Owners Manual

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
Topics:
• 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
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.
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