Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Latitude 3480 Owner's Manual
- Product overview
- Working on your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Technical specifications
- System specifications
- Processor specifications
- Memory specifications
- Hard drive options
- Audio specifications
- Video specifications
- Camera specifications
- Communication specifications
- Ports and connectors specifications
- Display specifications
- Keyboard specifications
- Touchpad specifications
- Battery specifications
- AC adapter specifications
- Physical specifications
- Environmental specifications
- Technology and components
- System setup options
- Boot Sequence
- Navigation keys
- System Setup overview
- Accessing System Setup
- General screen options
- System Configuration screen options
- Video screen options
- Security screen options
- Secure Boot screen options
- Performance screen options
- Power management screen options
- POST behavior screen options
- Wireless screen options
- Maintenance screen options
- System logs screen options
- SupportAssist system resolution
- Real Time Clock (RTC) reset
- Verifying system memory in system setup (BIOS)
- Updating the BIOS in Windows
- System and setup password
- Software
- Troubleshooting
- Contacting Dell
System setup options
NOTE: Depending on the computer and its installed devices, the items listed in this section may or may not appear.
Topics:
• Boot Sequence
• Navigation keys
• System Setup overview
• Accessing System Setup
• General screen options
• System Configuration screen options
• Video screen options
• Security screen options
• Secure Boot screen options
• Performance screen options
• Power management screen options
• POST behavior screen options
• Wireless screen options
• Maintenance screen options
• System logs screen options
• SupportAssist system resolution
• Real Time Clock (RTC) reset
• Verifying system memory in system setup (BIOS)
• Updating the BIOS in Windows
• System and setup password
Boot Sequence
Boot Sequence allows you to bypass the System Setup–defined boot device order and boot directly to a specific device (for
example: optical drive or hard drive). During the Power-on Self Test (POST), when the Dell logo appears. you can:
● Access System Setup by pressing F2 key
● Bring up the one-time boot menu by pressing F12 key
The one-time boot menu displays the devices that you can boot from including the diagnostic option. The boot menu options
are:
● Removable Drive (if available)
● STXXXX Drive
NOTE: XXX denotes the SATA drive number.
● Optical Drive (if available)
● Diagnostics
NOTE: Choosing Diagnostics, will display the ePSA diagnostics screen.
The boot sequence screen also displays the option to access the System Setup screen.
Navigation keys
NOTE:
For most of the System Setup options, changes that you make are recorded but do not take effect until you restart
the system.
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