System Bios; Entering System Setup; Drive Bios Quicktest; Navigation Keystrokes - Dell LATITUDE D620 User Manual

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The Latitude™ D620 offers you the following options:
Access System Setup by pressing <F2>
Bring up a one-time boot menu by pressing <F12>
Start the Preboot System Assessment by pressing <Fn> and the power button
Press <F12> when the Dell™ logo appears to initiate a one-time boot menu with a list of the valid boot devices for the
system. Diagnostics and Enter Setup options are also included on this menu. The devices listed on the boot menu
depend on the bootable devices in the system. This menu is useful when you attempt to boot to a particular device or bring
up the diagnostics for the system. Using the boot menu does not make any changes to the boot order stored in the BIOS.
Press <F2> to enter System Setup and make changes to the user-definable settings. If you havetrouble entering System
Setup using this key, press <F2> when the keyboard LEDs first flash.
The Latitude D620 features an enhanced one-time boot menu. The enhanced menu features the following improvements:
Easier access — Access the menu by pressing <F12> during system boot.
User prompting — The missing keystroke is now displayed on the BIOS splash screen.
Added diagnostics options — The boot menu now includes two new options: IDE Drive Diagnostics (90/90 hard
drive diagnostics) and Boot to the Utility Partition.
The Drive BIOS Quicktest allows you to test the physical function of the hard drive without having to locate and download
files on the Web or make bootable floppy disks or CDs. Select IDE Drive Diagnostics from the boot menu to initiate the
test.
Use the following keystrokes to navigate the BIOS screens.
Action
Expand and collapse field
Expand or collapse all fields
Exit BIOS
Change a setting
Select field to change
Cancel modification
Reset defaults
NOTE:
Depending on the computer and its installed devices, the items listed in this section may or may not appear.
The following tables describe the menu options for the System Setup BIOS.
Option Description
This field lists the computer name, BIOS version, Service Tag, asset tag, and ownership tag. None of these
System Info
fields can be changed.
Processor This field identifies the processor type, processor ID, current clock speed, maximum clock speed,
Info processor cache size, and dual core present.
Memory
This field indicates the memory installed, memory speed, memory channel mode, and memory technology.
Info
This field indicates the primary hard drive, modular bay device, system D/Bay device, video controller,
Device Info video memory, panel type, native resolution, audio controller, modem controller, Wi-Fi® device, cellular
device, Bluetooth® device, and AC adapter device.
Battery Info This field indicates the primary battery and the module bay battery status.
Battery Info This field indicates the primary battery and the module bay battery status.
Battery
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Navigation Keystrokes

Keystroke
<Enter>, left or right-arrow keys, or +/–
< >
<Esc> — Remain in Setup, Save/Exit, Discard/Exit
Left or right-arrow keys
<Enter>
<Esc>
<Alt><F> or Load Defaults menu option
System
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