System Setup; Overview; Entering System Setup - Dell Inspiron DCMA Owner's Manual

System Setup

Overview

Use System Setup as follows:
• To change the system configuration information after you add, change, or
remove any hardware in your computer
• To set or change a user-selectable option such as the user password
• To read the current amount of memory or set the type of hard drive
installed
Before you use system setup, it is recommended that you write down the
system setup screen information for future reference.
NOTICE:
this program. Certain changes can make your computer work incorrectly.

Entering System Setup

1 Turn on (or restart) your computer.
2 When the blue DELL™ logo is displayed, you must watch for the F2
prompt to appear.
3 Once this F2 prompt appears, press <F2> immediately.
NOTE:
can appear very quickly, so you must watch for it to display, and then press
<F2>. If you press <F2> before you are prompted, this keystroke will be lost.
4 If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to
wait until you see the Microsoft
your computer (see "Turning Off Your Computer" on page 98) and try again.
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Appendix
Unless you are an expert computer user, do not change the settings for
The F2 prompt indicates that the keyboard has initialized. This prompt
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Windows desktop. Then, shut down