Dell 780 Personal Computer User Manual


 
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System Setup Options
NOTE: Depending on your computer and installed devices, the items listed in this section may not appear, or may
not appear exactly as listed.
WARNING: eSATA is designed to function only if the SATA Operation mode in system Setup (BIOS) is
set to either IRRT or AHCI. If it is set to ATA, the eSATA functionality is lost though the connector can
still be used as a USB port.
General
System
Board
Displays the following information:
System information: Displays BIOS Info, System Info, and the Service Tag.
Memory information: Displays Installed Memory, Usable Memory, Memory Speed, Memory
Channel Mode, and Memory Technology.
Processor information: Displays the Processor Type, Processor Speed, Processor Bus Speed,
Processor L2 cache, Processor ID.
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
Sequence
Specifies the order in which the computer attempts to find an operating system from the devices specified
in this list.
Drives
Diskette drive
Identifies and defines the floppy drive attached to the FLOPPY connector on the system board
as:
Disable
USB
Internal (default)
Read Only
SATA Operation
Configures the operating mode of the integrated hard drive controller to:
AHCI (default)
ATA
Legacy
S.M.A.R.T.
Reporting
Enables or disables integrated drive errors to be reported during system startup.
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:
Enable (default)
Disable
Enable with PXE
Enable with ImageSever
USB Controller
Enables or disables the integrated USB controller. You can set the USB controller to:
Enable (default)
Disable
No boot
Parallel Port
Identifies and defines the parallel port settings. You can set the parallel port to: