Dell 4600 technical specifications System Setup Options

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System Setup Options

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

Drive Configuration

Diskette Drive Identifies the floppy drive attached to the DSKT connector on the system board. With the standard cabling configuration, Diskette Drive

AA (the boot floppy drive) is the 3.5-inch floppy drive installed in the top externally accessible drive bay. The two options are 3.5 Inch, 1.44 MB and Not Installed.

	Tape drives are not reflected in the Diskette Drive A option. For example, if a single floppy drive and a tape drive are attached to the
	floppy drive interface cable, set Diskette Drive A to 3.5 Inch, 1.44 MB.
SATA Primary	Identifies the serial ATA hard drive attached to the SATA1 connector on the system board.
Drive
SATA	Identifies the serial ATA hard drive attached to the SATA2 connector on the system board (not available on the small form-factor
Secondary	computer).
Drive
Primary Drive	Identifies the IDE hard drive attached to the IDE1 connector on the system board.
0
Primary Drive	Identifies the IDE device attached to the IDE2 connector on the system board.
1
Secondary	Identifies the device that is cabled with the drive on the IDE1 data cable.
Drive 0
Secondary	Identifies the device that is cabled with the device on the IDE2 data cable.
Drive 1
IDE Drive	Sets the mode for all installed hard drives.
UDMA

NOTE: You must have an IDE device connected to the primary IDE interface if you have an IDE device connected to the secondary IDE interface.

If you have a problem, see "Hard Drive Problems" in your Owner's Manual.

Hard-Disk Drive Sequence

If you insert a boot device and restart, this option appears in the system setup menu.

System BIOS boot device

USB Device	To boot from a USB memory device, select the USB device and move it so it becomes the first device in the list.
Boot Sequence
Normal	(This option is available only for the current boot process.) The computer attempts to boot from the sequence of devices specified in system
	setup.
Diskette	The computer attempts to boot from the floppy drive. If the floppy disk in the drive is not bootable, or if no floppy disk is in the drive, the
Drive	computer generates an error message.
Hard Drive	The computer attempts to boot from the primary hard drive. If no operating system is on the drive, the computer generates an error
	message.
CD Drive	The computer attempts to boot from the CD drive. If no CD is in the drive, or if no operating system is on the CD, the computer generates an
	error message.
PXE	(This option is available only for the future boot process.) As the computer boots, it prompts the user to press <Ctrl><Alt><b>. Pressing this
	key combination causes a menu to display that allows you to select a method for booting from a network server. If a boot routine is not
	available from the network server, the computer attempts to boot from the next device in the boot sequence list.
USB Flash	Insert the memory device into a USB port and restart the computer. When F12 = Boot Menu appears in the upper-right corner of the screen,
Device	press <F12>. The BIOS detects the device and adds the USB flash option to the boot menu.
	NOTE: To boot to a USB device, the device must be bootable. To ensure that your device is bootable, check the device documentation.

Memory Information

Indicates amount of installed memory, computer memory speed, amount of video memory, size of the display cache, and channel mode (dual or single).

Installed System Memory	Displays the amount of installed system memory.
System Memory Speed	Displays the speed of your system memory.