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Dell Latitude D530: System Setup Program

System Setup Program: Dell Latitude D530

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System Setup Program

Overview

NOTE: Your operating system may automatically configure most of the options

available in the system setup program, thus overriding options that you set through

the system setup program. (An exception is the External Hot Key option, which you

can disable or enable only through the system setup program.) For more information

on configuring features for your operating system, access Help and Support. To

access Help and Support in Windows XP, click Start→ Help and Support. In

Windows Vista, click Start

→ Help and Support.

You can use the system setup program as follows:

• To set or change user-selectable features—for example, your computer

password

• To verify information about the computer's current configuration, such as

the amount of system memory

After you set up the computer, run the system setup program to familiarize

yourself with your system configuration information and optional settings.

You may want to write down the information for future reference.

The system setup screens display the current setup information and settings

for your computer, such as:

• System configuration

• Boot order

• Boot (start-up) configuration and docking-device configuration settings

• Basic device-configuration settings

• System security and hard-drive password settings

NOTE: Unless you are an expert computer user or are directed to do so by Dell

technical support, do not change the system setup settings. Certain changes might

make your computer work incorrectly.

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Viewing the System Setup Screens

1

Turn on (or restart) your computer.

2

When the DELL™ logo appears, press <F2> immediately. If you wait too

®

®

long and the Microsoft

Windows

logo appears, continue to wait until

you see the Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer and try

again.

System Setup Screens

NOTE: For information about a specific item on a system setup screen, highlight the

item and see the Help area on the screen.

On each screen, the system setup options are listed at the left. To the right of

each option is the setting or value for that option. You can change settings

that appear as white type on the screen. Options or values that you cannot

change (because they are determined by the computer) appear less bright.

The upper-right corner of the screen displays help information for the

currently highlighted option; the lower-right corner displays information

about the computer. System-setup key functions are listed across the bottom

of the screen.

Commonly Used Options

Certain options require that you reboot the computer for new settings to take

effect.

Changing the Boot Sequence

The boot sequence, or boot order, tells the computer where to look to find the

software needed to start the operating system. You can control the boot

sequence and enable/disable devices using the Boot Order page of the system

setup program.

NOTE: To change the boot sequence on a one-time-only basis, see "Performing a

One-Time Boot" on page 125.

The Boot Order page displays a general list of the bootable devices that may

be installed in your computer, including but not limited to the following:

• Diskette Drive

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• Modular bay HDD

• Internal HDD

• Optical Drive

During the boot routine, the computer starts at the top of the list and scans

each enabled device for the operating system start-up files. When the

computer finds the files, it stops searching and starts the operating system.

To control the boot devices, select (highlight) a device by pressing the down-

arrow or up-arrow key, and then enable or disable the device or change its

order in the list.

• To enable or disable a device, highlight the item and press the space bar.

Enabled items appear as white and display a small triangle to the left;

disabled items appear blue or dimmed without a triangle.

• To reorder a device in the list, highlight the device and then press <u> or

<d> (not case-sensitive) to move the highlighted device up or down.

Boot sequence changes take effect as soon as you save the changes and exit

the system setup program.

Performing a One-Time Boot

You can set a one-time-only boot sequence without entering the system setup

program. (You can also use this procedure to boot the Dell Diagnostics on the

diagnostics utility partition on your hard drive.)

1

Shut down the computer through the

Start

menu.

2

If the computer is connected to a docking device (docked), undock it. See

the documentation that came with your docking device for instructions.

3

Connect the computer to an electrical outlet.

4

Turn 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.

5

When the boot device list appears, highlight the device from which you

want to boot and press <Enter>.

The computer boots to the selected device.

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

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

1

Press <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.

2

Press 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.

3

Press <Esc> and then click

Yes

to save the changes and exit the system

setup program. If you are prompted to restart your computer, click

Yes

.

4

Follow the instructions on the screen.

5

After the infrared sensor has been enabled, click

Yes

to restart the

computer.

After you enable the infrared sensor, you can use it to establish a link to an

infrared device. To set up and use an infrared device, see the infrared device

documentation and access the Help and Support Center (click Start→ Help

and Support).

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