Dell Inspiron 5580 Service Manual

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System setupNOTE: Depending on the computer and its installed devices, the items listed in this section may or may not be displayed.Boot SequenceBoot 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 keyThe 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 DriveNOTE: XXX denotes the SATA drive number.• Optical Drive (if available)• SATA Hard Drive (if available)• DiagnosticsNOTE: Choosing Diagnostics, will display the ePSA diagnostics screen.The boot sequence screen also displays the option to access the System Setup screen.Navigation keysNOTE: For most of the System Setup options, changes that you make are recorded but do not take effect until you restart thesystem.Keys NavigationUp arrow Moves to the previous field.Down arrow Moves to the next field.Enter Selects a value in the selected field (if applicable) or follow the link in the field.Spacebar Expands or collapses a drop-down list, if applicable.Tab Moves to the next focus area.NOTE: For the standard graphics browser only.Esc Moves to the previous page until you view the main screen. Pressing Esc in the main screen displays a messagethat prompts you to save any unsaved changes and restarts the system.BIOS overviewCAUTION: Unless you are an expert computer user, do not change the settings in the BIOS Setup program. Certain changes canmake your computer work incorrectly.4166 System setup