Dell OptiPlex 170L User Manual (English)

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Booting to a USB Device

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Memory Key

NOTE: You cannot set the parallel connector to 3BCh if Mode is set to EPP.

l Diskette Interface — The settings are Auto (default), Read Only, and Off.

¡ Auto turns off the integrated floppy drive controller when necessary to accommodate a controller card installed in an expansion slot.

¡ Read Only prevents the computer's integrated floppy drive controller from writing to floppy drives and activates Auto.

l PC Speaker — The settings are On (default) and Off.

l Primary Video Controller — The settings are Auto (default) and Onboard.

l Onboard Video Buffer — The settings are 1 MB (default) and 8 MB.

Power Management — See "Power Management" for more information.

l Suspend Mode — The options are S1 or S3.

l AC Power Recovery — Determines what happens when AC power is restored to the computer.

¡ Off (default) — The computer remains off when AC power is restored.

¡ On — The computer starts when AC power is restored.

¡ Last — The computer returns to the AC power state existing at the time that AC power was lost

l Low Power Mode — The settings are Enabled and Disabled.

System Security — See "Security" for more information.

Keyboard NumLock — The settings are On and Off (does not apply to 84-key keyboards).

¡ On (default) — activates the rightmost bank of keys so they provide the mathematical and numeric functions shown at the top of each key.

¡ Off — activates the rightmost bank of keys so they provide cursor-control functions shown by the label on the bottom of each key.

Report Keyboard Errors — Settings are Report (default) and Do Not Report.

Auto Power On —

Sets time and days of week to automatically turn on the computer. Time is kept in a 24-hour format (hours:minutes).

l Mode — Settings are Disabled (default), Weekdays, or Everyday.

l Auto Power On Time — Change the start-up time by pressing the right- or left-arrow keys to increase or decrease the numbers or type numbers in

both the date and time fields.

This feature does not work if you turn off your computer using a power strip or surge protector.

Remote Wake Up — provides the ability either to remotely wake a computer from a low-power sleep state or to remotely start up a computer that is turned

off but connected to a power source.

l On — The computer will start up when the appropriate signal is received by the network adapter or modem.

l Off — The computer will not start up remotely.

l On w/Boot to NIC — When the network adapter or modem receives the appropriate signal, the computer attempts to boot from a network server. If

a boot routine is not available from the network server, the computer attempts to boot from the devices specified in the boot sequence.

Fastboot

l On (default) — Your computer boots in 10 seconds or less, skipping certain configurations and tests.

l Off — Your computer does not skip certain configurations and tests during the boot process.

OS Install Mode

Settings are Off and On.

l On — the amount of system memory available to the operating system is 256 MB, regardless of how much memory is present in the system.

l Off — all of the system memory available to the operating system.

Hard Drive Acoustics Mode

The acoustics mode field may contain the following options:

l Quiet (default) — The hard drive operates in its quietest setting.

l Performance — The hard drive operates at its maximum speed.

NOTE: Switching to Performance mode may cause the drive to be noisier, but its performance is not affected.

l Bypass — Your computer does not test or change the current acoustics mode setting.

l Suggested — The hard drive operates at the level suggested by the hard-drive manufacturer.

NOTE: Changing the acoustics setting does not alter your hard-drive image.

System Event Log — View or clear system event logs.

Asset Tag — Displays the customer-programmable asset tag number for the computer if an asset tag number is assigned.

NOTE: To boot to a USB device, the device must be bootable. To ensure that your device is bootable, check the device documentation.

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Dell OptiPlex 170L Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel 865G
Graphics	Integrated Intel Extreme Graphics 2
Networking	Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
Operating System	Windows XP Professional
Optical Drive	CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or CD-RW/DVD Combo
Power Supply	250W
Processor	Intel Pentium 4
RAM	Up to 4GB DDR SDRAM
Storage	40GB to 160GB HDD
Audio	Integrated AC97 Audio
Expansion Slots	1 PCI
Ports	USB 2.0, serial, parallel
Form Factor	Mini-Tower