Table a-1, System setup categories – Dell OptiPlex E1 User Manual

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System Setup Program

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Time

Resets time on computer’s internal clock.

Date

Resets date on computer’s internal calendar.

Diskette Drive A
Diskette Drive B

Identifies type of diskette drives installed. Cat-
egory options always match physical locations
of drives in computer. Tape drives are

not

reflected in these categories.

Primary Drive

n

Secondary Drive

n

Identifies drives attached to the IDE1 and IDE2
connectors on system board. Each EIDE con-
nector supports two EIDE drives (Drive 0 and
Drive 1).

For EIDE hard-disk drives, the system provides
an automatic drive-type detect feature. To use
this feature, highlight the appropriate Drive
category, press <Enter>, and then type

a

(for

automatic).

If none of the supported drive types matches
the parameters of the new drive, enter param-
eters directly. To do so, highlight the appropri-
ate Drive

category (Drive 0 or Drive 1), press

<Enter>, and then type

u

to display

User1

.

Press

<

Tab

>

to highlight each of the parameter

fields in succession, and enter the appropriate
number for each field.

NOTE: For EIDE devices such as EIDE
CD-ROM drives and EIDE tape drives that are
using the built-in EIDE controller, set the
appropriate Drive category to Auto.

Drive Sequence

Lists installed adapter cards and devices in the
order they will be initialized.

Boot Sequence

Lists the order of the devices from which the
system attempts to boot.

System Memory

Indicates the entire amount of installed mem-
ory detected in your system.

Video Memory

Displays the amount of video memory
detected in your system.

Reserved Memory

Designates a region of system board memory
that can be supplied by an expansion card.

This feature should not be enabled unless an
expansion card that requires special address-
ing is installed.

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