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

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