Appendix 127
System Setup

Overview

Use system setup as follows:
• To change the system configuration information after you add, change, or remove any hardware in your
computer
• To set or change a user-selectable option such as the user password
• To read the current amount of memory or set the type of hard drive installed
• To flash the BIOS with an update
Before you use system setup, it is recommended that you write down the system setup screen
information for future reference.
NOTICE: Unless you are an expert computer user, do not change the settings for this program. Certain changes
can cause your computer to work incorrectly.

Entering System Setup

1
Turn on (or restart) your computer.
2
When the blue DELL™ logo is displayed, watch for the F2 prompt to appear.
Environmental
Temperature:
Operating
10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F)
Storage
–40° to 65°C (–40° to 149°F)
Relative humidity 20% to 80% (noncondensing)
Maximum vibration:
Operating
0.25 G at 3 to 200 Hz at 0.5 octave/min
Storage
0.5 G at 3 to 200 Hz at 1 octave/min
Maximum shock:
Operating
bottom half-sine pulse with a change in velocity of 20 inches/sec
(50.8 cm/sec)
Storage
27-G faired square wave with a velocity change of 200 inches/sec
(508 cm/sec)
Altitude:
Operating
–15.2 to 3048 m (–50 to 10,000 ft)
Storage
–15.2 to 10,668 m (–50 to 35,000 ft)
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