Dell XPS /Dimension Gen 5 Owner's Manual

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Appendix 129System 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.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.PCI Info Indicates the expansion card type by slot location.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 DSKT connector onthe system board as Off, USB, Internal, or Read Only.Drives 0through 5Identifies the drives attached to the SATA or PRI IDE connectors on thesystem 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.Smart Reporting Determines whether hard-drive errors for internal drives are reported duringsystem startup. Off does not report errors. On reports errors.Onboard DevicesIntegrated NIC Enables or disables the integrated NIC controller. Off disables the controller.On enables the controller.NOTE: PXE and RPL is required only if you are booting to an operating systemon another system; not if you are booting to an operating system on a harddrive in this system.USB Controller (Default On) Enables or disables the internal USB controller. Off disablesthe controller. On enables the controller. No Boot enables the controller butdisables the ability to boot from a USB device.1394 Controller Enables or disables the IEEE 1394 controller.D8659bk0.book Page 129 Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:18 AM