Dell Alienware M11x R2 Service Manual - Page 7

Advanced Menu Intel SpeedStep® Allows you to enable or disable the Intel SpeedStep technology. Disabling this feature may improve performance, but will greatly reduce battery life. Use XD Capability Allows you to enable or disable the Intel eXecute Disable bit. 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). USB Wake Support NOTE: You cannot boot any type of USB device (floppy, hard drive, or memory key) when this option is off. Allows you to enable USB devices to wake the computer from standby or to disable the USB wake support feature. IEEE 1394 NOTE: If USB Powershare is enabled, a device connected to the USB Powershare connector may not wake the computer. Allows you to enable or disable the IEEE 1394 A connector. l Disabled: The IEEE 1394 A connector is disabled and is not visible to the operating system. l Enabled: The IEEE 1394 A connector is enabled. Integrated Network Allows you to enable or disable the on-board LAN controller. l Disabled: Internal LAN is disabled and is not visible to the operating system. l Enabled: Internal LAN is enabled. High Definition Audio Allows you to enable or disable the internal high definition audio device. l Disabled: The internal audio device is disabled and is not visible to the operating system. l Enabled: The internal audio device is enabled. SD Card Reader Allows you to enable or disable the internal SD card reader. CPU Turbo Mode Allows you to enable or disable the Intel CPU turbo mode performance option. CPU Over-Clocking Allows you to enable or disable CPU bus clock Over-Clocking l Disabled: CPU bus clock is 133 MHz. l Enabled: CPU bus clock is between 134 MHz and 166 MHz. SATA Operation Allows you to configure the operating mode of the integrated SATA hard drive controller. l ATA: SATA is configured for ATA mode. l AHCI: SATA is configured for AHCI mode. SATA HARD DRIVE Adapter Warnings Displays the installed SATA hard drive model. Allows you to choose if the computer should display warning messages when you use certain power adapters. The computer displays these messages if you attempt to use a power adapter that has too little capacity for your configuration. l Disabled: BIOS will not detect unsupported AC adapters and will not display any message on the screen. l Enabled: BIOS will detect unsupported AC adapters and display an error on the screen. Charger Behavior USB Powershare Allows you to enable or disable battery charging. Allows you to enable or disable charging of devices plugged into the USB Powershare connector while in Battery Mode. Wireless Menu Bluetooth Allows you to enable or disable the internal Bluetooth device. l Disabled: The internal Bluetooth device is disabled and is not visible to the operating system. l Enabled: The internal Bluetooth device is enabled. Wireless Network Allows you to enable or disable the internal wireless device. l Disabled: The internal wireless device is disabled and is not visible to the operating system. l Enabled: The internal wireless device is enabled.