Introduction 1-3
•Audio drivers for enabling the sound functions on
the expansion sound card. For more information on
these utilities, see your online System User’s Guide.
•Bus mastering EIDE drivers to improve performance
by off-loading certain functions from the micropro-
cessor during multithreaded operation (when several
application programs are running simultaneously).
For more information on these utilities, see your
online System User’s Guide.
•The System Setup program for quickly viewing and
changing the system configuration information for
your system. For more information on this program,
see Chapter 2, “Using the System Setup Program.”
•An Auto Power On utility that enables your system
to perform routine tasks automatically in your
absence. For more information on this utility, see
your online System User’s Guide.
•Enhanced security features (a setup password, a
system password, a system-password lock option,
a write-protect option for diskette drives, and
automatic display of the system’s service tag num-
ber) available through the System Setup program. In
addition, a customer-definable asset tag number can
be assigned via a software support utility and viewed
on the System Setup screens. For more information,
see your online System User’s Guide and Chapter 2,
“Using the System Setup Program.”
•Advanced power management options that can
reduce the energy consumption of your system. For
more information, see Chapter 2, “Using the System
Setup Program.”
•The ICU, which tells you how to configure ISA
expansion cards manually. After resources have been
assigned to these cards, the system BIOS can assign
resources to PCI and Plug and Play expansion cards
for a conflict-free configuration. For more informa-
tion, see Chapter 3, “Using the ISA Configuration
Utility.”
•Dell Diagnostics for evaluating the computer’s com-
ponents and devices. For information on using the
diagnostics, see the chapter titled “Running the Dell
Diagnostics” in the Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
Guide.
•Network device drivers for several network operat-
ing systems. These drivers are described in
Chapter4, “Using Integrated Devices.”
•Desktop Management Interface (DMI) support,
which enables the management of your computer
system’s software and hardware. DMI defines the
software, interfaces, and data files that enable your
system to determine and report information about
system components.
If your system has a Dell-installed Microsoft
Windows®, Windows for Workgroups™, or Win-
dows NT operating system, DMI is already installed
on your system’s hard-disk drive. To learn more
about DMI, double-click the DMI icon in the Win-
dows Control Panel.
If you ordered Dell-installed software with your sys-
tem, such as MS-DOS®, Microsoft Windows, or
other programs, Dell provides a menu that allows
you to make program diskette sets of your Dell-
installed software. A program diskette set is an
uninstalled version of a software package that you
can use to reinstall or reconfigure the software. You
can use this same menu to remove diskette image
files (individual files that correspond to each diskette
in a program diskette set) to reclaim space on the
computer’s hard-disk drive. For more information on
making program diskette sets, see the online help
provided in the Dell Program Diskette Maker, which
is available in the Dell Accessories program group or
folder.
•The Dell Inspector program, which is a DMI
browser that allows you to view your computer’s
current hardware configuration and operating system
version (see Figure 1-1). The Dell Inspector provides
information you may need if you call Dell for techni-
cal assistance or if you install hardware or software
in your system. The Dell Inspector program is
located in the Dell Accessories program group or
folder.
The Dell Inspector program is available in client and
administrator versions. In addition to the client fea-
tures described in the preceding paragraph, the Dell