Dell 320 manual System Setup Options, Drives, Onboard Devices

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System Setup Options

Key Functions — This field appears below the Option Field and lists keys and their functions within the active system setup field.

System Setup Options

NOTE: Depending on your computer and installed devices, the items listed in this section may or may not appear.

System

System Info

 

Lists the computer name, BIOS Version, Service Tag, Express Service Code, (if applicable), and the Asset Tag. None of these fields can be

 

 

modified.

 

 

 

 

Processor

 

Identifies the CPU type, bus speed, clock speed, and L2 cache size. States whether the processor is Hyper-Threading and multiple-core

Info

 

capable and whether it supports 64-bit technology.

Memory Info

 

Lists the type, size, speed, and channel mode (dual or single) of installed memory.

 

 

 

 

PCI Info

 

Identifies any installed PCI or PCI Express cards.

 

 

 

 

Date/Time

 

Displays current date and time settings.

 

 

 

 

Boot

 

The computer attempts to boot from the sequence of devices specified in this list.

Sequence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drives

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diskette Drive

 

This option enables or disables the floppy drive. The options are Off, Internal, USB, and Read Only.

(Internal default)

 

 

 

 

NOTE: If USB is selected, ensure that USB Controller setup option under Onboard Devices is set to On.

 

 

 

Drive 0 through

Identifies and enables and disables the drives attached to the SATA or IDE connectors on the system board and lists the capacities

Drive n

 

for the hard drives.

 

 

 

NOTE: These options appear as Drive 0 through Drive 3 for the desktop, mini tower, and small form computers and Drive 0 though

 

 

 

Drive 5 for the ultra small form factor computer.

 

 

 

SMART Reporting

This setting determines whether integrated drive errors are reported or not during system startup.

(Off default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Onboard Devices

 

 

 

 

Integrated

 

Enables or disables the integrated NIC controller. Settings are On, Off, and On w/ PXE. When the On w/ PXE setting is active, if a boot

NIC

 

routine is not available from the network server, the computer attempts to boot from the next device in the boot sequence list.

(On default)

 

 

 

Integrated

 

Enables or disables the onboard audio controller. Settings are Off, On, and No Boot.

Audio

 

 

 

(On default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB

 

Enables or disables the internal USB controller. No Boot enables the controller but disables the ability to boot from a USB device.

Controller

 

 

 

(On default)

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: Operating systems with USB support will recognize USB floppy drives regardless of the No Boot setting.

 

 

 

Front USB

 

Enables or disables the front USB ports.

Ports

 

 

 

(On default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS/2 Mouse

 

Enables or disables the PS2/ mouse controller.

Port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dell 320 manual System Setup Options, Drives, Onboard Devices