Key Functions — This field appears below the Option Field and lists keys and their functions within the active system setup program field.

System Setup Program Options

NOTE: Depending on your computer and installed devices, the items listed in this section may not appear, or may not appear exactly as listed.

System Info

System Info

Lists system information such as the computer name, and other system-specific information.

 

 

BIOS Info

Shows the BIOS version number and date information.

Service Tag

Displays computer service tag number for support purposes.

 

 

CPU Info

Identifies whether the computer's processor supports Hyper-Threading and lists the processor type, processor bus speed,

 

processor ID, clock speed, and L2 cache.

 

 

Memory Info

Indicates amount of installed memory, memory speed, channel mode (dual or single), and type of memory installed.

 

 

Standard CMOS Features

 

 

 

Date/Time

Displays current date and time settings. Date (mm:dd:yy)

 

 

SATA Info

Displays the SATA drives integrated in the system (SATA -0; SATA-1; SATA-2; SATA-3; SATA-4; SATA-5).

SATA Mode

AHCI by default

 

 

Halt On

All Error; All; But Keyboard. (All, But Keyboard by default)

 

 

Advanced BIOS Features

 

 

 

CPU Feature

SpeedStep—Enabled; Disabled (Enabled by default)

 

Execute Disable Bit—Enabled; Disabled (Enabled by default)

 

Hyper-Threading—Enabled; Disabled (Enabled by default)

 

Core Multi-Processing—Enabled; Disabled (Enabled by default)

 

Intel(R) C-STATE tech—Enabled; Disabled (Enabled by default)

 

 

Boot Up NumLock Status

Off; On (On by default)

 

 

Quiet Boot

Enabled; Disabled (Enabled by default)

 

 

Boot Configuration

 

 

 

Hard Disk Boot Priority

Used to set the device priority of hard drives. The items displayed are dynamically updated according to the hard drives

 

detected.

 

 

Removable Drives Boot

Used to set the device priority of removable devices such a media card readers. The items displayed are dynamically updated

Priority

according to the removable devices connected.

 

 

First Boot Device

Removable; Hard Disk; CDROM; USB-CDROM; Legacy LAN; Disabled (Removable by default)

 

 

Second Boot Device

Removable; Hard Disk; CDROM; USB-CDROM; Legacy LAN; Disabled (Hard disk by default)

Third Boot Device

Removable; Hard Disk; CDROM; USB-CDROM; Legacy LAN; Disabled (CD-ROM by default)

 

 

Boot Menu Security

Enabled; Disabled (Disabled by default)

 

 

Advanced Chipset Features

 

 

 

Init Display First

Onboard, PCI, PCI-Express (PCI-Express by default)

 

 

Integrated Peripherals

 

 

 

USB Controller

Enabled or Disabled (Enabled by default)

 

 

Onboard Audio Connector

Enabled or Disabled (Enabled by default)

 

 

Onboard LAN Connector

Enabled or Disabled (Enabled by default)

 

 

Onboard LAN Boot ROM

Enabled or Disabled (Disabled by default)

Serial Port

OFF, COM 1, AUTO, COM 3 (AUTO by default)

 

 

Power Management Setup

 

 

 

ACPI Suspend Type

S1(POS); S3(STR) (S3(STR) by default)

 

 

AC Recovery

Power Off, Power On, Last State (Power Off by default)

 

 

Remote Wake Up

Enabled; Disabled (Enabled by default)

Auto Power On

Enabled; Disabled (Disabled by default)

 

 

Auto Power On Date

0

 

 

Auto Power On Time

0:00:00

 

 

Load Defaults

 

 

 

Load Optimal Defaults

Resets CMOS defaults to factory install values.

 

 

 

 

Boot Sequence

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Dell 420, 220S manual System Setup Program Options, Boot Sequence

220S, 220, 420 specifications

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