Dell XPS 730 (Late 2008) User Manual

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System Setup

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Power

ACPI Suspend

Type

Specifies the ACPI suspend type. The default is S3.

Auto Power On

Allows you to enable or disable an alarm to turn on the

computer automatically.

AC Recovery

Specifies the behaviour of the system after recovering from a

power loss.

• Power on — The computer turns on after it recovers from a

power failure.

• Power off — The computer remains powered off.
• Last state— The computer returns the power state it was in

before the power failure.

HDD Acoustic

Mode

Determines the acoustic mode at which the hard drive

operates.
Bypass — Do nothing (needed for older drives).
Quiet — The hard drive operates at its most quiet setting.
Performance — The hard drive operates at its maximum speed.

NOTE:

Switching to performance mode may cause an increase in

noise produced by the drive, but does not affect the drive's

performance.

Boot

Boot Device

Priority

Sets the boot priority among the available devices.

Hard Disk Boot

Priority

Sets the hard drive boot priority. The items displayed are

dynamically updated according to the hard drives detected.

CD/DVD Boot

Priority

Sets the optical drive boot priority. The items displayed are

dynamically updated according to the optical drives detected.

Boot Settings

Configuration

Allows the BIOS to skip certain tests while booting. This

decreases the time needed to boot the system.

Security

Allows you to set or change the supervisor password.

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