Owners Manual
System Conguration screen options
Option Description
SMART Reporting This eld 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) specication. This option is
disabled by default.
• Enable SMART Reporting
USB Conguration
This is an optional feature.
This eld congures the integrated USB controller. If Boot Support is enabled, the system is allowed to boot any
type of USB Mass Storage Devices—HDD, memory key, oppy.
If USB port is enabled, device attached to this port is enabled and available for OS.
If USB port is disabled, the OS cannot see any device attached to this port.
The options are:
• Enable USB Boot Support—enabled by default
• Enable External USB Port—enabled by default
• Always Allow dell docks—enabled by default
NOTE: USB keyboard and mouse always work in the BIOS setup irrespective of these settings.
USB PowerShare This eld congures the USB PowerShare feature behavior. This option allows you to charge external devices using
the stored system battery power through the USB PowerShare port. This option is disabled by default
Audio This eld enables or disables the integrated audio controller. By default, the Enable Audio option is selected. The
options are:
• Enable Microphone—enabled by default
• Enable Internal Speaker—enabled by default
Keyboard
Illumination
This eld lets you choose the operating mode of the keyboard illumination feature. The keyboard brightness level
can be set from 0% to 100%. The options are:
• Disabled—enabled by default
• Dim (50%)
• Bright
Keyboard Backlight
Timeout on Battery
The Keyboard Backlight Timeout dims out with the Battery option. The main keyboard illumination feature is not
aected. Keyboard Illumination will continue to support the various illumination levels. This eld has an eect when
the backlight is enabled. The options are:
• 5 sec
• 10 sec—enabled by default
• 15 sec
• 30 sec
• 1 min
• 5 min
• 15 min
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