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
Option Description
Battery
Information
Displays the battery status health and whether the AC adapter is installed.
Boot Sequence Allows you to change the order in which the computer attempts to find an operating system.
● Windows Boot Manager ( Default)
● Boot List Option
○ Legacy
○ UEFI (System Default)
Advanced Boot
Options
This option allows you the legacy option ROMs to load. By default, the Enable Legacy Option ROMs is
disabled. Enable Attempt Legacy Boot is enabled by default.
UEFI boot path
security
● Always, except internal HDD ( Default)
● Always
● Never
Date/Time Allows you to change the date and time.
System Configuration screen options
Option
Description
Integrated NIC Controls the on-board LAN controller.
● Enabled w/PXe by default
SATA Operation Allows you to configure the operating mode of the integrated SATA hard drive controller.
● RAID On — default
Drives Allows you to configure the SATA drives on board.
● SATA-0 enabled by default
● eMMC (System Default)
SMART
Reporting
Controls whether hard drive errors for integrated drivers are reported during system startup.
● Disabled — default
USB
Configuration
This is an optional feature.
This field configures the integrated USB controller. If Boot Support is enabled, the system is allowed to
boot any type of USB Mass Storage Devices—HDD, memory key, floppy.
If USB port is enabled, device attached to this port is enabled and available for OS.
If USB port is disabled, the OS cannot see any device attached to this port.
The options are:
● Enable Boot Support—enabled by default
● Enable External USB Port—enabled by default
NOTE: USB keyboard and mouse always work in the BIOS setup irrespective of these settings.
USB PowerShare This field configures the USB PowerShare feature behavior. This option allows you to charge external
devices using the stored system battery power through the USB PowerShare port. This option is disabled
by default.
Audio This field enables or disables the integrated audio controller. By default, the Enable Audio option is
selected. The options are:
● Enable Microphone—by default enable
● Enable Internal Speaker—(default enable)
Touchscreen Controls whether the touchscreen is enabled or disabled.
● Enabled — default
Unobtrusive
Mode
When enabled, pressing Fn+F7 will turn off all light and sound emissions from the system.
● Disabled — default
46 System setup options