Date/System Date Date/System Date

Level 2 Cache L2 Cache

System Memory System Memory

Video Controller Video Controller

Panel Type LCD Model

Audio Controller Audio Controller

Modem Controller Modem Controller

Panel Type LCD Model Number

Audio Controller Audio Controller

Modem Controller

Primary Hard Drive Primary Hard Drive

Modular Bay

Service Tag Service Tag

Asset Tag Asset Tag

BIOS Version BIOS Version

Boot Order/Boot Sequence Boot Order (the order in which the system searches for operating system files)

Diskette Drive Floppy Drive

Internal HDD Internal Hard Disk Drive

Floppy device Floppy device

Hard-Disk Drive Hard disk drive

USB Storage Device USB storage device

CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive Optical Drive

CD-ROM device Optical Drive

Modular Bay HDD Modular Hard Disk Drive

Cardbus NIC Cardbus NIC

Onboard NIC Onboard NIC

Boot POST The level of hardware checking during the power-on self-test (POST). The level of hardware checking during POST: Set to "MINIMAL" (the default) to check only if the BIOS is upgraded, the memory module is changed, or the previous POST has not been completed. Setting it to "THOROUGH" performs a full hardware check when booting.

Config Warnings: This option is used to set whether or not the system will warn you if it is using a lower-voltage power adapter or other unsupported configuration, and is set to DISABLED to disable warnings, or ENABLED to enable warnings.

Config Warnings: This option is used to set whether or not the system will warn you if it is using a lower-voltage power adapter or other unsupported configuration. "

Internal Modem Internal Modem: Use this option to enable or disable the internal modem; when disabled, the modem is not visible to the operating system.

LAN Controller Network Controller: Use this option to enable or disable the PCI Ethernet controller. The device is not visible in the operating system when disabled.

PXE BIS Policy/PXE BIS Default Policy

PXE BIS Policy: This option controls how the system handles Boot Integrity Services (BIS) authorization requests when there is no authentication. The system can accept or reject BIS requests. When set to "Reset", BIS will be reinitialized and set to "Deny" the next time the computer is booted.

Onboard Bluetooth Onboard Bluetooth Device

MiniPCI Device Mini PCI Device

MiniPCI Status Mini PCI Device Status: Use this option to enable or disable the onboard PCI device when installing a Mini PCI device

Wireless Control. Wireless Control: Use this option to set the control method for MiniPCI and Bluetooth wireless devices. When set to "Application", wireless devices can be enabled or disabled via applications such as "Quickset", <Fn+F2> hotkeys are not available. Set to "<Fn+F2>/Application", the wireless device can be enabled or disabled by applications such as "Quickset" or <Fn+F2> hotkeys. When set to "Always Off", the wireless device is disabled and cannot be enabled in the operating system.

Wireless wireless devices: Use this option to enable or disable wireless devices. This setting can be changed in the operating system using the "Quickset" or "<Fn+F2>" hotkeys. Whether this setting is available depends on the Wireless Control setting.

Serial Port: This option allows you to avoid device resource conflicts by reassigning port addresses or disabling ports.

Infrared Data Port Infrared Data Port. Use this setting to avoid device resource conflicts by reassigning port addresses or disabling ports.

Parallel Mode Parallel port mode. Controls whether the computer's parallel port operates in "NORMAL" (AT-compatible) (normal standard parallel port), "BI-DIRECTIONAL" (PS/2-compatible) (bi-directional mode, which allows the host computer to communicate with the peripheral in both directions), or "ECP" (ECP) (ECP) (ECP) (ECP) (ECP) (ECP) (ECP) (ECP) (ECP) (ECP). "ECP" (Extended Capabilities Ports) (the default).

Num Lock Digital Lock. Sets whether the NumLock LED lights up when the system boots. Set to DISABLE to keep the NumLock LED off, or ENABLE to have the NumLock LED on at system startup.

Keyboard NumLock: This option is used to set whether or not to prompt for keyboard-related errors during system startup.

Enable Keypad: Set to "BY NUMLOCK" to enable the numeric keypad when the NumLock light is on and no external keyboard is connected. Setting "Only By <Fn> Key" keeps the e-mbedded keypad disabled when the NumLock light is on.

