Dell Inspiron 15 3510 - Page 5

Chapter 3: Drivers and downloads............................................................................................... 80
Chapter 4: System setup............................................................................................................. 81
Entering BIOS setup program......................................................................................................................................... 81
Navigation keys.................................................................................................................................................................. 81
One time boot menu......................................................................................................................................................... 82
One time boot menu......................................................................................................................................................... 82
Boot Sequence...................................................................................................................................................................82
Navigation keys..................................................................................................................................................................83
System setup options.......................................................................................................................................................83
Boot menu..................................................................................................................................................................... 83
Overview........................................................................................................................................................................83
Boot Configuration......................................................................................................................................................85
Integrated Devices...................................................................................................................................................... 86
Storage...........................................................................................................................................................................87
Display............................................................................................................................................................................ 88
Connection....................................................................................................................................................................88
Power............................................................................................................................................................................. 88
Security..........................................................................................................................................................................90
Passwords..................................................................................................................................................................... 92
Update Recovery.........................................................................................................................................................92
System Management..................................................................................................................................................93
Keyboard........................................................................................................................................................................94
Pre-boot Behavior.......................................................................................................................................................95
Virtualization.................................................................................................................................................................96
Performance................................................................................................................................................................. 96
System Logs................................................................................................................................................................. 97
Updating the BIOS in Windows .................................................................................................................................... 98
Updating BIOS on systems with BitLocker enabled........................................................................................... 98
Updating your system BIOS using a USB flash drive..........................................................................................98
Updating the BIOS in Linux and Ubuntu......................................................................................................................99
Updating the BIOS from the F12 One-Time boot menu.......................................................................................... 99
System and setup password.........................................................................................................................................100
Assigning a system setup password..................................................................................................................... 100
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password................................................................................ 101
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords....................................................................................101
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting....................................................................................................... 102
Recovering the operating system................................................................................................................................102
SupportAssist diagnostics............................................................................................................................................. 102
Locate the Service Tag or Express Service Code of your Dell computer ............................................102
System diagnostic lights................................................................................................................................................ 102
Drain residual flea power (perform hard reset)........................................................................................................104
WiFi power cycle..............................................................................................................................................................104
M-BIST............................................................................................................................................................................... 104
Real Time Clock—RTC reset........................................................................................................................................105
Handling swollen Lithium-ion batteries...................................................................................................................... 105
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