Alienware M18x Service Manual page 7

Displays the memory size installed in DIMM A.
Memory Bank 0
Displays the memory size installed in DIMM B.
Memory Bank 1
Displays the memory size installed in DIMM C.
Memory Bank 2
Displays the memory size installed in DIMM D.
Memory Bank 3
Advanced Menu
Allows you to enable or disable the Intel SpeedStep technology. Disabling this feature may improve performance, but will
Intel SpeedStep
greatly reduce battery life.
Allows you to enable or disable the Intel Virtualization technology.
Virtualization
Allows you to enable or disable the USB emulation feature. This feature defines how the BIOS, in the absence of a USB-aware
USB Emulation
operating system, handles USB devices. USB emulation is always enabled during POST.
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Allows you to enable USB devices to wake the computer from standby or to disable the USB wake support feature.
USB Wake Support
NOTE:
Allows you to charge USB devices when the computer is turned off or in standby mode.
USB Power Share
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Allows you to enable or disable the on-board LAN controller.
Integrated Network
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Allows you to enable or disable the internal high definition audio device.
High Definition Audio
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Allows you to enable or disable the internal SD card reader.
SD Card Reader
Allows you to enable or disable the Intel CPU turbo mode performance option.
CPU Turbo Mode
Allows you to configure fields in the Performance Options sub-menu (for more information, see
Performance Options
Options.
Allows you to configure the operating mode of the integrated SATA hard drive controller.
SATA Operation
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Displays the installed primary SATA hard drive model.
SATA HARD DRIVE 1
Displays the installed secondary SATA hard drive model.
SATA HARD DRIVE 2
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Allows you to enable or disable battery charging.
Charger Behavior
Allows you to choose a primary display
Primary Display
Advanced Menu—Performance Options
Allows you to enable or disable the global overclocking feature.
Overclocking Feature
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Allows you to modify the CPU flex ratio with Turbo Mode disabled.
Non-Turbo Flex Support
Appears when Non-Turbo Flex is enabled and allows you to specify the flex ratio for all CPU cores.
Flex Ratio Override
Allows Extreme Edition CPUs to adjust the flex ratio in a Turbo Mode environment that allows each individual core ratio to be
Extreme Edition
modified.
Allows you to modify the flex ratio of individual cores physically present in the CPU.
Extreme Edition Core
You cannot boot any type of USB device (floppy, hard drive, or memory key) when this option is off.
If USB Powershare is enabled, a device connected to the USB Powershare connector may not wake the computer.
AC Only: Charge USB devices when connected to AC adapter only.
AC and Battery: Charge USB devices when connected to AC adapter and when the computer is running on battery.
Disabled: Disables USB Powershare.
Disabled: Internal LAN is disabled and is not visible to the operating system.
Enabled: Internal LAN is enabled.
Disabled: The internal audio device is disabled and is not visible to the operating system.
Enabled: The internal audio device is enabled.
AHCI: SATA is configured for AHCI mode.
RAID: STAT is configured for RAID mode.
Allows you to choose if the computer should display warning messages when you use AC adapters that are not
supported by your computer.
Enabled: BIOS will detect unsupported AC adapters and display an error on the screen.
Disabled: The overclocking feature is disabled.
Enabled: Displays additional overclocking options.
Advanced Menu—Performance