Dell Inspiron XPS - Manual (Page 151)

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To control the boot devices, select (highlight) a device by pressing the down-arrow or up-arrow key,
and then enable or disable the device or change its order in the list.
• To enable or disable a device, highlight the item and press the space bar. Enabled items
appear as white and display a small triangle to the left; disabled items appear blue or dimmed
without a triangle.
• To reorder a device in the list, highlight the device and then press <u> or <d>(not case-
sensitive) to move the highlighted device up or down.
Boot sequence changes take effect as soon as you save the changes and exit system setup.
Performing a One-Time Boot
You can set a one-time-only boot sequence without entering system setup. (You can also use this
procedure to boot the Dell Diagnostics on the diagnostics utility partition on your hard drive.)
1 Shut down the computer through the Start menu.
2 Connect the computer to an electrical outlet.
3 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.
4 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.
Enabling the Infrared Sensor
1 Enter the system setup program:
a Turn on your computer.
b Press <F2> when the Dell™ logo appears to enter the system setup program.
2 Press <Alt><p> until you locate Infrared Data Port under Basic Device Configuration.
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 <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.
5 Follow the instructions on the screen.
6 After the infrared sensor has been enabled, click Yes to restart the computer.
After you enable the infrared sensor, you can use it to establish a link to an infrared device. To set
up and use an infrared device, see the infrared device documentation and the Microsoft
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Windows
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XP Help and Support Center. To access the Help and Support Center, see page 19.