Dell Inspiron 510M Owner's Manual

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Appendix 109Performing a One-Time BootYou can set a one-time-only boot sequence without entering system setup. (You can also use thisprocedure to boot the Dell Diagnostics on the diagnostics utility partition on your hard drive.)1 Shut down the computer through the Start menu.2 If the computer is connected to a docking device (docked), undock it. See the documentationthat came with your docking device for instructions.3 Connect the computer to an electrical outlet.4 Turn on the computer. When the DELL logo appears, press immediately. If you waittoo long and the Windows logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Windows desktop.Then shut down your computer and try again.5 When the boot device list appears, highlight the device from which you want to boot andpress .The computer boots to the selected device.The next time you reboot the computer, the previous boot order is restored.Changing Printer ModesSet the Parallel Mode option according to the type of printer or device connected to the parallelconnector. To determine the correct mode to use, see the documentation that came with thedevice.Setting Parallel Mode to Disabled disables the parallel port and the port’s LPT address, whichfrees computer resources for another device to use.Changing COM PortsSerial Port allows you to map the serial port COM address or disable the serial port and itsaddress, which frees computer resources for another device to use.Enabling the Infrared Sensor1 Enter system setup:a Turn on your computer.b Press when the Dell™ logo appears.2 Press

until you locate Infrared Data Port under Basic Device Configuration.NOTE: Ensure that the COM port that you select is different from the COM port assigned to the serialconnector.3 Press the down-arrow key to select the Infrared Data Port setting, and press the right-arrowkey to change the setting to a COM port.D7898bk2.book Page 109 Friday, April 29, 2005 9:39 AM