Dell Alienware M17x R2 (Early 2010) - Manual (Page 30)

30 CHAPTER 3: USING YOUR LAPTOP
Advanced Menu
High
Definition
Sound
Allows you to enable or disable the internal high definition
audio device.
•
Disabled: The internal audio device is disabled and is
not visible to the operating system.
• Enabled: The internal audio device is enabled.
USB Emulation Allows you to enable or disable the USB emulation
feature. This feature defines how the BIOS, in the absence
of a USB-aware operating system, handles USB devices.
USB emulation is always enabled during POST (Power On
Self Test).
NOTE: You cannot boot any type of USB device (floppy,
hard drive, or memory key) when this option is off.
Firewire
Allows you to enable or disable the IEEE 1394 A connector.
•
Disabled: The IEEE 1394 A connector is disabled and is
not visible to the operating system.
• Enabled: The IEEE 1394 A connector is enabled.
Performance
Options
Allows you to configure fields in the Performance Options
sub-menu (for more information, see “Performance
Options Sub-Menu“ on page 31).
Advanced Menu
SATA
Operation
Allows you to configure the operating mode of the
integrated SATA hard drive controller.
•
ATA: SATA is configured for ATA mode.
• AHCI: SATA is configured for AHCI mode.
• RAID: SATA is configured for RAID mode.
SATA Hard
Drive 1
Displays the installed primary SATA hard drive model.
SATA Hard
Drive 2
Displays the installed secondary SATA hard drive model.
SATA Optical
Drive
Displays the installed SATA optical drive model.