Owners Manual

Memory Settings
You can use the Memory Settings screen to view all the memory settings and enable or disable specic memory functions, such as system
memory testing and node interleaving.
Viewing Memory Settings
To view the Memory Settings screen, perform the following steps:
1 Turn on, or restart your system.
2 Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to nish booting, and then restart
your system and try again.
3 On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4 On the System BIOS screen, click Memory Settings.
Memory Settings details
The Memory Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Table 31. The Memory Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option Description
System Memory Size Species the memory size in the system.
System Memory Type Species the type of memory installed in the system.
System Memory Speed Species the system memory speed.
System Memory Voltage Species the system memory voltage.
Video Memory Species the amount of video memory.
System Memory Testing Species whether the system memory tests are run during system boot. Options are
Enabled and Disabled. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Memory Operating Mode Species the memory operating mode. The available option is Optimizer Mode.
Memory Operating Mode Species the memory operating mode. The options available are Optimizer Mode, Single
Rank Spare Mode, Multi Rank Spare Mode, Mirror Mode, and Dell Fault Resilient Mode.
This option is set to Optimizer Mode by default.
NOTE: The Memory Operating Mode option can have dierent default and
available options based on the memory conguration of your system.
NOTE: The Dell Fault Resilient Mode option establishes an area of memory that
is fault resilient. This mode can be used by an operating system that supports
the feature to load critical applications or enables the operating system kernel to
maximize system availability.
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