External Hot Key: This setting allows you to use the <Scroll Lock> key on an external PS/2 keyboard in the same way that you would use the <Fn> key on a laptop. If you are using an ACPI operating system such as Win2000 or WinXP, the <Fn> keys cannot be used on the USB keyboard. The <Fn> key can only be used by the USB keyboard in pure DOS mode. Setting to "SCROLL LOCK" (the default option) enables this feature, setting to "NOT INSTALLED" disables it.

USB Emulation: This option allows you to use a USB keyboard, USB mouse, and USB floppy drive with operating systems that do not directly support USB. This setting is automatically enabled during the BIOS boot process. When this feature is enabled, emulation continues to work when control is transferred to the operating system. Disabling this feature turns off the emulation when control is transferred to the operating system.

Pointing Device: When set to "SERIAL MOUSE", the external serial mouse is enabled and the integrated touchpad is disabled. When set to "PS/2 MOUSE", the integrated touchpad is disabled if an external PS/2 mouse is connected. When set to "TOUCH PAD-PS/2 MOUSE" (the default setting), you can switch between the mouse and the touchpad if an external PS/2 mouse is connected. The changes take effect after the computer is rebooted.

Video Expansion: Use this option to enable or disable video expansion to adjust a lower resolution to a higher, normal LCD resolution.

Battery Battery

Battery Status Battery Status

Power Management Power Management

Suspend Mode Suspend Mode

AC Power Recovery AC Power Recovery: This option allows the computer to recover from the effects of the AC power adapter when it is plugged back into the system. AC Power Recovery: This option allows the computer to respond accordingly when the AC power adapter is plugged back into the system.

Low Power Mode: This option is used to set the amount of power used when the system is hibernating or shutting down.

Brightness: This option sets the brightness of the display when the computer boots. The default setting is halfway when the computer is powered on. The default setting is Maximum when the computer is powered by the AC adapter.

Wakeup On LAN Network: This option sets the setting to allow the computer to wake up from hibernation when a network signal is connected. This setting does not work for the Standby state. Standby state can only be woken up in the operating system. This setting is only available when the AC power adapter is connected.

Auto On Mod: Note that this setting will not take effect if the AC power adapter is not connected. This option sets the computer's auto-on time and allows you to set the computer to automatically power on every day or only on weekdays. The setting takes effect after the computer is rebooted.

Auto On Time: This option sets the time for the system to automatically power on in 24-hour format. Type a value or use the left and right arrow keys to set a value. The setting takes effect after the computer is restarted.

Dock Configuration

Docking Status

Universal Connect: This setting is not available if the operating system used is WinNT 4.0 or earlier. If you regularly use more than one Dell docking station device and want to minimize the initial time to access the docking station, set it to "ENABLED" (the default setting). Set to "DISABLED" if you want the operating system to generate a new system setup file for each new docking station device connected to the computer.

System Security System Security

Primary Password Primary Password

Admin Password Admin Password

Hard-disk drive password(s)

Password Status Password status: This option is used to lock the system password when Setup password is enabled. Set this option to "Locked" and enable Setup password to place the system password to be changed. This option can also be used to place the password disabled by the user at system startup.

System Password System Password

Setup Password Setup Password

Post Hotkeys: This option is used to specify the hotkeys to be displayed on the screen (F2 or F12) during the power-on self-test (POST).

Chassis Intrusion: This option enables or disables the chassis intrusion detection feature. When set to "Enable-Silent", no warning message is sent if a chassis intrusion is detected at boot time. When this option is enabled and the chassis cover is open, the field will display "DETECTED".

Drive Configuration

Diskette Drive A: Diskette Drive A: Use this option to enable or disable the floppy drive if one is installed in the system

Primary Master Drive

Primary Slave Drive

This option enables or disables the floppy drive. Slave Drive First Slave Drive

Secondary Master Drive Second Master Drive

Secondary Slave Drive Second Slave Drive

IDE Drive UDMA UDMA-enabled IDE drives: Use this option to enable or disable DMA transfers over the internal IDE drive interface.

