Dell Dimension L Series, Reference And Troubleshooting Manual

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support.dell.com System Setup Program B-3
System Setup Screens and Options
The system setup screens are organized as follows:
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At the top is a menu bar for accessing the main program screens.
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The box on the left side of each screen lists options that define the installed hard-
ware in your system.
Fields beside the options contain settings or values. You can change those that You can change those that
are enclosed in brackets. Values that are grayed out contain status information
reported by the system.
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The box on the right side of each screen displays help information for the option
with a currently highlighted field.
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The bottom area lists keys and their functions for the currently displayed screen.
The menu bar provides access to the following screens:
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Main screen — Provides settings for the basic system configuration
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Advanced screen — Provides detailed settings for some system features
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Security screen — Provides indications and settings for system password and
setup password
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Boot screen — Provides information about which device boots the system
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Exit screen — Provides selections for saving and loading the configurations and
options
In addition to these screens, options identified by a right arrow (see Figure B- B-2 for an
example) provide access to submenus.