Dell Inspiron 2000 - Manual (Page 93)

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System Time Resets the time on the computer’s internal clock.
System Date Resets the date on the computer’s internal calendar.
Diskette Drive A,
Diskette Drive B Identifies the type of diskette drive being used by the
computer. Diskette Drive B identifies a second diskette
drive, if installed.
IDE Adapter 0
Master Displays the capacity of the computer's internal hard-disk
drive. This option does not have any user-selectable settings.
IDE Adapter 1
Master Identifies an IDE device (such as a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
drive) attached to the media bay connector through the
media bay cable.
PS/2 Pointing
Device Auto Detect (the default) allows the BIOS to detect and
enable an external PS/2 mouse (if attached) or enable the
touch pad. Enabled enables the touch pad only. Disabled
allows the use of a serial mouse.
Summary Screen When Summary Screen is Enabled (the default), a Phoe-
nix BIOS Setup Utility summary screen appears during
system boot after the POST. The summary screen lists many
of the system setup settings. When this option is set to Dis-
abled, the summary screen does not appear.
Quiet Boot When set to Enabled (default), prevents the diagnostic
POST messages and summary screen from appearing at
system start-up. When set to Disabled, allows POST
messages and the summary screen to appear at system
start-up. If Quiet Boot is enabled, you cannot choose a boot
device as the system initializes.
System Memory Displays the base amount of DRAM installed in the
computer. Each computer has 640 KB of base memory.
This option has no user-selectable settings.
Extended Memory Displays the total amount of memory above 1 MB. Each
computer comes standard with at least 64 MB of memory
installed. If you install or remove memory, the amount of
extended memory displayed changes. This option has no
user-selectable settings.
NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary in the
system Help.