Memory Settings
You can use the Memory Settings screen to view all the memory settings and enable or disable
specific memory functions, such as system memory testing and node interleaving.
Viewing Memory Settings
To view the Memory Settings screen, perform the following steps:
Procedure
1. Turn on, or restart your system.
2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
3. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4. On the System BIOS screen, click Memory Settings.
Memory Settings details
About this task
The Memory Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
System Memory Size
System Memory Type
System Memory Speed
System Memory Voltage
Video Memory
System Memory Testing
Memory Operating Mode
F2 = System Setup
Note:
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system
to finish booting, and then restart your system and try again.
Specifies the memory size in the system.
Specifies the type of memory installed in the system.
Specifies the system memory speed.
Specifies the system memory voltage.
Specifies the amount of video memory.
Specifies whether the system memory tests are run during system boot. Options are Enabled
and Disabled. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Specifies the memory operating mode. The options available are Optimizer Mode, Advanced
ECC Mode, Mirror Mode, Spare Mode, Spare with Advanced ECC Mode, Dell Fault
Resilient Mode and Dell NUMA Fault Resilient Mode. This option is set to Optimizer Mode
by default.
Note:
The Memory Operating Mode option can have different default and available
options based on the memory configuration of your system.
Pre-operating system management applications
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