Dell Vostro 3667 Owner's Manual

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Entering BIOS setup1 Turn on or restart your laptop.2 When the Dell logo appears, perform one of the following actions to enter the BIOS setup program:• With keyboard — Tap F2 until the Entering BIOS setup message appears. To enter the Boot selection menu, tap F12.Hard drive is listed under the System Information under the General group.USB featuresThe Universal Serial Bus, or well known as USB was introduced to the PC world in 1996 which dramatically simplified the connectionbetween host computer and peripheral devices such as mice and keyboards, external hard drive or optical devices, Bluetooth and manymore peripheral devices in the market.Let's take a quick look on the USB evolution referencing to the table below.Table 3. USB evolutionType Data Transfer Rate Category Introduction YearUSB 3.0 4.8 Gbps Super Speed 2010USB 2.0 480 Mbps High Speed 2000USB 1.1 12 Mbps Full Speed 1998USB 1.0 1.5 Mbps Low Speed 1996USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed USB)For years, the USB 2.0 has been firmly entrenched as the de facto interface standard in the PC world with about 6 billion devices sold, andyet the need for more speed grows by ever faster computing hardware and ever greater bandwidth demands. The USB 3.0 finally has theanswer to the consumers' demands with a theoretically 10 times faster than its predecessor. In a nutshell, USB 3.0 features are as follows:• Higher transfer rates (up to 4.8 Gbps)• Increased maximum bus power and increased device current draw to better accommodate power-hungry devices• New power management features• Full-duplex data transfers and support for new transfer types• Backward USB 2.0 compatibility• New connectors and cableThe topics below cover some of the most commonly asked questions regarding USB 3.0.30 Technology and components