Dell XE Personal Computer User Manual


 
l System information: Displays BIOS Info, System Info, and the Service Tag.
l Memory information: Displays Installed Memory, Usable Memory, Memory Speed, Memory Channel Mode, and Memory
Technology.
l Processor information: Displays the Processor Type, Processor Speed, Processor Bus Speed, Processor L2 cache, Processor ID.
l 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
Enables or disables the floppy drive connector on the system board.
l Disable
l Enable
SATA Operation
Configures the operating mode of the integrated hard drive controller to:
l RAID Autodetect/AHCI (default)
l RAID Autodetect/ATA
l RAID On/ATA
l 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
Integrated NIC 2
Enables or disables the integrated network card. You can set the integrated NIC to:
l Enable (default)
l Disable
l Enable with PXE
USB Controller
Enables or disables the integrated USB controller. You can set the USB controller to:
l Enable (default)
l Disable
l No boot
Serial Port #1
Serial Port #2
Identifies and defines the serial port settings. You can set the serial port to:
l Disable
l Auto (default)
l COM1
l COM3
NOTE: Auto, the default setting, automatically configures a connector to a particular designation (COM1 or COM3).
Miscellaneous Devices
Enables or disables the following onboard devices:
l Front USB
l Rear Dual USB (under NIC1 and powered USB)
l Rear Dual USB (under NIC2 and powered USB)
l PCI slots
l Audio
l WiFi NIC slot
Video
Primary Video
Specifies which video controller is primary when two video controllers are present on the computer.
l Auto (default)
l Onboard/PEG
Performance
Multi Core Support
Specifies whether one or all the cores of the processor will be enabled.
NOTE: The performance of some applications improve with additional cores.
Intel®SpeedStep™
Enables or disables the Intel SpeedStep mode.
This option is disabled by default.
C States Control
Enables or disables additional processor sleep states.