Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell Precision 3930 Rack Setup and Specifications
- Contents
- Set up your computer
- Chassis overview
- System Information
- System setup
- BIOS overview
- Boot menu
- Navigation keys
- Boot sequence
- System setup options
- General options
- System information
- Video screen options
- Security
- Secure boot options
- Intel software guard extensions options
- Performance
- Power management
- Thermal configuration
- Post behavior
- Manageability
- Virtualization support
- Maintenance
- System logs
- Advanced configuration
- Updating the BIOS in Windows
- Updating BIOS on systems with BitLocker enabled
- Updating your system BIOS using a USB flash drive
- Updating the Dell BIOS in Linux and Ubuntu environments
- Flashing the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu
- System and setup password
- Getting help
System setup
System setup enables you to manage your tabletdesktopnotebook hardware and specify BIOS level options. From the System
setup, you can:
● Change the NVRAM settings after you add or remove hardware
●
View the system hardware configuration
● Enable or disable integrated devices
● Set performance and power management thresholds
● Manage your computer security
BIOS overview
CAUTION: Unless you are an expert computer user, do not change the settings in the BIOS Setup program.
Certain changes can make your computer work incorrectly.
NOTE: Before you change BIOS Setup program, it is recommended that you write down the BIOS Setup program screen
information for future reference.
Use the BIOS Setup program for the following purposes:
● Get information on the hardware installed on your computer, such as the amount of RAM and the size of the hard drive.
● Change the system configuration information.
● Set or change a user-selectable option, such as the user password, type of hard drive installed, and enabling or disabling
base devices.
Boot menu
Press <F12> when the Dell logo is displayed to initiate a one-time boot menu with a list of the valid boot devices for the system.
Diagnostics and BIOS Setup options are also included in this menu. The devices that are listed on the boot menu depend on the
bootable devices in the system. This menu is useful when you are attempting to boot to a particular device or to bring up the
diagnostics for the system. Using the boot menu does not make any changes to the boot order stored in the BIOS.
The options are:
● UEFI Boot:
○ Windows Boot Manager
●
● Other Options:
○ BIOS Setup
○ BIOS Flash Update
○ Diagnostics
○ Change Boot Mode Settings
Navigation keys
NOTE:
For most of the System Setup options, changes that you make are recorded but do not take effect until you restart
the system.
Keys Navigation
Up arrow Moves to the previous field.
Down arrow Moves to the next field.
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