Owners Manual

System configuration
Table 28. System Configuration
Option Description
Date/Time
Allows you to set the date and time. The change to the system
date and time takes effect immediately.
Enable SMART Reporting
This field controls whether hard drive errors for integrated drives
are reported during system startup. This technology is part of the
SMART (Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology)
specification. This option is disabled by default.
Integrated NIC
Allows you to configure the integrated network controller.
Click one of the following options:
Enable UEFI Network Stack
If enabled, UEFI networking protocols are installed, allowing pre-OS
and early OS networking features to use enabled NICs. This maybe
used without PXE turned on.
Integrated NIC
• Disabled
• Enabled
• Enabled w/PXE—Default
Enable Audio
Allows you to switch all integrated audio On/Off, or enable/disable
the microphone and the internal speaker separately.
The options are:
• Enable Audio
• Enable Microphone
• Enable Internal Speaker
This option is enabled by default.
USB Configuration
Allows you to enable or disable the internal/integrated USB
configuration.
The options are:
• Enable USB Boot Support
• Enable External USB Ports
All the options are set by default.
NOTE: USB keyboard and mouse always work in the
BIOS setup irrespective of these settings.
SATA Operation
Allows you to configure the operating mode of the integrated SATA
hard drive controller.
Click one of the following options:
• Disabled
• AHCI
• RAID—Default
NOTE: SATA is configured to support RAID mode.
Drives
Allows you to enable or disable various drives on board.
The options are:
• SATA-0
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