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CPU Information
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CPU Speed
indicates the processor speed at which your system boots.
Press the left- or right-arrow key to toggle the
CPU Speed
option between the resident microprocessor's rated speed (the default) and
a lower compatibility speed, which lets you accommodate speed-sensitive application programs. A change to this option takes effect
immediately (rebooting the system is not required).
To toggle between the rated processor speed and the compatibility speed while the system is running in real mode, press
<Ctrl><Alt><\>. (For keyboards that do not use American English, press <Ctrl><Alt><#>.)
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Bus Speed
indicates the speed of the microprocessor's system bus, or front-side bus (FSB).
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Processor ID
provides the manufacturer's identification code(s) for the installed microprocessor.
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Clock Speed
indicates the core speed at which the microprocessor(s) operates.
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Cache Size
displays the size of the microprocessor's level 2 (L2) cache.
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Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B
identify the type of diskette drives installed in your computer. With the standard cabling
configuration,
Diskette Drive A
(the boot diskette drive) is the diskette drive installed in the top externally accessible drive bay;
Diskette
Drive B
is a second diskette drive installed in any of the lower externally accessible drive bays.
The
Diskette Drive A
and
Diskette Drive B
options have the following possible settings:
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Optical, 360 KB
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Optical, 1.2 MB
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Diskette, 720 KB
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Diskette, 1.44 MB
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Not Installed
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Fastboot
allows your system to boot in 10 seconds or less. The default setting is
On
. If you do not want your computer to skip certain
configurations and tests during boot, you may set this option to
Off
.
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Integrated Devices.
This option configures the following devices integrated with the system board:
Press <Enter> to configure these options as explained in the following subsections.
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Sound
determines whether the integrated audio controller is
On
or
Off
. The default is
On
.
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Network Interface Controller
determines whether the integrated NIC is
On
,
Off
, or
On
w/ MBA
. The default is
On
. If you select
On w/ MBA
, you are prompted to press <Ctrl><Alt><b> at the Dell logo screen during system boot. A menu then appears that
allows you to select
PXE
,
RPL
,
BootP
, or
NetWare
as the active boot mode.
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Mouse Port
enables or disables the system's integrated Personal System/2 (PS/2)-compatible mouse port. Disabling the
mouse allows an expansion card to use interrupt request (IRQ)12.
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Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2
configure the system's integrated serial ports. You can set these options to
Auto
(the default) to
automatically configure a port, to a particular designation (
COM1
or
COM3
for
Serial Port 1
;
COM2
or
COM4
for
Serial Port 2
),
or to
Off
to disable the port.
If you set a serial port to
Auto
and add an expansion card containing a port configured to the same
designation, the system automatically remaps the integrated port to the next available port designation that
shares the same IRQ setting as follows:
- COM1
(input/output [I/O] address 3F8h), which shares IRQ4 with
COM3
, is remapped to
COM3
(I/O address 3E8h).
- COM2
(I/O address 2F8h), which shares IRQ3 with
COM4
, is remapped to
COM4
(I/O address
2E8h).
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Parallel Port
configures the system's integrated parallel port. Press <Enter> to configure the
Parallel Port
options explained in
the following subsections.
Mode
: You can set this option to
PS/2
,
EPP
,
ECP
,
AT
, or
Off
to disable the port. Set this option according to
the type of peripheral device connected to the parallel port. To determine the correct mode to use, see the
NOTE: When two COM ports share an IRQ setting, you can use either port as necessary, but you may not be able to use them both at
the same time. If you are running the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
95 or IBM
®
OS/2
®
operating system, you cannot use both serial ports at
the same time. If the second port (
COM3
or
COM4
) is also in use, the integrated port is turned off.
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