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Dell Dimension 5150/E510 User Manual

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(Diskette
drive
default)

NOTE:

If you insert a boot device and restart the computer, this option

appears in the system setup menu. To boot from a USB memory device,

select the USB device and move it so it becomes the first device in the

list.

Drives

Diskette
Drive

(Internal
default)

Enables and disables the floppy drives and sets read permission for

the internal floppy drive.

Off — disables all floppy drives

USB — enables the USB floppy drive

Internal — enables the internal floppy drive

Read Only — enables the internal drive controller and allows

the internal floppy drive read-only permission

NOTE:

Operating systems with USB support will recognize USB

floppy drives regardless of this setting.

Drives 0
through 3

(On default)

Enables or disables an ATA or SATA device (such as hard-drive, CD

drive, or DVD drive). On enables the interface so that the device

can be used.

Displays the Controller type (ATA or SATA), Port number the

drive is using, Drive ID number, Capacity, and whether the drive is

controlled by the BIOS.

SATA Operation

(RAID
Autodetect/ATA
default)

Identifies and defines the SATA controller settings for RAID. You

can set the SATA controller to RAID Autodetect/ATA or RAID

On.

Onboard Devices

Integrated
NIC

(On
default)

Enables or disables the integrated NIC controller. Settings are On, Off,

or On w/PXE. When the On w/PXE setting is active (available only

for setting up a future boot process), the computer prompts you to

press .

Pressing this key combination causes a menu to display that allows you

to select a method for booting from a network server. If a boot routine

is not available from the network server, the computer attempts to boot

from the next device in the boot sequence list.

Integrated
Audio
Controller

Enables or disables the onboard audio controller.

USB for
Flexbay

(On
default)

Enables or disables internal USB for FlexBay.

NOTE:

This USB option appears only if a FlexBay device is

installed.

Video

Primary
Video

(Auto
default)

Specifies which video controller is primary when two video controllers are

present on the computer. Auto enables the add-in video controller.

Onboard enables the integrated video controller.

Video
Memory
Size

(8 MB
default)

Configures the system memory allocation reserved for the integrated video

controller. Settings are 1MB and 8MB.

Performance

Hyper -
Threading

Determines whether the physical processor appears as one or two logical