Entering system setup, System setup screens – Dell Alienware M17x R3 (Early 2011) User Manual

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CHAPTER 3: USING YOUR LAPTOP

Entering System Setup

1. Turn on (or restart) your laptop.

NOTE: Keyboard failure may result when a key on the keyboard is held down for extended
periods of time. To avoid possible keyboard failure, press and release in even
intervals until the System Setup screen appears.

2. While the laptop is booting, press immediately before the operating system logo

appears to access the

BIOS Setup Utility.

If an error occurs during Power On Self Test (POST), you may also enter the

BIOS Setup

Utility by pressing when prompted.

NOTE: 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 laptop and try again.

System Setup Screens

The

BIOS Setup Utility window displays current or changeable configuration information for

your laptop. Information is divided into five menus:

Main, Advanced, Security, Boot, and Exit.

Key functions appear at the bottom of the

BIOS Setup Utility window and lists keys and their

functions within the active field.