Dell Mini Tower System manual Introduction

•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 Chapter 4, “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

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