Dell NX046 Personal Computer User Manual


 
System Setup 91
Diskette
Drive
(Internal
default)
Enables and disables the floppy drives and sets read
permission for the internal floppy drive. Off disables all
floppy drives. USB disables the internal diskette drive and
enables a USB floppy drive, if the USB controller is enabled
and a USB drive is connected. Internal enables the internal
floppy drive. Read Only enables the internal drive controller
and allows the internal floppy drive read-only permission.
NOTE: Operating systems with USB support will recognize USB
floppy drives regardless of this setting.
SATA 0
through 4
(On default)
Enables (On) or disables (Off) a SATA drive.
Displays the Controller type (SATA), Port number the drive
is using, Drive ID number, and Capacity.
NOTE: SATA 4 can be enabled or disabled when SATA
Operation is set to RAID Autodetect/AHCI. In other modes, this
field might be non-functional. In this case, the text in the SATA 4
field reads as follows:
This SATA port is disabled because the
system has been configured for ATA mode.
SATA
Operation
(RAID Autode
tect/ AHCI
default)
Determines the integrated SATA controller's operating mode.
RAID Autodetect/ AHCI – RAID if the drives are signed,
otherwise AHCI. RAID Autodetect/ ATA – RAID if the drives
are signed, otherwise ATA. RAID On – SATA is configured for
RAID on every boot.
SMART
Reporting
(Off
default)
Controls whether errors for integrated drives are reported
during startup.
Onboard Devices
Integrated
NIC
(On default)
Enables or disables the integrated NIC controller. Settings are
On, Off, On w/RPL, or On w/ PXE. When the On w/ PXE or
the On w/RPL setting is active, if a boot routine is not
available from the network server, the computer attempts to
boot from the next device in the boot sequence list.