System Setup Options - Dell OptiPlex 780 Ultra Small Form Factor Service Manual

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
Displays the following information:
System
Board
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.
Specifies the order in which the computer attempts to find an operating system from the devices specified
Boot
Sequence
in this list.
Drives
Diskette drive
SATA Operation
S.M.A.R.T.
Reporting
Drives
System Configuration
Integrated NIC
USB Controller
Parallel Port
Identifies and defines the floppy drive attached to the FLOPPY connector on the system board
as:
Disable
USB
Internal (default)
Read Only
Configures the operating mode of the integrated hard drive controller to:
AHCI (default)
ATA
Legacy
Enables or disables integrated drive errors to be reported during system startup.
This option is disabled by default.
Enables or disables the SATA or ATA drives connected to the system board.
Enables or disables the integrated network card. You can set the integrated NIC to:
Enable (default)
Disable
Enable with PXE
Enable with ImageSever
Enables or disables the integrated USB controller. You can set the USB controller to:
Enable (default)
Disable
No boot
Identifies and defines the parallel port settings. You can set the parallel port to:
Use the Tab and Up/Down arrow
keys on your keyboard to navigate
or click to navigate using the
mouse.