Maintenance Screen Options; System Log Screen Options; Boot Sequence - Dell Latitude 3390 Owner's Manual

Maintenance screen options

Option Description
Service Tag Displays the Service Tag of your computer.
Asset Tag Allows you to create a system asset tag if an asset tag is not already set. This option is not set by default.
BIOS Downgrade This controls flashing of the system firmware to previous revisions.
Data Wipe This field allows users to erase the data securely from all internal storage devices. The following is list of
devices affected:
● Internal HDD
● Internal SDD
● Internal mSATA
● Internal eMMC
BIOS Recovery This field allows you to recover from certain corrupted BIOS conditions from a recover file on the user
primary hard drive or an external USB key.
● BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive (enabled by default)

System Log screen options

Option Description
BIOS Events Allows you to view and clear the System Setup (BIOS) POST events.
Thermal Events Allows you to view and clear the System Setup (Thermal) events.
Power Events Allows you to view and clear the System Setup (Power) events.

Boot Sequence

Boot Sequence allows you to bypass the System Setup–defined boot device order and boot directly to a specific device (for
example: optical drive or hard drive). During the Power-on Self Test (POST), when the Dell logo appears, you can:
● Access System Setup by pressing F2 key
● Bring up the one-time boot menu by pressing F12 key
The one-time boot menu displays the devices that you can boot from including the diagnostic option. The boot menu options
are:
● Removable Drive (if available)
● STXXXX Drive
NOTE: XXX denotes the SATA drive number.
● Optical Drive (if available)
● SATA Hard Drive (if available)
● Diagnostics
NOTE: Choosing Diagnostics, will display the ePSA diagnostics screen.
The boot sequence screen also displays the option to access the System Setup screen.
74 System Setup
WARNING: Selecting this option results in permanent data loss and this action cannot be
reversed.