Dell 400 Owner's Manual

Also see for Dimension 9150: Setup guide Service manual Owner's manual

Contents

118 Appendixw w w . d e l l . c o m | s u p p o r t . d e l l . c o m System Setup OptionsNOTE: Depending on your computer and installed devices, the items listed in this section may notappear, or may not appear exactly as listed.SystemSystem Info Lists system information such as the computer name, the BIOS versionnumber and date, system tags, and other system-specific information.NOTE: The system name listed in the BIOS may not appear exactly as thename that appears on the computer or in the computer’s documentation.CPU Info Identifies whether the computer’s processor supports Hyper-Threading andlists the processor bus speed, processor ID, clock speed, and L2 cache.Memory Info Indicates amount of installed memory, memory speed, channel mode (dualor single), and type of memory installed.Date/Time Displays current date and time settings.Boot Sequence The computer attempts to boot from the sequence of devices specified inthis list.NOTE: If you insert a boot device and restart the computer, this option appearsin the system setup menu. To boot from a USB memory device, select the USBdevice and move it so it becomes the first device in the list.DrivesDiskette Drive Identifies and defines the floppy drive attached to the FLOPPY connectoron the system board as Off, USB, Internal, or Read Only.Drives 0 through 3 Identifies the drives attached to the SATA connectors on the system board,and lists the capacity for hard drives.SATA Operation Identifies and defines the SATA controller settings for RAID. You can setthe SATA controller to RAID Autodetect/AHCI, RAID Autodetect/ATA, orRAID On.Onboard DevicesIntegrated NICControllerYou can set the NIC to On (default), Off, or On w/ PXE. When the Onw/ PXE setting is active (available only for the future boot process), thecomputer prompts you to press . Pressing this keycombination causes a menu to display that allows you to select a method forbooting from a network server. If a boot routine is not available from thenetwork server, the computer attempts to boot from the next device in theboot sequence list.Integrated AudioControllerEnables or disables the onboard audio controller.USB Controller Set to On (default) so that USB devices will be detected and supported inthe operating system.