Table A-1. System Setup Categories - Dell OptiPlex GXi Service Manual

Table A-1. System Setup Categories

Category
Time
Date
Diskette Drive A
Diskette Drive B
Drive A Location
Drives:
Primary
Secondary
Base Memory
Extended Memory
Reserved Memory
Function
Resets time on computer's internal clock.
Resets date on computer's internal calendar.
Identifies type of diskette drives installed. Cat-
egory options always match physical locations
of drives in computer. Tape drives are not
reflected in these categories.
Identifies which diskette drive is used as the
boot drive.
Identifies drives attached to the IDE1 and
IDE2 connectors on system board. Each EIDE
connector supports two EIDE drives (Drive 0
and Drive 1).
For EIDE hard-disk drives, the system pro-
vides an automatic drive-type detect
feature. To use this feature, highlight the
appropriate Drive category and type a (for
automatic).
If none of the supported drive types matches
the parameters of the new drive, enter parame-
ters directly. To do so, highlight the appropriate
Drive category (Drive 0 or Drive 1) and type u
to display User1. Press
of the parameter fields in succession, and enter
the appropriate number for each field.
NOTE: For EIDE devices such as EIDE
CD-ROM drives and EIDE tape drives that are
using the built-in EIDE controller, set the
appropriate Drive category to Auto.
Displays amount of memory available to
MS-DOS programs that do not use extended or
expanded memory.
Displays amount of memory available as
extended memory.
Designates a region of system board memory
that can be supplied by an expansion card.
This feature should not be enabled unless an
expansion card that requires special addressing
is installed.
Tab to highlight each
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System Setup Program A-3