Drives, Network adapter and sound card settings, About serial ata drives – Dell XPS 710 User Manual
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Network Adapter and Sound Card Settings
If you installed a sound card:
1.
Enter system setup (see
Entering System Setup
), select Integrated Audio Controller, and then change the setting to Off.
2.
Connect external audio devices to the sound card connectors. Do not connect external audio devices to the microphone, speaker/headphone, or line-in
connectors on the back panel.
If you removed a sound card:
1.
Enter system setup (see
Entering System Setup
), select Integrated Audio Controller, and then change the setting to On.
2.
Connect external audio devices to the audio connectors on the back panel of the computer.
If you installed an add-in network adapter and want to disable the integrated network adapter:
1.
Enter system setup (see
Entering System Setup
), select Integrated NIC Controller, and then change the setting to Off.
2.
Connect the network cable to the add-in network adapter connectors. Do not connect the network cable to the integrated connector on the back panel.
If you removed an add-in network connector:
1.
Enter system setup (see
Entering System Setup
), select Integrated NIC Controller, and then change the setting to On.
2.
Connect the network cable to the integrated connector on the back panel of the computer.
Drives
Your computer supports:
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Six SATA devices (hard drives or optical drives)
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Two IDE devices (two hard drives or two optical drives)
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One floppy drive
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One Media Card Reader
About Serial ATA Drives
Your computer supports up to four serial ATA hard drives and two serial ATA optical drives. Serial ATA drives provide the following benefits by transferring data
using serial technology and flexible cables that are thinner and longer than IDE cables:
NOTICE:
When removing and replacing drives, be sure to leave the drive data and power cables connected to the system board.
NOTE:
The 5.25-inch Media Card Reader/floppy drive carrier is not interchangeable with the hard drive carrier.
1 CD/DVD drive bays (4)
2 floppy drive/media card reader
3 hard-drive bays (4)