l Diskette Drivel Modular Bay HDDl Internal HDDl CD/DVD/CD-RW DriveDuring the boot routine, the computer starts at the top of the list and scans each enabled device for the operating system start-up files. When the computerfinds the files, it stops searching and starts the operating system.To control the boot devices, select (highlight) a device by pressing the down-arrow or up-arrow key, and then enable or disable the device or change its orderin the list.l To enable or disable a device, highlight the item and press the space bar. Enabled items appear as white and display a small triangle to the left;disabled items appear blue or dimmed without a triangle.l To reorder a device in the list, highlight the device and then press or (not case-sensitive) to move the highlighted device up or down.Boot sequence changes take effect as soon as you save the changes and exit system setup.Performing a One-Time BootYou can set a one-time-only boot sequence without entering system setup. (You can also use this procedure to boot the Dell Diagnostics on the diagnosticsutility 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 documentation that 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 wait too long and the Windows logo appears, continue to waituntil 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 and press .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 parallel connector. To determine the correct mode to use, see thedocumentation that came with the device.Setting Parallel Mode to Disabled disables the parallel port and the port's LPT address, which frees 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 its address, which frees computer resources for another device touse.Enabling the Infrared Sensor1. Under Onboard Devices, select Fast IR.2. Press to select the Fast IR setting, and use the right-arrow or left-arrow keys to change the setting to a COM port.3. Press and then to save the changes and exit the system setup program.After you enable the infrared sensor, you can use it to establish a link to an infrared device. To set up and use an infrared device, see the infrared devicedocumentation and the Windows Help and Support Center (Help in Windows 2000).Back to Contents PageNOTE: The default setting is Off.
