Dell D630 Manual

Intel® Active Management Technology131
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Intel® Active Management 
Technology
 NOTE: iAMT is available for Dell™ Latitude™ D630c computers with iAMT 
capability only.
Intel Active Management Technology (iAMT), part of Intel Centrino® Pro 
Technology, is intended to deliver more secure systems management capabilities 
that reduce IT costs, and allows better discovery, healing, and protection of 
networked computing assets. With iAMT, PCs can be managed whether the 
computer is turned on or off, or the...

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Advanced Functionality
 NOTE: Additional management software is required for the following features.
• Ability to do remote issues remediation (1-to-1) through text-based 
console redirection (serial-over-LAN) and IDE redirection
• Hardened security through agent presence (enables detection of removed 
agents) and network access control (circuit breaker) and software version 
control
Your computer aids in troubleshooting iAMT by providing the following iAMT-
related...

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•Set iAMT modes
• Set iAMT configuration modes
To view the MEBx setup screen, press  during system post or system 
boot. Your default MEBx password is 
admin. 
 NOTE: To make configuration setting changes, the default MEBx password must be 
changed.
Turning off iAMT
iAMT is enabled in the ME firmware by default. However, you may choose to 
turn off the iAMT feature:
1Press  to enter the MEBx setup and enter your password.
2Select Intel® ME Configuration→ Intel ME...

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 NOTE: You must always set Idle Timeout to 0x0.
 
NOTE: You can select the Remote Firmware Update option and the Enable ASF 
option; however, these options are not functional.
You can update your ME firmware using the updates available at 
support.dell.com. 

System Setup Program135
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System Setup Program
Overview
 NOTE: Your operating system may automatically configure most of the options 
available in the system setup program, thus overriding options that you set through 
the system setup program. (An exception is the External Hot Key option, which you 
can disable or enable only through the system setup program.) For more information 
on configuring features for your operating system, access the Help and Support 
Center (click Start
→ Help and Support)....

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Viewing the System Setup Screens
1Turn on (or restart) your computer.
2When the DELL™ logo appears, press  immediately. If you wait too 
long and the Microsoft® Windows® logo appears, continue to wait until 
you see the Windows desktop. Then shut down your computer and try 
again.
System Setup Screens
 NOTE: For information about a specific item on a system setup screen, highlight the 
item and see the Help area on the screen.
On each screen, the system setup options are listed at...

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• Internal HDD
• Optical Drive
During the boot routine, the computer starts at the top of the list and scans 
each enabled device for the operating system start-up files. When the computer 
finds the files, it stops searching and starts the operating system. 
To control the boot devices, select (highlight) a device by pressing the down-
arrow or up-arrow key, and then enable or disable the device or change its order 
in the list.
• To enable or disable a device, highlight the item...

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Changing Printer Modes
Set the Parallel Mode option according to the type of printer or device 
connected to the parallel connector. To determine the correct mode to use, see 
the documentation that came with the device.
Setting 
Pa r a l l e l  M o d e to Disabled disables the parallel port and the port’s LPT 
address, which frees computer resources for another device to use.
Changing COM Ports
Serial Port allows you to map the serial port COM address or disable the serial 
port...

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Reinstalling Software
Drivers
What Is a Driver?
A driver is a program that controls a device such as a printer, mouse, or 
keyboard. All devices require a driver program.
A driver acts like a translator between the device and any other programs that 
use the device. Each device has its own set of specialized commands that only 
its driver recognizes.
Dell ships your computer to you with required drivers already installed—no 
further installation or configuration is needed....

140Reinstalling Software
2Under Pick a Category, click Performance and Maintenance, and click 
System.
3In the System Properties window, click the Hardware tab, and click Device 
Manager
.
Microsoft Windows Vista®
1Click the Windows Vista start button, , and right-click Computer.
2Click Properties→ Device Manager.
 NOTE: The User Account Control window may appear. If you are an 
administrator on the computer, click Continue; otherwise, contact your 
administrator to continue.
Scroll down the list to see...