System setup options – Dell OptiPlex 160L User Manual
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System Setup Options
NOTE:
Depending on your computer and installed devices, all of the items listed in the section may or may not appear.
Drive Configuration
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Diskette Drive A — Identifies the floppy drive attached to the DSKT connector on the system board. With the standard cabling
configuration, Diskette Drive A (the boot floppy drive) is the 3.5-inch floppy drive installed in the bottom drive bay. The two options
are 3.5 Inch, 1.44 MB and Not Installed.
Tape drives are not reflected in the Diskette Drive A option. For example, if a single floppy drive and a tape drive are attached to the
floppy drive interface cable, set Diskette Drive A to 3.5 Inch, 1.44 MB.
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Primary Drive 0 — Identifies the IDE hard drive attached to the IDE1 connector on the system board.
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Primary Drive 1 — Identifies the IDE device attached to the IDE2 connector on the system board.
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Secondary Drive 0 — Identifies the device that is cabled with the drive on the IDE1 data cable.
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Secondary Drive 1 — Identifies the device that is cabled with the device on the IDE2 data cable.
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IDE Drive UDMA — Sets the mode for all installed hard drives.
NOTE:
You must have an IDE device connected to the primary IDE interface if you have an IDE device connected to the secondary IDE
interface.
If You Have a Problem —
See "
Hard drive problems
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Hard-Disk Drive Sequence —
If you insert a boot device and reboot, this option will appear in your system setup menu.
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System BIOS boot device
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USB Device
NOTE:
To boot from a USB memory device, select the USB device and move it to make it the first device in the list.
Boot Sequence —
See "
" for more information on this option.
Memory Information —
Indicates amount of installed memory, computer memory speed, amount of video memory, and size of the display
cache.
CPU Information
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CPU Speed — The processor speed at which the computer 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. A change to this option takes effect immediately (no restart is necessary).
To toggle between the rated processor speed and the compatibility speed while the computer 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 — The speed of the microprocessor's system bus.
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Processor ID — The manufacturer's identification code(s) for the installed microprocessor.
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Clock Speed — The core speed at which the microprocessor(s) operates.
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Cache Size — The size of the microprocessor's L2 cache.
Integrated Devices (Legacy Select Options) —
Configures the following devices integrated with the system board:
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Sound — The settings are On (default) or Off.
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Network Interface Controller — The settings are On (default), Off, or On w/ PXE.
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Mouse Port — The settings are On (default) or Off.
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USB Emulation — The settings are On (default) and Off.
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USB Controller — The settings are On (default) or Off.
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PCI Slots — The settings are Enabled (default) and Disabled.
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Parallel Port — The settings are Mode, I/O Address, and DMA Channel.
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Mode settings are PS/2 (default), EPP, ECP, AT, or Off. Set the Mode option according to the type of device connected to the
parallel connector. To determine the correct mode to use, see the documentation that came with the device.
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I/O Address settings are 378h (default), 278h, or 3BCh. The settings are not available when Mode is set to Off.
NOTE:
You cannot set the parallel connector to 3BCh if Mode is set to EPP.
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DMA Channel appears only when Mode is set to ECP. Settings are DMA 1, DMA 3, or Off.
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Diskette Interface — The settings are Auto (default), Read Only, and Off.
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Auto turns off the integrated floppy drive controller when necessary to accommodate a controller card installed in an expansion
slot.
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Read Only prevents the computer's integrated floppy drive controller from writing to floppy drives and activates Auto.
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PC Speaker — The settings are On (default) and Off.
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Primary Video Controller — The settings are Auto (default) and Onboard.
Onboard Video Buffer — The settings are 1 MB (default) and 8 MB.
Power Management —
" for more information
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Suspend Mode — The options are S1 or S3.
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AC Power Recovery — Determines what happens when AC power is restored to the computer.
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Off (default) — The computer remains off when AC power is restored.
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On — The computer starts when AC power is restored.
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Last — The computer returns to the AC power state existing at the time that AC power was lost
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Low Power Mode — The settings are Enabled and Disabled.