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
Extended BIOS
POST Time
Allows you to create an extra preboot delay. The options are:
● 0 seconds—enabled by default.
● 5 seconds
● 10 seconds
Full Screen Logo
● Enable Full Screen Logo—not enabled
Warnings and
Errors
This option causes the boot process to only pause when warnings or errors are detected, rather than
stop, prompt, and wait for user input.
● Prompt on Warnings and Errors — enabled (default)
Wireless screen options
Option
Description
Wireless Switch This setting determines which wireless devices can be controlled by the Wireless Switch.
● WWAN — enabled by default
● WLAN — enabled by default
● Bluetooth — enabled by default
Wireless Device
Enable
Allows you to enable or disable the internal wireless devices.
● WLAN — enabled by default
● Bluetooth
All the options are enabled by default.
Maintenance screen options
Option
Description
Service Tag Displays the Service Tag of your computer.
Asset Tag Allows you to create a system asset tag if an asset tag is not already set. This option is not set by default.
BIOS Downgrade This controls flashing of the system firmware to previous revisions. Option 'Allow BIOS downgrade' is
enabled by default.
Data Wipe This field allows users to erase the data securely from all internal storage devices. Option 'Wipe on Next
boot' is not enabled by default. The following is list of devices affected:
● Internal SATA HDD/SSD
● Internal M.2 SATA SDD
● Internal M.2 PCIe SSD
● Internal eMMC
BIOS Recovery This field allows you to recover from certain corrupted BIOS conditions from a recover file on the user
primary hard drive or an external USB key.
● BIOS Recovery from Hard Drive—enabled by default
● BIOS Auto-Recovery
● Always perform integrity check—disabled by default
System logs screen options
Option
Description
BIOS Events Allows you to view and clear the System Setup (BIOS) POST events.
Thermal Events Allows you to view and clear the System Setup (Thermal) events.
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