8300 Series Service Manual

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System Setup Program

Dell™ Dimension™ 8300 Series Service Manual
Overview
Entering the System Setup Program
Hyper-Threading
Clearing Forgotten Passwords
Overview
The system setup program contains the standard settings for your computer.
NOTICE: Unless you are an expert computer user, do not change the settings for this program. Certain changes might make your computer work
incorrectly.
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 computer
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To set or change user-selectable options—for example, the user password
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Dell recommends that you write down the system setup program screen information for future reference.

Entering the System Setup Program

Viewing Settings

1. Turn on (or restart) your computer.
2. When the blue DELL logo appears, press <F2> immediately.
If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop. Then shut down your
computer and try again.
See the following figure for an example of the main program screen.

System Setup Screens

The system setup program screens display the current configuration information for your computer. Information on the screen is divided into five areas: