Clearing Cmos Settings - Dell XPS 17 9700 Service Manual

Table 18. System setup options—Performance menu(continued)
Performance
Enable Adaptive C-States for Discrete
Graphics
Intel Turbo Boost Technology
Enable Intel Turbo Boost Technology
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
Enable Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
Dynamic Tuning:Machine Learning
Enable Dynamic Tuning:Machine Learning
Table 19. 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

Clearing CMOS settings

About this task
CAUTION: Clearing CMOS settings resets the BIOS settings on your computer.
Steps
1. Turn off your computer.
2. Remove the base cover.
NOTE: The battery must be disconnected from the system board. See step 4 in
3. Press and hold the power button for 15 seconds to drain the flea power.
4. Before you turn on your computer, follow the steps in
5. Turn on your computer.
68 System setup
Allows the computer to dynamically detect high usage of a discrete graphics and
adjust the computer parameters for higher performance during that time period.
Default: ON
Enabled or disabled the Intel TurboBoost mode of the processor. If enabled, the Intel
TurboBoost driver increases the performance of the CPU or graphics processor.
Default: ON
Enabled or disabled the Intel Hyper-Threading mode of the processor. If enabled, the
Intel Hyper-Threading increases the efficiency of the processor resources when
multiple threads run on each core.
Default: ON
Enables or disables OS capability to enhance dynamic power tuning capabilities based
on detected workloads.
Default: OFF
Select keep or clear BIOS events.
By default, Keep is selected.
Select keep or clear Thermal events.
By default, Keep is selected.
Select keep or clear Power events.
By default, Keep is selected.
Installing the base cover.
Removing the base cover.