System Setup; Overview; Entering System Setup; System Setup Options - Dell Latitude E5520m Owner's Manual

System Setup

Overview

System Setup allows you to:
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CAUTION: Unless you are an expert computer user, do not change the settings for this program. Certain changes
can cause your computer to 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 the F2 prompt appears, press <F2> immediately.
4. 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.

System Setup Options

NOTE: Depending on the computer and its installed devices, the items listed in this section may or may not appear.
General
System Information
Battery Information
Boot Sequence
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change the system configuration information after you add, change, or remove any hardware in your computer.
set or change a user-selectable option such as the user password.
read the current amount of memory or set the type of hard drive installed.
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.
This section lists the primary hardware features of your computer.
Displays the battery status and the type of AC adapter connected to the computer
Allows you to change the order in which the computer attempts to find an
operating system.
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• System Information
• Memory Information
• Processor Information
• Device Information
• Diskette Drive
• Internal HDD
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