Using The System Setup Program; Overview; Viewing The System Setup Screens - Dell Inspiron 9300 Owner's Manual

Environmental (continued)
Maximum shock (measured with a
2-ms half-sine pulse):
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Altitude (maximum):
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Using the System Setup Program

Overview

NOTE:
Your operating system may automatically configure most of the options available in system setup,
thus overriding options that you set through system setup. (An exception is the External Hot Key option,
which you can disable or enable only through system setup.) For more information on configuring
features for your operating system, see the Windows Help and Support Center. To access help, see
"Finding Information" on page 9.
The system setup screens display the current setup information and settings for your computer,
such as:
• System configuration
• Basic device-configuration settings
• System security and hard-drive password settings
• Power management settings
• Boot (start-up) configuration and display settings
• Docking-device settings
• Wireless control settings
NOTICE:
Unless you are an expert computer user or are directed to do so by Dell technical support, do
not change the system setup settings. Certain changes might make your computer work incorrectly.

Viewing the System Setup Screens

1 Turn on (or restart) your computer.
2 When the DELL™ logo appears, press <F2> immediately. If you wait too long and the
Windows logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Windows desktop. Then shut down
your computer and try again.
143 G
163 G
–15.2 to 3048 m (–50 to 10,000 ft)
–15.2 to 10,668 m (–50 to 35,000 ft)
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