Hard-Disk drive Sequence

System BIOS boot devices System BIOS boot sequence

USB device USB device

Memory Information

Installed System Memory. Installed System Memory: This option displays the size and type of memory installed in the system

System Memory Speed: This option displays the speed of the installed memory

System Memory Channel Mode: This option displays the memory slot settings. settings.

AGP Aperture AGP Region Memory Capacity: This option specifies the value of memory allocated to the video adapter. Some video adapters may require more memory than the default value.

CPU information CPU information

CPU Speed CPU Speed: This option displays the rate at which the central processor is running after startup

Bus Speed Bus Speed: Displays the processor bus speed

Processor 0 ID Processor ID: Displays the type and model number of the processor. Processor ID: Shows the type and model number of the processor

Clock Speed Clock Frequency

Cache Size: Shows the L2 cache value of the processor

Integrated Devices (LegacySelect Options) Integrated Devices

Sound Sound Settings: Use this to enable or disable the audio controller

Sound Settings: Use this to enable or disable the audio controller. Audio Controller: Use this option to enable or disable the audio controller

Network Interface Controller Network Interface Controller: Enables or disables the integrated NIC

Mouse Port Mouse Port: Use this option to enable or disable the built-in PS/2 compatible mouse controller

USB Controller USB Controller: Use this option to enable or disable the onboard USB controller.

PCI Slots PCI Slots: Use this option to enable or disable the onboard PCI slots. When disabled, all PCI slots are unavailable and cannot be detected by the operating system.

Serial Port 1 Serial Port 1: Use this option to control the operation of the built-in serial port. When set to "AUTO", the built-in serial port automatically reassigns the available port addresses if two devices are used on the same port address via a serial expansion card. The serial port uses COM1 first, then COM2, and if both addresses are already assigned to a port, that port will be disabled.

Parallel Port: This field allows you to configure the built-in parallel port

Mode: When set to "AT", the built-in parallel port can only output data to the connected device. When set to PS/2, EPP or ECP mode, the parallel port can input and output data. The protocols and maximum data transfer rates for these three modes are different. Maximum transfer rate PS/2<EPP<ECP. In addition, ECP can be designed with DMA channels to further improve the output.

I/O Address Input/Output Address

DMA Channel DMA channel: use this option to set the DMA channel used by the parallel port. This option is only available when the parallel port is set to "ECP".

Diskette Interface Diskette Interface: Use this option to set the operation of the built-in floppy disk drive. When set to AUTO, the internal diskette controller is disabled if a floppy drive is present. If no diskette controller is detected, the built-in controller is enabled.

PC Speaker System Speaker: Use this option to enable or disable the system speaker

Primary Video Controller Primary Video Controller: Use this option to specify the video controller during the boot process. When set to "AUTO", the system can use the built-in video card if one is installed. Otherwise, the system will use the onboard video controller. When set to "Onboard", the system always uses the onboard controller

Onboard Video Buffer

Report Keyboard Errors

Auto Power On

Auto Power On Mode

Auto Power On Time

Remote Wake Up: When this option is set to ON, if the network card or modem with the Remote Wake Up feature receives an alert from the network card or modem with the Remote Wake Up feature, the network card or modem with the Remote Wake Up feature will be automatically powered on. Remote Wake Up: When this option is set to "ON", the system will wake up if the network card or modem with remote wake up function receives a wake up signal. When this option is set to "On w/Boot to NIC", the system will try to boot from the network first.

Fast Boot: This option determines how fast the system boots when the operating system requests a thin boot.

IDE Hard Drive Acoustics Mode IDE Hard Drive Acoustics Mode

System Event Log

BIOS Language Description:

There are a variety of English phrases that appear after a problem occurs during bootup, and these phrases contain very important information. Read these messages can solve some small problems by yourself, but these English difficult to defeat part of the friends, the following is the explanation of some common BIOS phrases, you can refer to it.

(1).CMOS battery failed

Chinese: CMOS battery failed.

Explanation: This means the CMOS battery is almost dead, just replace it with a new one.

(2).CMOS check sum error-Defaults loaded

Chinese: CMOS found an error while executing all the checks to load the system presets.

