Dell Inspirion, Owner'S Manual

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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.
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
1
Enter system setup:
a
Turn on your computer.
b
Press <F2> when the Dell™ logo appears.
2
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.
3
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.
4
Press the down-arrow key to select the Infrared Mode setting, and press the right-arrow key to
change the setting to Fast IR or Slow IR .
It is recommended that you use Fast IR . If the infrared device cannot communicate with your
computer, shut down the computer and repeat steps 1 through 5 to change the setting to
Slow IR .
5
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 .