User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About Your System
- Using the System Setup Program
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Opening and Closing the System
- Cooling Shroud
- System Battery
- Optical Drive
- Configuring the Boot Drive
- Hard Drives
- Installing a SAS Controller Card
- Fan Assembly
- Optional PCI Fan Assembly
- Power Supply
- Expansion Cards
- Riser Card
- System Memory
- Processor
- Control Panel Assembly (Service-Only Procedure)
- System Board (Service-Only Procedure)
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Start-Up Routine
- Checking the Equipment
- Responding to a Systems Management Software Alert Message
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting the Power Supply
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting the Microprocessor
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Glossary
- Index
40 Using the System Setup Program
SATA Configuration Screen
Table 2-5 lists the options and descriptions for the information fields that
appear on the
SATA Configuration
screen.
Adjacent Cache Line
Prefetch
(Enabled default)
Enables or disables optimal use of sequential memory
access. Disable this option for applications that require
high use of random memory access.
Hardware Prefetcher
(Enabled default)
Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher.
Demand-Based Power
Management
(Disabled default)
When set to Enabled, the CPU Performance State Tables
are reported to the operating system. When set to
Disabled, the Performance State Tables are not reported
to the operating system.
If the processor does not support Demand-Based Power
Management, this field is read-only.
Processor 0 ID Displays the family and model number of the processor.
Processor Name
Display
Displays the CPU name of the installed Processor 0.
Level
2
Cache
Displays the amount of cache memory for the processor.
Number of Cores
Displays the number of cores in the processor.
Table 2-5. SATA Configuration Screen
Option Description
Embedded SATA
Enables (
ATA Mode
) or disables (
Off
) all SATA ports
.
Port X
Enables (
Auto
) or disables (
Off
) the SATA hard drive in
Port
X
.
Model
Displays the drive model of the selected hard drive.
Drive Type
Displays the drive type of the selected hard drive.
Capacity
Displays the total capacity of the selected hard drive.
Table 2-4. CPU Information Screen (continued)
Option Description
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