Interpretation: Generally speaking, this sentence is to say that the battery is almost dead, you can first change the battery to try, if the problem is still not solved, then it shows that there may be a problem with the CMOS RAM, if not more than a year to the dealer for a motherboard, after one year, let the dealer to send it back to the manufacturer to repair it!

(3).Press ESC to skip memory test

Chinese: Memory checking is in progress, you can press ESC to skip.

Explanation: This is because there is no setting in CMOS to skip the second, third, or fourth test of memory, and four memory tests will be performed when you turn on the computer, of course you can press ESC to end the memory check, but it's too much trouble every time you have to do this, you can enter the COMS setup and then select BIOS FEATURS SETUP, and set one of the Quick Power On Self Test to Enabled, store it and reboot.

(4).Keyboard error or no keyboard present

Chinese: Keyboard error or no keyboard present.

Explanation: Check if the keyboard cable is loose or damaged.

(5).Hard disk install failure

Chinese: Hard disk install failure.

Explanation: This is because the power or data cable of the hard disk may not be connected properly or the hard disk jumper is not set properly. You can check if the hard disk's connecting cables are plugged in properly, and see if the jumper settings of two hard disks on the same data cable are the same, if they are the same, just set the jumper settings of the two hard disks differently (one is set to Master, the other is set to Slave).

(6).Secondary slave hard fail

Chinese: Detection of slave disk failed

Explanation: It may be that the CMOS is not set properly, for example, there is no slave disk, but in the CMOS is set to have a slave disk, then the error occurs, then you can go to the COMS settings to select the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION for hard disk auto-detection. It is also possible that the power and data cables of the hard disk may not be connected properly or the hard disk jumper is not set properly, the solution refers to Article 5.

(7).Floppy Disk(s) fail or Floppy Disk(s) fail(80) or Floppy Disk(s) fail(40)

Chinese: Cannot drive the floppy disk drive.

Explanation: The system prompted the floppy drive can not be found, look at the floppy drive power cord and data cable there is no loose or connected to the wrong, or put the floppy drive to another machine to try, if these are not working, then you have to buy another one, the good thing is that the floppy drive is not expensive.

(8).Hard disk(s) diagnosis fail

Chinese: An error occurred while performing hard disk diagnosis.

Explanation: This problem generally means that the hard disk itself is faulty, you can put the hard disk on another machine to try, if the problem is still not solved, you can only go to the repair.

(9).Memory test fail

Chinese: Memory test fail.

Explanation: Re-plug the memory stick to see if it can be solved, this problem is generally because the memory stick is not compatible with each other, go to change a bar!

(10).Override enable-Defaults loaded

Chinese: The current CMOS setting cannot boot the system, load the preset value in BIOS to boot the system.

Explanation: Generally there is an error in the COMS settings, just go to COMS setup and select LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS to load the system's original settings and then reboot.

(11).Press TAB to show POST screen

Chinese: Press TAB to switch the screen display.

Explanation: Some OEMs will replace the BIOS preset POST screen with their own designed display, we can press TAB to switch between the BIOS preset POST screen and the manufacturer's customized screen.

(12).Resuming from disk, Press TAB to show POST screen

Chinese: Resuming from hard disk, Press TAB to show POST screen).

Explanation: This is because some motherboard's BIOS provide Suspend to disk function, if we use Suspend to disk to shutdown the computer, then we will show this prompt message when we turn on the computer next time.

(13).Hareware Monitor found an error, enter POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP for details, Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter SETUP

Chinese: Monitor found an error, enter POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP for details, Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter SETUP.

Explanation: Some motherboards have hardware monitoring functions, which can be set to monitor the temperature of the motherboard and CPU, monitor the voltage output of the voltage regulator, and monitor the speed of each fan, when the above monitoring function is found to have abnormalities when booting up the computer, then the above paragraph will appear, then you can enter the COMS setup to select POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP, in the right side of the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP, press DEL to enter the COMS setup. SETUP, on the right side of the **Fan Monitor**, **Thermal Monitor** and **Voltage Monitor** to see what part of the anomaly, and then to solve.