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Date/Time |
| Displays the computer date and time. Changes to the system date and time take effect immediately. |
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| Specifies the order in which the computer attempts to find an operating system from the devices specified in this list. |
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| • Hard drive (lists the model number of the hard drive currently installed in the computer) |
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| • | Onboard or USB |
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Diskette drive |
| This field determines how the BIOS configures floppy drives, Operating Systems with USB support will recognize USB Floppy drives |
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| • Disable - All Floppy drive are disable |
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| • Enable - All floppy drive are enable. |
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SATA Operation | configures the operating mode of the integrated hard drive controller. |
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| • RAID Autodetect / AHCI = RAID if signed drives, otherwise AHCI |
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| • RAID Autodetect / ATA= RAID if signed drives, otherwise ATA |
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| • RAID On / ATA= SATA is configured for RAID on every boot |
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| • Legacy = The hard drive controller is configured for legacy mode |
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| Legacy mode provides for compatibility with some older operating systems that do not support native resources assigned to the drive |
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S.M.A.R.T. |
| This field controls whether hard drive errors for integrated drives are reported during startup. This technology is part of the Self Monitoring |
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Reporting |
| Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) specification. |
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Drives |
| Enables or disables the SATA or ATA drives connected to the system board. |
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Integrated NIC |
| Enables or disables the integrated network card. You can set the integrated NIC to: |
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| • | Disable |
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| • | Enable (default) |
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| • | Enable with PXE |
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| • | Enable with ImageSever |
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| ImageServe is incompatible with RAID mode. Please disable RAID if enabling ImageServer. |
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| This field enable and disable the internal USB for FlexBay, you can set: |
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USB for Flexbay |
| • | Disable - Internal USB for FlexBay is disable |
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| • No Boot - Internal USB for FlexBay is enable, but not bootable. (default) |
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USB Controller |
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| Enables or disables the integrated USB controller. You can set the USB controller to: |
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| • | Enable (default) |
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| • | Disable |
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Parallel Port |
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| Identifies and defines the parallel port settings. You can set the parallel port to: |
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| • | Disable |
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| • | AT |
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| • | PS/2 (default) |
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| • | EPP |
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| • | ECP No DMA |
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Parallel Port Address | Sets the base I/O address of the integrated parallel port. |
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Serial Port #1 |
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| Identifies and defines the serial port settings. You can set the serial port to: |
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| • | Auto (default) |
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| • | COM1 |
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Serial Port #2 |
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| Identifies and defines the serial port settings. You can set the serial port to: |
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