Advanced Menu
Intel SpeedStep | Allows you to enable or disable the Intel SpeedStep technology. Disabling this feature may improve performance, but will greatly |
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Virtualization | Allows you to enable or disable the Intel Virtualization technology. |
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USB Emulation | Allows you to enable or disable the USB emulation feature. This feature defines how the BIOS, in the absence of a |
| operating system, handles USB devices. USB emulation is always enabled during POST (Power On Self Test). |
| NOTE: You cannot boot any type of USB device (floppy, hard drive, or memory key) when this option is off. |
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USB Wake Support | Allows you to enable USB devices to wake the computer from standby or to disable the USB wake support feature. |
| NOTE: If USB Powershare is enabled, a device connected to the USB Powershare connector may not wake the computer. |
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USB PowerShare | Allows you to enable or disable charging of devices plugged into the USB Powershare connector while in battery mode. |
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Integrated Network | Allows you to enable or disable the |
| • Disabled: Internal LAN is disabled and is not visible to the operating system. |
| • Enabled: Internal LAN is enabled. |
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High Definition | Allows you to enable or disable the internal high definition audio device. |
Audio |
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| • Disabled: The internal audio device is disabled and is not visible to the operating system. |
| • Enabled: The internal audio device is enabled. |
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SD Card Reader | Allows you to enable or disable the internal SD card reader. |
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CPU Turbo Mode | Allows you to enable or disable the Intel CPU turbo mode performance option. |
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Performance Options | Allows you to enable or disable all |
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SATA Operation | Allows you to configure the operating mode of the integrated SATA hard drive controller. |
| • ATA: SATA is configured for ATA mode. |
| • AHCI: SATA is configured for AHCI mode. |
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SATA Hard Drive | Displays the installed SATA hard drive model. |
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Adapter Warnings | Allows you to choose if the computer should display warning messages when you use certain power adapters. The computer displays |
| these messages if you attempt to use a power adapter that has too little capacity for your configuration. |
| • Disabled: BIOS will not detect unsupported AC adapters and will not display any message on the screen. |
| • Enabled: BIOS will detect unsupported AC adapters and display an error on the screen. |
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Charger Behavior | Allows you to enable or disable battery charging. |
Wireless Menu |
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Bluetooth | Allows you to enable or disable the internal Bluetooth device. |
| • Disabled: The internal Bluetooth device is disabled and is not visible to the operating system. |
| • Enabled: The internal Bluetooth device is enabled. |
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Wireless Network | Allows you to enable or disable the internal wireless device. |
| • Disabled: The internal wireless device is disabled and is not visible to the operating system. |
| • Enabled: The internal wireless device is enabled. |
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WWAN | Allows you to enable or disable the internal WWAN device. |
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Wireless | Allows you to enable or disable all the internal wireless devices. |
Switch/Hotkey |
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Security Menu |
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Supervisor Password | Displays if the supervisor password is clear or set. |
User Password | Displays if the user password is clear or set. |
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