Dell 1320 specifications Entering System Setup, F12 Menu

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System Setup

Dell™ Vostro™ 1320 Service Manual

Entering System Setup

<F12> Menu

Your computer's BIOS, or System Setup program allows you to do the following:

•Access System Setup by pressing <F2>

•Bring up a one-time boot menu by pressing <F12>

Entering System Setup

Press <F2> to enter System Setup and make changes to the user-definable settings. If you are having trouble entering Setup using this key, reboot and press the <F2> key when the keyboard LEDs first flash.

<F12> Menu

Press <F12> when the Dell logo appears to initiate a one-time boot menu with a list of the valid boot devices for the computer. The devices listed on the boot menu depend on the bootable devices installed in your computer.

•Internal HDD

•CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive

•Onboard NIC

•BIOS Setup

•Diagnostics (starts the Pre-boot System Assessment (PSA) diagnostics)

This menu is useful when attempting to boot to a particular device or to bring up the diagnostics for your computer. Using the boot menu does not make any changes to the boot order stored in the BIOS.