Viewing Settings

1Turn on (or restart) your computer.

2When the blue DELL™ logo appears, press <F2> immediately.

If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop. Then shut down your computer (see page 18) and try again.

System Setup Screens

System setup screens display the current configuration information for your computer. Information on the screen is divided into five areas:

Title — The box at the top of all screens that lists the computer name.

Computer data — Two boxes below the title box that display your computer processor, L2 cache, Service Tag, and the version number of the BIOS.

Options — A scrollable box listing options that define the configuration of your computer, including installed hardware, power conservation, and security features.

Fields to the right of the option titles contain settings or values. When <Enter> appears to the right of an option title, press <Enter> to access a pop-up menu of additional options.

Help — A feature that gives you information on the option that is selected (highlighted) when you press <F1>.

Key functions — A line of boxes across the bottom of all screens that lists keys and their functions within system setup.

Keys

Action

 

 

<Tab> or down arrow

Moves to the next field.

 

 

<Shift>, <Tab> or

Moves to the previous field.

up arrow

 

 

 

back arrow or forward

Cycles through the options in a field. In many fields,

arrow

you can also type the appropriate value.

 

 

<Page Down> or

Scrolls through help information.

<Page Up>

 

 

 

<Enter>

Enters the selected field's pop-up options menu.

 

 

spacebar, <=> or <-

In the selected field's pop-up options menu, cycles

>

through the options in a field.

 

 

<Alt> <x>

Exits system setup without restarting the computer

 

and returns the computer to the boot routine.

 

 

<Alt> <b>

Exits system setup and restarts the computer,

 

implementing any changes you have made.

 

 

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Dell DMC, MTC2, G7279 manual Viewing Settings, System Setup Screens, Keys Action