Dell Precision 390 - Manual (Page 7)

System Setup Options
Options List — This field appears on the left side of the system setup window. The
field is a scrollable list containing features that define the configuration of your
computer, including installed hardware, power conservation, and security features. Scroll up and down the list by using the up and down arrow keys. As
an option is highlighted, the Option Field displays more information
about that option and the option's current and available settings.
Option Field — This field contains information about each option. In this field you
can view your current settings and make changes to your settings. Use the right and left arrow keys to highlight an option. Press <Enter>
to make that selection active.
Key Functions — This field appears below the Option Field and lists
keys and their functions within the active system setup field.
NOTE: Depending on your computer and installed devices, the items listed in this section may or may not appear.
Info
System Info Lists the computer name, version number of the BIOS, date of the BIOS, Asset Tag, Service Tag, and Ownership tag.
Processor Info Identifies whether the computer's processor supports Hyper-Threading, IA-32e, and identifies the CPU speed, bus speed, clock
speed, and L2 cache.
Memory Info Indicates amount of installed memory, computer memory speed, amount of video memory, size of the display cache, and channel
mode (dual or single).
PCI Info Displays a list of each item that is installed in the PCI card slots.
Date/Time Displays current date and time settings. You can modify these settings.
Boot Sequence The computer attempts to boot from the sequence of devices specified in this list.
Drives
Diskette Drive Enables and disables the diskette drives and sets read permission for the internal diskette drive. Off disables all diskette drives.
Internal enables the internal diskette drive. USB disables the internal diskette drive and enables a USB drive if the USB controller
is enabled and a USB drive is connected. Read Only enables the internal drive controller and allows the internal diskette drive
read-only permission.
Drive 0 through Drive
n
Identifies and enables and disables the drives attached to the connectors on the system board and lists the capacities for the hard
drives.
NOTE: The label for drives may display as SATA-0 through SATA-3, PATA-0 through PATA-1 or SAS-0 through SAS-2, depending on
your configuration.
SATA Operation Identifies and enables selection of drive operation modes for SATA drives. Mode options are AHCI, ATA, and RAID.
Smart Reporting Control whether hard driver errors for internal drives (Drive 0-6) are reported during system startup.
Onboard Devices
Integrated NIC You can set the NIC to On (default), Off, or On w/ PXE.
Integrated Audio Enables or disables the onboard audio controller
USB Controller Enables or disables the internal USB controller. All On enables the front and back ports. All Off disables all ports.
Front USB Ports Selectively enables or disables the front USB ports. Front On enables only the front ports and Front Off disables only the front
ports.
LPT Port Mode Determines the mode of operating of the internal parallel port. Off disables the port. AT configures the port for IBM AT
compatibility. PS/2 configures the port for IBM PS/2 compatibility. EPP configures the port for the EPP bidirectional protocol. ECP
configures the port for the ECP bidirectional protocol.
NOTE: If you set the LPT Port Mode to ECP, the LPT Port DMA appears in the option menu.
LPT Port Address Determines the address that the built-in parallel port uses.
LPT Port DMA Determines the address that the parallel port uses when it is in ECP mode. Off disables the DMA channel. DMA 1 selects the DMA
1 channel. DMA 3 selects the DMA 3 channel.
Serial Port #1 Serial Port 1 appears as an option if you have a serial port card installed.
Auto, the default setting, automatically configures a connector to a particular designation (COM1 or COM3).
PS/2 Mouse Port Enables or disables the onboard PS/2-compatible mouse controller.
Video
Primary Video Determines which video controller will become the primary video controller when two controllers are available in the system. The
default is PEG, the PCI Express Graphics video controller.
Performance
Multiple CPU Core Determines whether to use all available core processors, or only one core processor in a multiple-core processor computer. This
setting is only available for processors that support this technology.
SpeedStep The Intel SpeedStep® option provides settings for changing the processor power consumption and operating frequency.
NOTE: This option may not be available with your computer.
Virtualization Determines whether to have a the Virtual Machine Monitor utilize additional hardware capabilities provided by Intel ® Virtualization
technology. This setting is only available with processors that support this technology. On enables Virtualization. Off disables
Virtualization.