- Working on your computer
- Product overview
- Disassembly and reassembly
- Recommended tools
- Removing the back cover
- Installing the back cover
- Removing the battery
- Installing the battery
- Removing the battery cable
- Installing the battery cable
- Removing the memory module
- Installing the memory module
- Removing the solid state drive - SSD bracket
- Installing the solid state drive - SSD bracket
- Removing the solid state drive - SSD
- Installing the Solid state drive - SSD
- Removing the hard drive
- Installing the hard drive
- Removing the hard drive cable
- Installing the hard drive cable
- Removing the hard drive bracket
- Installing the hard drive bracket
- Removing the WLAN card
- Installing the WLAN card
- Removing the coin cell battery
- Installing the coin cell battery
- Removing the Input-Output board
- Installing the Input-Output board
- Removing the fan
- Installing the fan
- Removing the heatsink
- Installing the heatsink
- Removing the LED board
- Installing the LED board
- Removing the speakers
- Installing the speakers
- Removing the touchpad
- Installing the touchpad
- Removing the system board
- Installing the system board
- Removing the display assembly
- Installing the display assembly
- Removing the display bezel
- Installing the display bezel
- Removing the display panel hinges
- Installing the display panel hinges
- Removing the camera
- Installing the camera
- Removing the display
- Installing the display
- Keyboard
- Removing the palmrest
- Installing the palmrest
- Technology and components
- Power adapter
- Processors
- Identifying the processor in Windows 10 and Windows 8
- Verifying the processor usage in Task Manager
- Verifying the processor usage in Resource Monitor
- Chipsets
- Downloading the chipset driver
- Identifying the chipset in Device Manager on Windows 10 and Windows 8
- Graphic options
- Downloading drivers
- Identifying the display adapter
- Changing the screen resolution
- Rotating the display
- Display options
- Adjusting brightness in Windows 10
- Adjusting brightness in Windows 8
- Cleaning the display
- Connecting to external display devices
- Audio controller
- WLAN cards
- Hard drive options
- Camera features
- Memory features
- Intel chipset drivers
- Intel HD Graphics drivers
- Realtek HD audio drivers
- System Setup
- Technical Specifications
- Physical dimension specifications
- System information specifications
- Processor specifications
- Memory specifications
- Storage specifications
- Audio specifications
- Video specifications
- Communication specifications
- Battery specifications
- Ports and connector specifications
- Display specifications
- Touchpad specifications
- Keyboard specifications
- Adapter specifications
- Environmental specifications
- System setup options
- General screen options
- System Configuration screen options
- Video screen options
- Security screen options
- Secure Boot screen options
- Performance screen options
- Power Management screen options
- POST Behavior screen options
- Virtualization support screen options
- Wireless screen options
- Maintenance screen options
- System Log screen options
- Troubleshooting
- Contacting Dell
Vostro 14-5468 Owner's Manual
System Configuration screen options
- Option
- Description
- SATA Operation
- Allows you to configure the internal SATA hard-drive
controller. The options are:
- Disabled
- AHCI
- RAID On: This option is enabled by default.
- Drives
- Allows you to configure the SATA drives on board.
All drives are enabled by default. The options are:
- SATA M.2 SSD
- SMART Reporting
- This field controls whether hard drive errors for
integrated drives are reported during system startup. This technology
is part of the SMART (Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology)
specification. This option is disabled by default.
- Enable SMART Reporting
- USB Configuration
This is an optional feature.
This field configures the integrated USB controller. If Boot Support is enabled, the system is allowed to boot any type of USB Mass Storage Devices (HDD, memory key, floppy).If USB port is enabled, device attached to this port is enabled and available for OS.
If USB port is disabled, the OS cannot see any device attached to this port.
The options are:
- Enable USB Boot Support (by default enable)
- Enable External USB Port (by default enable)
- Enable Thunderbolt Port (by default enable).
- Enable Thunderbolt Boot Support. This is an optional feature.
- Always Allows Dell Docks. This is an optional feature.
- Enables Thunderbolt (and PCIe behind TBT) Pre-boot
NOTE:USB keyboard and mouse always work in the BIOS setup irrespective of these settings.- USB PowerShare
- This field configures the USB PowerShare feature behavior. This option allows you to charge external devices using the stored system battery power through the USB PowerShare port. By default, the Enable USB PowerShare is disabled.
- Audio
- This field enables or disables the integrated audio
controller. By default, the Enable Audio option is selected.
The options are:
- Enable Microphone (by default enabled)
- Enable Internal Speaker (by default enabled)
- Keyboard Illumination
- This field lets you choose the operating mode of the
keyboard illumination feature. The keyboard brightness level can be
set from 0% to 100%. The options are:
- Disabled
- Dim
- Bright (enabled by default)
- Keyboard Backlight Timeout on AC
- This feature defines the time-out value for the keyboard
backlight when an AC adapter is plugged into the system. The main
keyboard illumination feature is not affected. Keyboard Illumination
will continue to support the various illumination levels. This field
has an effect when the backlight is enabled. Options are:
- 5 seconds
- 10 seconds — this option is selected by default
- 15 seconds
- 30 seconds
- 1 minute
- 5 minute
- 15 minute
- never
- Keyboard Backlight Time-out on Battery
- The Keyboard Backlight Time-out dims out with Battery
option. The main keyboard illumination feature is not affected. Keyboard
Illumination will continue to support the various illumination levels.
This field has an effect when the backlight is enabled. Options are:
- 5 seconds
- 10 seconds — this option is selected by default
- 15 seconds
- 30 seconds
- 1 minute
- 5 minute
- 15 minute
- never
- Miscellaneous Devices
- Allows you to enable or disable various on board devices:
- Enable Camera —enabled by default
- Enable Secure Digital(SD) Card
- Secure Digital(SD) Card read only mode
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