Dell 980 service manual Epp

	Microcode Version, Multi Core Capable and HT Capable 64-bit Technology.
	PCI information: Displays available slots on the system board.
Date/Time	Displays the system date and time. Changes to the system date and time take effect immediately.
Boot	Specifies the order in which the computer attempts to find an operating system from the devices specified in this list.
Sequence	Onboard or USB Floppy
	Onboard SATA Hard Drive
	Onboard or USB CD-Rom Drive

Drives
Diskette drive	This field determines how the BIOS configures floppy drives, operating systems with USB support will recognize USB Floppy drives regardless of this
	setting:
	Disable - All Floppy drive are disable
	Enable - All floppy drive are enable.
	The "USB Controller" Setup option will affect floppy operation.
SATA	configures the operating mode of the integrated hard drive controller.
Operation	RAID Autodetect / AHCI = RAID if signed drives, otherwise AHCI
	RAID Autodetect / ATA= RAID if signed drives, otherwise ATA
	RAID On / ATA= SATA is configured for RAID on every boot
	Legacy = The hard drive controller is configured for legacy mode
	Legacy mode provides for compatibility with some older operating systems that do not support native resources assigned to the drive controller.
	RAID Mode is incompatible with ImageServer. Please disable RAID mode if enabling Image Server.
S.M.A.R.T.	This field controls whether hard drive errors for integrated drives are reported during system startup. This technology is part of the SMART(Self
Reporting	Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) specification.
	This option is disabled by default.
Drives	Enables or disables the SATA or ATA drives connected to the system board.
System Configuration
Integrated NIC	Enables or disables the integrated network card. You can set the integrated NIC to:
	Disable
	Enable (default)
	Enable with PXE
	Enable with ImageSever
	ImageServe is incompatible with RAID mode. Please disable RAID if enabling ImageServer.
	PXE is needed only if intending to boost to an operating system located on a server, not if you are booting on an OS located on a hard drive in
	this system.
USB Controller	Enables or disables the integrated USB controller. You can set the USB controller to:
	Enable (default)
	Disable
	No boot
	Operating systems with USB support will recognize USB Storage
Parallel Port	Identifies and defines the parallel port settings. You can set the parallel port to:
	Disable
	AT
	PS/2 (default)
	EPP
	ECP No DMA
	ECP DMA 1
	ECP DMA 3
Parallel Port	Sets the base I/O address of the integrated parallel port.
Address
Serial Port #1	Identifies and defines the serial port settings. You can set the serial port to:
	Disable
	Auto (default)
	COM1
	COM3
	The Operating System may allocate resources even though the setting is disabled.
Miscellaneous	Enables or disables the following onboard devices:
Devices	Front USB

PCI slots

Audio

OptiPlex ON Reader

Rear Quad USB

WiFi NIC Slot