Specifications

Heading Option Description
NOTE: If you turn off power to the computer using a power strip, you cannot use the
suspend/sleep feature or the Remote Management features.
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POST Delay (5, 10, 15, 20, None) (in seconds)—Delays start of the POST process. You might
need a delay to:
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Allow time for hard disk drives on some expansion cards to spin up. (Some cards spin
up so slowly that they are not ready to start by the time POST is finished.)
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Give yourself more time to select F10 to enter the Computer Setup (F10) Utility.
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Bypass F1 Prompt on Confirmation Changes (Enable/Disable)—Prevents display of a
confirmation prompt when you make changes to the system.
Execute
Memory Test
Restarts the computer and executes the POST memory test.
BIOS Power-On Enables you to disable or specify a weekday and time for BIOS power-on.
Processors Enables/disables these options:
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Hyper-Threading—Provides processor parallelization such that the operating system treats
one processor as two.
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Multi-Processor—Disables multi-processor support under the OS.
Onboard
Devices
Lets you disable or set resources (IRQ, DMA, I/O Rate) for onboard system devices such as the
serial port. Operating system parameters generally override Onboard Devices settings.
PCI Devices Lists currently installed PCI devices and their IRQ settings. You can reconfigure the IRQ settings
for these devices or to disable them entirely. (These settings have no effect under an ACPI-based
operating system.)
PCI VGA
Configuration
Configures graphics cards per computer slots. In multi-graphics card configurations, this option
designates one card as primary graphics, and the other card as secondary graphics.
Chipset/
Memory
Enable/disable these options:
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PCI SERR# Generation (Enable/Disable)—Controls PCI SERR# generation for ill-behaved
PCI add-in cards (that can generate SERR# spuriously).
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PCI VGA Palette Snooping (Enable/Disable)—Controls PCI VGA Palette Snooping for
compatibility purposes.
Device Options Enable/disable the following device options:
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Printer Mode (Bi-Directional, EPP+ECP, Output Only).
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Num Lock State at Power-On (On or Off)
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S5 Wake-on-LAN (Enable/Disable)
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Internal speaker
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NIC PXE Option ROM
1
Download (Enable/Disable)
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SATA RAID Option ROM
1
Download (Enable/Disable)
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Turbo Mode (Enable/Disable)
Table 4-1 Computer Setup (F10) Utility menu descriptions (continued)
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