Dell Inspiron 5000e - Manual (Page 61)

Main Menu
System Devices Menu
NOTICE: Video driver settings override the Television Type setting.
Option Function
System Time Resets the time on the internal clock.
System Date Resets the date on the internal calendar.
Floppy Drive Identifies the type of diskette drive being used by the computer. This option is not configurable.
Hard Disk Displays the capacity of the internal hard-disk drive. This option is not configurable.
NOTE: If a second hard-disk drive is installed, it does not appear in this option even if installed.
Quiet Boot When set to Disabled, allows POST messages and the summary screen to appear at system start-up. When
set to Enabled (default), prevents the diagnostic POST messages and summary screen from appearing at
system start-up. If Quiet Boot is enabled, a boot device cannot be selected during start-up.
Video Display Device Allows you to specify whether video is visible only on the integrated display (LCD Mode), only on an
external monitor or projector (CRT Mode), or on both the display and an external device simultaneously
(Simul Mode, the default).
Press <Fn><F8> to change the video display device when Windows is running.
Television Port When set to Enabled (default), allows the computer to display the screen image on a TV (if one is attached to
the TV-out S-video connector) and disables the integrated display as well as an external monitor. When set to
Disabled, allows the screen image to appear on the device specified in the Video Display Device option.
Television Type Allows you to set the TV-out signal to NTSC (default) or PAL.
Consult your television documentation for information on which setting you should use.
NOTICE: Video driver settings override the Television Type setting.
System Memory Displays the base amount of DRAM installed in the computer. Each computer has 640 KB of base memory.
This option has no selectable settings.
Extended Memory Displays the total amount of memory above 1 MB. Each computer comes standard with at least 32 MB of
memory installed. If you install or remove memory, the amount of extended memory displayed changes. This
option has no selectable settings.
System Tag Number Also known as the system service tag sequence. This sequence is the same sequence found on the bar code
label on the computer. It is used to identify the computer.
NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary in the system Help.