Dell P29E Owner's Manual page 42

Option
Primary Battery Configuration
Table 9. POST behavior
Option
Adapter Warnings
Keypad (Embedded)
Mouse/Touchpad
Numlock Enable
Fn Key Emulation
Fn Lock Options
MEBx Hotkey
Fastboot
Extend BIOS POST Time
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Description
Allows you to define how to use the battery charge, when AC is plugged in. The options are:
• Adaptive (Default settings)
• Standard
• Express Charge
• Primarily AC use
• Custom - You can set the percentage to which the battery must charge .
Description
Allows you to activate the adapter warning messages when certain power adapters are
used.
• Enable Adapter Warnings (Default Setting)
Allows you to choose one of the two methods to enable keypad that is embedded in the
internal keyboard.
• Fn Key Only (Default Setting)
• By Numlock
Allows you to define how the computer handles the mouse and touchpad input. The options
are:
• Serial Mouse
• PS2 Mouse
• Touchpad/PS-2 Mouse (Default Setting)
Specifies if the NumLock function can be enabled when the computer boots. This option is
enabled by default.
• Enable Numlock
Allows you to match the <Scroll Lock> key feature of PS-2 keyboard with the <Fn> key
feature in an internal keyboard. The option is enabled by default.
• Enable Fn Key Emulation
This option can enable the hot key combination <fn>+<Esc> toggle the primary behavior of
F1–F12, between their standard and secondary functions. Fn Lock Modes are:
• Lock Mode Disable/Standard
• Lock Mode Enable/Secondary
This option specifies whether the MEBx Hotkey function should be enabled when the
system boots.
• Enable MEBx Hotkey (Default Setting)
This option can speed up the boot process by bypassing some compatibility steps.
• Minimal – Reduces boot time by skipping certain hardware and configuration
initialization during boot.
• Through – Performs complete hardware and configuration initialization during boot.
(Default Setting)
• Auto – Allows the BIOS to decide configuration initialization performed during the boot.
This option creates an additional pre-boot delay. This allows the user to see POST status
messages.
• 0 seconds (Default Setting)
• 5 seconds