Performing a One-Time Boot
You can set a
1Shut down the computer.
2Connect the computer to an electrical outlet.
3Turn on the computer. When the DELL logo appears, press <F12> 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.
4When the boot device list appears, highlight the device from which you want to boot and press <>Enter>.
The computer boots to the selected device.
The next time you reboot the computer, the normal boot order is restored.
Changing Printer Modes
Set the Parallel Mode option according to the type of printer or device connected to the parallel connector. To determine the correct mode to use, see the documentation that came with
the device.
Setting Parallel Mode to Disabled disables the parallel port and the port’s LPT address, freeing its interrupt for another device to use.
Changing COM Ports
Serial Port allows you to map the serial port COM address or disable the serial port and its address, freeing its interrupt for another device to use.
Enabling the Infrared Sensor
1Enter the system setup program: a Turn on your computer.
b Press <F2>when the DELL logo appears.
2Press <Alt><p> until you locate Infrared Data Port under Basic Device Configuration.
3Press the
4Press <Esc> to save the changes and exit the system setup program. If you are prompted to restart your computer, click Yes.
5Follow the instructions on the screen while the infrared sensor driver is being installed.
6At the end of the installation process, click Yes to restart the computer.
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