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System Setup Options

NOTE:

Depending on your computer and installed devices, the items listed in this section may not appear, or may

not appear exactly as listed.

WARNING:

eSATA is designed to function only if the SATA Operation mode in system Setup (BIOS) is

set to either IRRT or AHCI. If it is set to ATA, the eSATA functionality is lost though the connector can

still be used as a USB port.

General

System
Board

Displays the following information:

System information: Displays BIOS Info, System Info, and the Service Tag.

Memory information: Displays Installed Memory, Usable Memory, Memory Speed, Memory

Channel Mode, and Memory Technology.

Processor information: Displays the Processor Type, Processor Speed, Processor Bus Speed,

Processor L2 cache, Processor ID.

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.

Drives

Diskette drive

Identifies and defines the floppy drive attached to the FLOPPY connector on the system board

as:

Disable

USB

Internal (default)

Read Only

SATA Operation

Configures the operating mode of the integrated hard drive controller to:

AHCI (default)

ATA

Legacy

S.M.A.R.T.
Reporting

Enables or disables integrated drive errors to be reported during system startup.

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:

Enable (default)

Disable

Enable with PXE

Enable with ImageSever

USB Controller

Enables or disables the integrated USB controller. You can set the USB controller to:

Enable (default)

Disable

No boot

Parallel Port

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