System Setup: Dell Dimension XPS P60 FS
System Setup: Dell Dimension™ XPS P60 FS
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Time | Date | Diskette Drive A and B | Drive A Location | Hard-Disk Drives: Drive 0 and Drive 1 | SCSI Drives | Base Memory | Board Memory | Extended Memory | Fast Video BIOS | Video
Feature Card | PCI IRQ | CPU Speed | Num Lock | Keyboard Errors | System Password | Boot Sequence | Password Entry | Setup Password | PCI Memory Block | Reserved Memory | Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 | Parallel Port | Hard Disk | Diskette | System Data Categories
Time resets the time on the
computer's internal clock.
Time is kept in a 24-hour
format (Hours:Minutes:Seconds). To change the time, use the
right-arrow key to increase the number in the highlighted field
or the left-arrow key to decrease the number, or type in numbers
in each of the fields.
Date resets the date on the
computer's internal calendar.
The system automatically
displays the day of the week corresponding to the settings in the
3 fields that follow (Month, Day-Of-The-Month, and Year).
To change the date, use the
right-arrow key to increase the number in the highlighted field
or the left-arrow key to decrease the number, or type in numbers
in the Month and Day-Of-The-Month fields.
Diskette Drive A (the boot
drive, the top drive) and Diskette Drive B identify the type of
diskette drives installed in the drive cage. The category options
always match the physical location of the drives in the computer.
Options:
- 5.25 Inch, 360 KB
- 5.25 Inch, 1.2 MB
- 3.5 Inch, 720 KB
- 3.5 Inch, 1.44 MB
- 3.5-Inch, 2.88 MB
- Not Installed
Drive A Location identifies
which diskette drive Top
(default) or Bottomis used as
drive A, the boot drive.
When Drive A Location is
changed, Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B switch places
automatically to reflect the new configuration.
If an external diskette drive
controller is used, Drive A Location has no selectable option.
Drive 0 and Drive 1 refer to
the IDE hard-disk drives installed in the computer. For each
drive, 7 parameters can be chosen as a group by drive-type
number, or set automatically.
Options:
To use
the automatic settings, highlight Drive 0 and type a.
To set
the Type parameter to Auto. If there are 2 IDE drives, highlight
Drive 1 and type a.
Reboot
the system, and the System Setup program sets the correct
drive-type number and parameters.
Assigning the Drive Parameters
Manually
Highlight Drive 0 or Drive 1,
and either type in the drive-type number (if known) or type u.
To set the Type parameter to
User. Then press the <Tab> key to highlight each of the
parameter fields, and enter the appropriate number for each field
for the drive:
- Cyls is the number of
logical cylinders.
- Hds is the number of
logical heads in the drive.
- Sec is the number of
logical sectors per track.
- Pre, Lz, and
Size have no user-selectable options.
SCSI hard-disk drives do not
use the built-in hard-disk drive controller, so Drive 0 and Drive
1 do not apply to them. Set Drive 0 for any IDE drive that is in
the system and set Drive 1 to Auto (the IDE drive will be the
boot drive). If there are only SCSI drives in the system, set
both categories to Auto.
Base Memory (no user-selectable
options) displays the amount of memory available to MS-DOS�
programs that do not use extended or expanded memory. The default
value is 640 KB, which includes 1 KB reserved for system use.
Board Memory
Board Memory is used to specify
how much of the system's base memory is to be derived from SIMMs
on the system board (usually 640 KB).
Change the default setting only
under special circumstances; for example, a memory expansion card
may need to be addressed starting at 80000h (512 KB). Only part
of the base memory can come from the SIMMs on the system board
when this card is used; the remainder of the 640 KB comes from
the memory expansion card.
Options:
Extended Memory (no
user-selectable options) indicates the amount of system memory
available as extended memory. The value is in KB rather than MB.
To convert KB to MB, divide the KB total by 1024.
Fast Video BIOS offers the
option of shadowing and caching the video BIOS.
Options:
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NOTE: If the system
uses a PCI video card, the default setting cannot be
changed. The category can only be changed if an ISA video
card is being used. |
If the ISA video card cannot
operate under shadowed memory speeds, set Fast Video BIOS to Off.
Video Feature Card has 2
options; Not Installed (default) and Installed. Change to
Installed before a video-feature expansion card is installed in
the system. Otherwise the monitor's display may not work.
PCI IRQ settles interrupt
requests between PCI and ISA expansion cards.
Options:
- IRQ10 (default)
- IRQ9
- IRQ11
- OFF
The default setting makes IRQ10
available to all PCI expansion cards that need an IRQ. Change the
default only in order to install an ISA expansion card that also
uses IRQ10.
Selecting Off reserves IRQ9,
IRQ10, and IRQ11 for ISA expansion cards.
CPU Speed specifies the
processor speed at which the system boots and runs.
Press the left- or right-arrow
key to toggle the CPU Speed category between the installed
microprocessor's rated speed, 60 Mhz (default), and a lower
compatibility speed, Compatible, that accommodates
speed-sensitive application programs.
To change speeds in real mode,
press and hold down the <Ctrl><Alt><\>
keys. For keyboards that do not use American English, press <Ctrl><Alt><#>.
Num Lock chooses whether the
system boots with the Num Lock mode activated on 101- or 102-key
keyboards (it does not apply to 84-key keyboards).
