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Using the System Setup Program

Overview

NOTE: Your operating system may automatically configure most of the options available in the system
setup program, thus overriding options that you set through the system setup program. For more
information on configuring features for your operating system, see the Help and Support Center. To
access help, see page9.
The system setup screens display the current setup information and settings for your computer,
such as:
• System configuration
• Boot order
• Boot (start-up) configuration and docking-device configuration settings
• Basic device configuration settings
• System security and hard-drive password settings
NOTICE: Unless you are an expert computer user or are directed to do so by Dell technical support,
donot change the settings for the system setup program. 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 (see page 28) and try again.
Maximum vibration:
Operating
0.6 GRMS
Storage
1.3 GRMS
Maximum shock (measured with the
hard drive in head-parked position
and 2-ms half-sine pulse):
Operating
122 G
Storage
163 G
Altitude (maximum):
Operating
–15.2 to 3048 m (–50 to 10,000 ft)
Storage
–15.2 to 10,668 m (–50 to 35,000 ft)
Environmental (continued)