Alienware M18X Laptop User Manual


 
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CHAPTER 3: USING YOUR LAPTOP
Advanced Menu
Performance
Options
Allows you to congure elds in the Performance
Options sub‑menu (for more information, see
“Advanced Menu – Performance Options“ on page 34).
SATA Operation
Allows you to congure the operating mode of the
integrated SATA hard drive controller.
AHCI: SATA is congured for AHCI mode.
RAID: SATA is congured for RAID mode.
SATA HARD
DRIVE 1
Displays the installed primary SATA hard drive model.
SATA HARD
DRIVE 2
Displays the installed secondary SATA hard drive
model.
Adapter
Warnings
Allows you to choose if the computer should display
warning messages when you use AC adapters that are
not supported by your computer.
Disabled: BIOS will not detect unsupported AC
adapters and will not display any message to
screen.
Enabled : BIOS will detect unsupported AC adapters
and display an error to screen.
Charger
Behavior
Allows you to enable or disable battery charging.
Primary Display
Allows you to choose a primary display.
Advanced Menu – Performance Options
Overclocking
Feature
Allows you to enable or disable the global overclocking
feature.
Disabled: e overclocking feature is disabled.
Enabled: Displays additional overclocking options.
Non-Turbo
Flex Support
Allows you to modify the CPU ex ratio with Turbo Mode
disabled.
Flex Ratio
Override
Appears when Non‑Turbo Flex is enabled and allows
you to specify the ex ratio for all CPU cores.
Extreme Edition
Allows Extreme Edition CPUs to adjust the ex ratio in
a Turbo Mode environment that allows each individual
core ratio to be modied.
Extreme Edition
Core Ratio
Limits
Allows you to modify the ex ratio of individual cores
physically present in the CPU.
Memory Override
Support
Allows you to enable or disable the memory override
option support.
Disabled: e memory override support is disabled.
Enabled: Displays additional memory override
support options.
Memory
Voltage
Allows you to modify memory voltage.
Memory
Frequency
Allows you to modify memory frequency.