Keyboard Errors enables or
disables reporting of keyboard errors during POST. This category
is useful when applied to self-starting servers or host systems
that have no permanently attached keyboard. The default setting
is Report. Selecting Do Not Report suppresses all POST error
messages relating to the keyboard or the keyboard controller.
However, an attached keyboard still operates properly.
System Password displays the
current status of the system's password security feature and
allows the assignment and verification of a new system password.
Options:
- Not Enabled (default)
- Enabled
- Disabled by Jumper
A new system password cannot be
assigned unless the current status is Not Enabled, which is
displayed in bright characters. See Using the System Password Feature.
Boot Sequence can be set to
Diskette First (default), Hard Disk First, or Hard Disk
Only.
- Selecting Diskette First
causes the system to try booting from drive A first. If
it finds a diskette that is not bootable in the drive or
finds a problem with the drive itself, the system
displays an error message. If it does not find a diskette
in the drive, the system then tries to boot from the
hard-disk drive (drive 0).
- Selecting Hard Disk First
causes the system to try booting from the hard-disk
drive (drive 0) first. If the system finds a problem with
the hard-disk drive, it displays an error message. If
there are no boot files on the hard-disk drive, the
system tries booting from diskette drive A.
- Selecting Hard Disk Only
causes the system to boot only from the hard-disk
drive, even if there is a bootable diskette in drive A.
Password Entry has 2 options:
Before Boot (default) and After Boot. With Before Boot, the
system prompts for a password before Post; with After Boot the
system boots normally, but the keyboard is disabled until the
password is entered.
Setup Password provides
restricted access to the computer's System Setup program in the
same way that access to the system can be restricted with the
System Password feature.
Options:
- Not Enabled (default)
- Enabled
- Disabled by Jumper
See Assigning a Setup Password.
PCI Memory Block allows the
increase of the amount of memory allocated to PCI expansion
cards.
The default values satisfy the
memory requirements of most PCI cards. Do not change the settings
unless the following message appears:
WARNING:
Insufficient PCI Memory Block.
Use Setup to Increase the PCI Memory Block Size.
To change the settings, press <Tab>
to highlight the Start field, then press the right- or left-arrow
key to select a memory address between EC000 and C8000. Then
press <Tab> to highlight the Length field,
and press the right- and left-arrow keys to select one of the
available memory options.
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NOTE: Increasing the
amount of memory allocated to PCI expansion cards reduces
the amount of memory available for ISA expansion cards. |
Reserved Memory supports the
use of certain expansion cards by reserving a range of memory
addresses for use by those cards. The default setting is 0 KB.
Change this setting if the expansion card needs to reside in the
system address space above 1 MB.
Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2
configure the system's built-in serial ports. These categories
can be set to Auto (default) to automatically configure a port to
a particular designation (Com1 or Com3 for Serial Port 1, Com2 or
Com4 for Serial Port 2), or to Off to disable a port.
If a serial port is set to Auto
and then an expansion card containing a port configured to the
same designation is added, the system automatically remaps the
built-in port to the next available port designation that shares
the same IRQ setting. That is, Com1 is remapped to Com3; Com2 is
remapped to Com4. Note that when 2 Com ports share an IRQ
setting, the user can use either port, as necessary, but may not
be able to use them both at the same time. If the alternate port
address (Com3 or Com4) is also in use, the built-in port is
turned off.
Parallel Port configures the
system's built-in parallel port. This category can be set to Auto
to automatically configure the port or to Off to disable the
port.
Parallel Mode controls the mode
used by the system's built-in parallel port.
Options:
- AT (default)
(unidirectional)
- PS/2 (bidirectional)
- ECP MODE
Select AT if a unidirectional
device is connected to the parallel port. Select PS/2 if a
bidirectional PS/2 device is attached to the parallel port.
Select ECP Mode if an ECP device is attached to the parallel
port.
Hard Disk enables or disables
the system's built-in hard-disk drive interface.
Selecting Auto (default) allows
the system to turn off the built-in IDE interface, as necessary,
to accommodate a controller card installed in an expansion slot.
During the boot routine, the system checks for a primary
hard-disk drive controller card installed in an expansion slot.
If no card is found, the built-in IDE interface is enabled, and
the controller on the master IDE drive is designated as the
primary controller using IRQ14.
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NOTE: For IRQ
purposes, a master/slave pair of IDE drives is considered
as 1 drive. IRQ14 attaches to the controller on the
master drive, which controls both drives. |
If a primary controller is
found, the built-in IDE interface is disabled. Selecting Off
disables the built-in IDE interface.
Diskette controls the operation
of the system's built-in diskette drive controller. With Auto
(default) selected, the system turns off the built-in diskette
drive controller, as necessary, to accommodate a controller card
installed in an expansion slot. Selecting Off turns off the
built-in diskette drive controller. This option is used primarily
for troubleshooting purposes.
The following categories (not
selectable) display information about the system:
- Microprocessor displays
the type of microprocessor installed in the computer.
- External Cache displays
the amount of external cache memory (128 KB). Not
Installed is displayed if no external cache is installed.
- System Memory indicates
the entire amount of installed memory detected in the
system, except for memory on EMS expansion cards.
After adding memory, check this
category to confirm that the new memory is installed correctly
and is recognized by the system.
- Service Tag displays the
system's 5-character service tag number, which Dell
programmed into NVRAM during the manufacturing process.
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