Dell Inspiron 3500 - Manual (Page 34)

2-4 Dell Inspiron 3500 Portable Computer Reference and Troubleshooting Guide
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System Time sets the computer to the time you specify (usually the current time).
Type in the appropriate information. Use the tab key to move between the hours, min-
utes, and seconds fields. This option is useful if you travel between time zones.
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System Date sets your system to the date you specify (usually the current date). Type
in the appropriate information. Use the tab key to move between the month, day, and
year fields.
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Floppy Drive identifies the type of diskette drive being used by the computer. This
option has no user-selectable settings.
1.44 MB, 3 1/2” means there is a diskette drive in the options bay.
Disabled means that there is no diskette drive installed.
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Hard Disk displays the capacity of the computer's hard-disk drive. If you install a drive
with a different capacity, the settings under this option change automatically. This
option does not have any user-selectable settings.
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When Quiet Boot is set to Enabled (the default), the diagnostic power-on self-test
(POST) messages and summary screen do not appear at system boot. Disabled indi-
cates that the POST messages and summary screen do appear at system boot. In
addition, if Quiet Boot is enabled, you cannot choose a boot device as the system
initializes.
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Video Display Device allows you to specify whether video is visible only on the com-
puter’s 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).
When you are using the Windows 98 operating system (rather than the Setup pro-
gram), press <Fn><F8> to change the video display device.
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System Memory displays the base amount of dynamic random-access memory
(DRAM) installed in the computer. Each computer has 640 kilobytes (KB) of base
memory. This option has no user-selectable settings.