Enabling the Infrared Sensor, Changing Printer Modes | Dell PP10L

Performing a One-Time Boot

You can set a one-time-only boot sequence without entering system setup. (You can also use this procedure to boot the Dell Diagnostics on the diagnostics utility partition on your hard drive.)

1Shut down the computer through the Start menu.

2If the computer is connected to a docking device (docked), undock it. See the documentation that came with your docking device for instructions.

3Connect the computer to an electrical outlet.

4Turn on the computer. When the DELL logo appears, press <F12> immediately. If you wait too long and the Windows logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer and try again.

5When the boot device list appears, highlight the device from which you want to boot and press <Enter>.

The computer boots to the selected device.

The next time you reboot the computer, the previous boot order is restored.

Changing Printer Modes

Set the Parallel Mode option according to the type of printer or device connected to the parallel connector. To determine the correct mode to use, see the documentation that came with the device.

Setting Parallel Mode to Disabled disables the parallel port and the port’s LPT address, which frees computer resources for another device to use.

Changing COM Ports

Serial Port allows you to map the serial port COM address or disable the serial port and its address, which frees computer resources for another device to use.

Enabling the Infrared Sensor

1Enter system setup:

a Turn on your computer.

b Press <F2> when the Dell™ logo appears.

2Press <Alt><P> until you locate Infrared Data Port under Basic Device Configuration.

NOTE: Ensure that the COM port that you select is different from the COM port assigned to the serial connector.

3Press the down-arrow key to select the Infrared Data Port setting, and press the right-arrow key to change the setting to a COM port.

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