Dell Dimension B110 Owner's Manual - Page 86

Integrated Devices, Power Management, On w/ PXE, w/ PXE, No Boot, Read Only, Low Power Mode, Hibernate - video

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Integrated Devices Sound Enables or disables the onboard audio controller Network Interface Controller You can set the NIC to On (default), Off, or On w/ PXE. When the On w/ PXE setting is active (available only for the future boot process), the computer prompts the user 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. Mouse Port Enables or disables the onboard PS/2-compatible mouse controller. USB Emulation Set to On (default) so that USB devices will be detected and supported in the operating system. The No Boot option restricts external access to drive data. Use this option to prohibit users from booting the computer using an external USB device. USB Controller Set to On (default) so that multiple USB devices can be connected to a system without compromising data speed. When set to Off, all connected ports share a set data speed that is equivalent to one port. Serial Port #1 Identifies and defines the serial port settings. Auto, the default setting, automatically configures a connector to a particular designation (COM1 or COM3). Parallel Port Mode Identifies and defines the parallel port settings. You can set the parallel port to Off, AT, PS/2, EPP, or ECP. Parallel Port I/O Identifies the address for the parallel port. Address Diskette Interface Identifies and defines the floppy drive interface. You can set the interface to Auto, Read Only, or Off. Primary Video Controller This setting specifies which video controller is primary when two video controllers are present on the computer. Onboard Video Buffer Sets the amount of system memory to be reserved for the onboard video controller. Power Management Suspend Mode The options are S1, a suspend state where the computer is running in a lowpower mode, and S3, a standby state where the power is reduced or turned off for most components, however, system memory remains active. AC Power Recovery Determines what happens when AC power is restored to the computer. Low Power Mode When Low Power Mode is selected, remote wakeup events no longer power up from Hibernate or Off. 86 Appendix

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Appendix
Integrated Devices
Sound
Enables or disables the onboard audio controller
Network Interface
Controller
You can set the NIC to
On
(default),
Off
, or
On w/ PXE
. When the
On
w/ PXE
setting is active
(available only for the future boot process), the
computer prompts the user to press <Ctrl><Alt><b>. 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.
Mouse Port
Enables or disables the onboard PS/2-compatible mouse controller.
USB Emulation
Set to
On
(default) so that
USB devices will be detected and supported in
the operating system.
The
No Boot
option restricts external access to drive data. Use this option
to prohibit users from booting the computer using an external USB device.
USB Controller
Set to
On
(default) so that
multiple USB devices can be connected to a
system without compromising data speed. When set to
Off
, all connected
ports share a set data speed that is equivalent to one port.
Serial Port #1
Identifies and defines the serial port settings.
Auto
, the default setting,
automatically configures a connector to a particular designation (
COM1
or
COM3
).
Parallel Port
Mode
Identifies and defines the parallel port settings. You can set the parallel port
to
Off,
AT
,
PS/2
,
EPP
, or
ECP
.
Parallel Port I/O
Address
Identifies the address for the parallel port.
Diskette
Interface
Identifies and defines the floppy drive interface. You can set the interface to
Auto
,
Read Only
, or
Off
.
Primary Video
Controller
This setting specifies which video controller is primary when two video
controllers are present on the computer.
Onboard Video
Buffer
Sets the amount of system memory to be reserved for the onboard video
controller.
Power Management
Suspend Mode
The options are
S1
, a suspend state where the computer is running in a low-
power mode, and
S3
, a standby state where the power is reduced or turned
off for most components, however, system memory remains active.
AC Power Recovery
Determines what happens when AC power is restored to the computer.
Low Power Mode
When
Low Power Mode
is selected, remote wakeup events no longer power
up from
Hibernate
or
Off
.