Alienware user manual Alienware Area-51 m5550 Technical Reference, the 1st drive BIOS attempts

Alienware Area-51 m5550 Technical Reference

Item	Selections /	Description
	Sub-menu
1st Boot Device	Removable Dev. CD/DVD	Set the type of device for
	Hard Drive	the 1st drive BIOS attempts
	Realtek Boot Agent	to boot from. If Realtek
	Disabled	Boot Agent is selected, the
		system will attempt to load
		the boot sector from the
		Ethernet port.
2nd Boot Device		Set the type of device
		for the 2nd drive BIOS
		attempts to boot from.
3rd Boot Device		Set the type of device
		for the 3rd drive BIOS
		attempts to boot from.
4th Boot Device		Set the type of device
		for the 4th drive BIOS
		attempts to boot from.

Note: If you select Realtek Boot Agent, the system will attempt to boot from the network.

Note: When the BIOS performs POST, you may also press the F12 Key to enable the Boot Device selection menu. You may choose CD/DVD, Hard Drive, or Realtek Boot Agent

as the first storage device to boot from. If you have already connected a USB Floppy Disk Drive before powering up, it will appear as a Removable Device in the Boot Device selection menu.

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