Dell Dimension 8200 - Manual (Page 46)

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System Setup Program
Dell™ Dimension™ 8200
Overview
Viewing Settings
Clearing Forgotten Passwords
Overview
The system setup program contains the standard settings for your computer.
See the following figure for an example of the main screen of the program.
Viewing Settings
1. Turn on (or restart) your computer.
2. When the blue Dell™ logo appears, press <F2> immediately.
If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop. Then shut down your
computer and try again.
System Setup Program Screens
The system setup program screens display the current configuration information for your computer. Information on the screen is divided into five areas:
l Title – The area at the top of all system setup screens that displays your computer's model number.
l Computer data – Two boxes below the title that display the system processor, L2 cache, service tag, and the version number of the system setup
program.
l Options – A scrollable box listing options that define the configuration of your computer (including installed hardware, power conservation, and security
features).
Fields to the right of the listed options contain settings or values. The settings and values that you can change are brighter on the screen. All other
settings and values are set by the computer and cannot be changed. When <Enter> appears to the right of an option, press <Enter> to access a pop-
NOTICE: Unless you are an expert computer user, don't change the settings for this program. Certain changes might make your computer work
incorrectly.