System Setup Program; Entering The System Setup Program - Dell Dimension L Series Reference And Troubleshooting Manual

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This appendix describes the system setup program, which you can use to configure bes the system setup program, which you can use to configure
your computer system as well as enable and disable your system's password
features.
Each time you turn on or restart your computer system, the system compares the
hardware installed in the system to the hardware listed in the configuration informa-
tion stored in nonvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM) on the system board. If If
the system detects a discrepancy between the two, it generates error messages that
identify the incorrect configuration settings. The system then prompts you to enter
the system setup program to correct the setting.
You can use the system setup program as follows:
•
To change the system configuration information after you add, change, or remove
any hardware in your system
•
To set or change user-selectable options—for example, the user password
Dell recommends that you print the system setup program screens (by pressing
<Print Screen>) or write down the information for future reference >) or write down the information for future reference.

Entering the System Setup Program

Enter the system setup program as follows:
1. Turn on (or restart) your system.
2. When the blue Dell logo appears, press <Del>.
If you wait too long and the operating system begins to load into memory, let the
system complete the load operation. Then shut down the system and try again.
You can also enter the system setup program by responding to certain error
messages.

System Setup Program

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