Dell Inspiron 3500 Reference And Troubleshooting Manual

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2-4 Dell Inspiron 3500 Portable Computer Reference and Troubleshooting Guide6\VWHP 7LPHSystem Time sets the computer to the time you specify (usually the current time).Type in the appropriate information. Use the tab key to move between the hours, min-utes, and seconds fields. This option is useful if you travel between time zones.6\VWHP 'DWHSystem Date sets your system to the date you specify (usually the current date). Typein the appropriate information. Use the tab key to move between the month, day, andyear fields.)ORSS\ 'ULYHFloppy Drive identifies the type of diskette drive being used by the computer. Thisoption has no user-selectable settings.1.44 MB, 3 1/2” means there is a diskette drive in the options bay.Disabled means that there is no diskette drive installed.+DUG 'LVNHard Disk displays the capacity of the computer's hard-disk drive. If you install a drivewith a different capacity, the settings under this option change automatically. Thisoption does not have any user-selectable settings.4XLHW %RRWWhen Quiet Boot is set to Enabled (the default), the diagnostic power-on self-test(POST) messages and summary screen do not appear at system boot. Disabled indi-cates that the POST messages and summary screen do appear at system boot. Inaddition, if Quiet Boot is enabled, you cannot choose a boot device as the systeminitializes.9LGHR 'LVSOD\ 'HYLFHVideo Display Device allows you to specify whether video is visible only on the com-puter’s display (LCD Mode), only on an external monitor or projector (CRT Mode), oron both the display and an external device simultaneously (Simul Mode, the default).When you are using the Windows 98 operating system (rather than the Setup pro-gram), press to change the video display device.6\VWHP 0HPRU\System Memory displays the base amount of dynamic random-access memory(DRAM) installed in the computer. Each computer has 640 kilobytes (KB) of basememory. This option has no user-selectable settings.