Date/Time

 

Displays the computer 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

 

 

 

 

Hard drive (lists the model number of the hard drive currently installed in the computer)

 

 

 

 

Onboard or USB CD-Rom Drive

 

 

 

 

USB Device

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Operation

configures the operating mode of the integrated hard drive controller.

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: RAID Mode is incompatible with ImageServer. Disable RAID mode to enable Image Server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Reporting

 

Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) 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 computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This field enable and disable the internal USB for FlexBay, you can set:

 

USB for Flexbay

 

Disable - Internal USB for FlexBay is disable

 

 

Enable - Internal USB for FlexBay is enable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No Boot - Internal USB for FlexBay is enable, but not bootable. (default)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 Address

Sets the base I/O address of the integrated parallel port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial Port #2

 

 

Identifies and defines the serial port settings. You can set the serial port to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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380 specifications

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