Dell OptiPlex 780 User Manual

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Memory information: Displays Installed Memory, Usable Memory, Memory Speed, Memory Channel Mode, Memory Technology,

DIMM_1 Size, DIMM_2 Size, DIMM_3 Size, and DIMM_4 Size. .

Processor information: Displays the Processor Type, Processor Speed, Processor Bus Speed, Processor L2 cache, Processor ID,

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

Sequence

Specifies the order in which the computer attempts to find an operating system from the devices specified in this list.

Onboard or USB Floppy

HDD(will show the model currently in system)

Onboard or USB CD-Rom Drive

USB Device

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

Operation

configures the operating mode of the integrated hard drive controller.

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.

Reporting

This field controls whether hard drive errors for integrated drives are reported during system startup. This technology is part of the SMART(Self

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 for Flex bay

This field enable and disable the internal USB for Flex Bay, you can set:

Disable - Internal USB for Flex Bay is disable

Enable - Internal USB for Flex Bay is enable

No Boot - Internal USB for Flex Bay is enable, but not bootable. (default)

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

Address

Sets the base I/O address of the integrated parallel port.

Serial Port #1

Identifies and defines the serial port settings. You can set the serial port to:

Disable

Auto (default)

COM1

COM3

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