Dell Inspiron 3700 Troubleshooting Guide

support.dell.comUsing the System Setup Program B-3
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See Figure B-1 and Table B-1 for an explanation of the options and settings on 
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Time Resets the time on the computers internal   
clock. Time is kept in a 24-hour format              
(hours:minutes:seconds). 
NOTE: If a network ser ver controls the time 
reflected by the Time option, changing this option 
has no effect.
A...

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Date Resets the date on the computers internal       
calendar.
Your computer automatically displays the day of 
the week corresponding to the settings in the 
three fields that follow (month, day-of-the-month, 
and year).
A change to the Date option takes effect        
immediately (rebooting is not required). However, 
you must reboot to make the change apparent to 
the operating system.
To change the date, press the...

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Diskette Reconfig Allows application programs that access the     
diskette drive to run at their optimum speed.   
Settings are 
At Reboot Only and
 Any Time.
When 
Diskette Reconfig is set to 
Any Time   
(the default), you do not have to reboot after you 
install a diskette drive in the media bay or attach a 
diskette drive to the parallel connector on the 
back of the computer. However, some application 
programs such as virus scans...

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Universal Connect Functions with the advanced port replicator (APR) 
if the computer uses Windows 98.
Set this option to Enabled (the default) if you 
often use more than one APR and want to      
minimize the initialization time when you connect 
the replicator to the computer. When this option 
is set to Disabled, the APR is reinitialized each 
time it is connected to the computer. 
Boot Speed Allows you to choose between...

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Boot First device Determines which disk device your computer 
uses to find the software needed to start the 
operating system.
The term boot refers to the computers start-up 
procedure. When you turn on the computer, it 
bootstraps itself into an operational state by 
loading into memory a small program, which in 
turn loads the necessar y operating system. 
Boot 
First device tells the computer where to look 
first for the files that it...

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Boot Second device If the computer cannot find the software it    
needs to start the operating system on the drive        
identified in Boot First device, it will search the 
device named in Boot Second device.
Settings for the option are:
Internal HDD (the default) — Causes your     
computer to attempt to boot from the hard-disk 
drive
Diskette Drive — Causes your computer to 
attempt to boot from the diskette drive...

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See Figure B-2 and Table B-2 for an explanation of the options and settings on 
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Boot Third device If the computer cannot find the software it   
needs to start the operating system on the drive       
identified in
 Boot Second device, it will search 
the device named in 
Boot Third device.
Settings for the option are:
None (the default)
Internal HDD — Causes your computer to 
attempt to boot...

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Serial Port Allows you to map the address of the serial port 
or to disable the serial port.
Settings for this option are:
COM1 (the default) — Maps the serial port to 
COM1
COM2 — Maps the serial port to COM2
COM3 — Maps the serial port to COM3
COM4 — Maps the serial port to COM4
Disabled — Disables the serial port and its 
assigned COM address,...

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Infrared Data Port Allows you to avoid resource conflicts by      
remapping the address of the infrared ports or   
disabling the port. The 
COM1, 
COM2, 
COM3, and 
COM4 settings allow you to take advantage of the 
computers Fast IR support.
Settings for this option are:
Disabled — Disables the infrared data port and 
makes the direct memor y access (DMA), interrupt 
request (IRQ), and I/O resources available for 
another serial device...

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Parallel Mode Controls whether the computers integrated     
parallel port acts as a Personal System/2 (PS/2)-
compatible (Bidirectional) port, Advanced      
Technology (AT)-compatible (Normal) port, or 
Extended Capabilities Port (ECP)-compatible port. 
The default for Parallel Mode is ECP.
Windows 98 uses ECP protocol automatically if it 
detects an ECP-compatible device.
Set this option according to the type of...