Dell Dimension E310 Owner's Manual - Page 107

Drives, Onboard Devices, Video, Internal, Read Only, RAID Autodetect/AHCI, RAID On, On w/ PXE

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Memory Info Date/Time Boot Sequence Indicates amount of installed memory, memory speed, channel mode (dual or single), and type of memory installed. Displays current date and time settings. The computer attempts to boot from the sequence of devices specified in this list. 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 Drives 0 through 1 SATA Operation Identifies and defines the floppy drive attached to the FLOPPY connector on the system board as Off, USB, Internal, or Read Only. Identifies the drives attached to the SATA connectors on the system board, and lists the capacity for hard drives. Identifies and defines the SATA controller settings for RAID. You can set the SATA controller to RAID Autodetect/AHCI, RAID Autodetect/ATA, or RAID On. Onboard Devices Integrated NIC Controller Integrated Audio 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 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. Enables or disables the onboard audio controller. USB Controller USB for FlexBay Set to On (default) so that USB devices will be detected and supported in the operating system. This field enables and disables the internal USB for FlexBay. Off = Internal USB for FlexBay is disabled. On = Internal USB for FlexBay is enabled. The factory default setting is On. NOTE: This USB option appears only if a FlexBay device is installed. Video Primary Video Video Memory Size This setting specifies which video controller is primary when two video controllers are present on the computer. Offering selectable options of 1MB and 8MB, this field configures the system memory allocation reserved for the integrated video controller. Appendix 105

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Appendix
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Memory Info
Indicates amount of installed memory, memory speed, channel mode (dual
or single), and type of memory installed.
Date/Time
Displays current date and time settings.
Boot Sequence
The computer attempts to boot from the sequence of devices specified in
this list.
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
Identifies and defines the floppy drive attached to the FLOPPY connector
on the system board as
Off
,
USB
,
Internal
, or
Read Only
.
Drives 0 through 1
Identifies the drives attached to the SATA connectors on the system board,
and lists the capacity for hard drives.
SATA Operation
Identifies and defines the SATA controller settings for RAID. You can set
the SATA controller to
RAID Autodetect/AHCI,
RAID Autodetect/ATA
,
or
RAID On
.
Onboard Devices
Integrated NIC
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 you 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.
Integrated Audio
Controller
Enables or disables the onboard audio controller.
USB Controller
Set to
On
(default) so that USB devices will be detected and supported in
the operating system.
USB for FlexBay
This field enables and disables the internal USB for FlexBay.
Off
= Internal USB for FlexBay is disabled.
On
= Internal USB for FlexBay is enabled.
The factory default setting is
On
.
NOTE:
This USB option appears only if a FlexBay device is installed.
Video
Primary Video
This setting specifies which video controller is primary when two video
controllers are present on the computer.
Video Memory Size
Offering selectable options of 1MB and 8MB, this field configures the
system memory allocation reserved for the integrated video controller.