Dell OptiPlex 380 Mini-Tower Service Manual page 3

Date/Time Displays the computer date and time. Changes to the system date and time take effect immediately.
Boot Specifies the order in which the computer attempts to find an operating system from the devices specified in this list.
Sequence
Onboard or USB Floppy
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Hard drive (lists the model number of the hard drive currently installed in the computer)
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Onboard or USB CD-Rom Drive
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USB Device
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Drives
Diskette drive This field determines how the BIOS configures floppy drives, Operating Systems with USB support will recognize USB Floppy drives
regardless of this setting:
Disable - All Floppy drive are disable
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Enable - All floppy drive are enable.
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The "USB Controller" Setup option will affect floppy operation.
SATA Operation configures the operating mode of the integrated hard drive controller.
RAID Autodetect / AHCI = RAID if signed drives, otherwise AHCI
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RAID Autodetect / ATA= RAID if signed drives, otherwise ATA
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RAID On / ATA= SATA is configured for RAID on every boot
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Legacy = The hard drive controller is configured for legacy mode
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Legacy mode provides for compatibility with some older operating systems that do not support native resources assigned to the drive
controller.
NOTE: RAID Mode is incompatible with ImageServer. Disable RAID mode to enable Image Server.
S.M.A.R.T. This field controls whether hard drive errors for integrated drives are reported during startup. This technology is part of the Self Monitoring
Reporting Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) specification.
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:
Disable
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Enable (default)
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Enable with PXE
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Enable with ImageSever
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ImageServe is incompatible with RAID mode. Please disable RAID if enabling ImageServer.
PXE is needed only if intending to boost to an operating system located on a server, not if you are booting on an OS located on a hard
drive in this computer.
This field enable and disable the internal USB for FlexBay, you can set:
Disable - Internal USB for FlexBay is disable
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USB for Flexbay
Enable - Internal USB for FlexBay is enable
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No Boot - Internal USB for FlexBay is enable, but not bootable. (default)
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USB Controller Enables or disables the integrated USB controller. You can set the USB controller to:
Enable (default)
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Disable
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No boot
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Operating systems with USB support will recognize USB Storage
Parallel Port Identifies and defines the parallel port settings. You can set the parallel port to:
Disable
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AT
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PS/2 (default)
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EPP
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ECP No DMA
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ECP DMA 1
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ECP DMA 3
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Parallel Port Address Sets the base I/O address of the integrated parallel port.
Serial Port #1 Identifies and defines the serial port settings. You can set the serial port to:
Disable
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Auto (default)
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COM1
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COM3
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The Operating System may allocate resources even though the setting is disabled.
Serial Port #2 Identifies and defines the serial port settings. You can set the serial port to: