Dell OptiPlex XE Service Manual page 3

System information: Displays BIOS Info, System Info, and the Service Tag.
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Memory information: Displays Installed Memory, Usable Memory, Memory Speed, Memory Channel Mode, and Memory
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Technology.
Processor information: Displays the Processor Type, Processor Speed, Processor Bus Speed, Processor L2 cache, Processor ID.
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PCI information: Displays available slots on the system board.
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Displays the system date and time. Changes to the system date and time take effect immediately.
Date/Time
Boot Sequence Specifies the order in which the computer attempts to find an operating system from the devices specified in this list.
Drives
Enables or disables the floppy drive connector on the system board.
Diskette drive
Disable
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Enable
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Configures the operating mode of the integrated hard drive controller to:
SATA Operation
RAID Autodetect/AHCI (default)
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RAID Autodetect/ATA
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RAID On/ATA
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Legacy
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S.M.A.R.T. Reporting 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.
Drives
System Configuration
Enables or disables the integrated network card. You can set the integrated NIC to:
Integrated NIC
Enable (default)
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Disable
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Enable with PXE
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Enables or disables the integrated USB controller. You can set the USB controller to:
USB Controller
Enable (default)
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Disable
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No boot
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Identifies and defines the serial port settings. You can set the serial port to:
Serial Port #1
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Auto (default)
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COM1
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COM3
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NOTE: Auto, the default setting, automatically configures a connector to a particular designation (COM1 or COM3).
Miscellaneous Devices Enables or disables the following onboard devices:
Front USB
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Rear Dual USB (under NIC1 and powered USB)
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Rear Dual USB (under NIC2 and powered USB)
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PCI slots
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Audio
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WiFi NIC slot
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Video
Primary Video Specifies which video controller is primary when two video controllers are present on the computer.
Auto (default)
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Onboard/PEG
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Performance
Multi Core Support Specifies whether one or all the cores of the processor will be enabled.
NOTE: The performance of some applications improve with additional cores.
Enables or disables the Intel SpeedStep mode.
Intel® SpeedStep™
This option is disabled by default.
Enables or disables additional processor sleep states.
C States Control