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Entering system setup – Dell Dimension 5150/E510 User Manual

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Appendix

Entering System Setup

1 Turn on (or restart) your computer.
2 When the blue DELL™ logo is displayed, you must watch for the F2 prompt to appear.
3 Once this F2 prompt appears, press immediately.

NOTE:

The F2 prompt indicates that the keyboard has initialized. This prompt can appear very quickly, so you must

watch for it to display, and then press . If you press before you are prompted, this keystroke will be lost.

4 If you wait too long and the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the

Microsoft

®

Windows

®

desktop. Then, shut down your computer (see "Turning Off Your Computer"

on page 59) and try again.

System Setup Screens

The system setup screen displays current or changeable configuration information for your computer.

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