Option
Description
SATA Operation
Allows you to configure the internal SATA hard-drive controller. The options are:
• Disabled
• AHCI
• RAID On: This option is enabled by default.
Drives
Allows you to configure the SATA drives on board. All drives are enabled by default.
The options are:
• SATA-0
• SATA-1
• SATA-2
• M.2 PCIe SSD-0
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.
• Enable SMART Reporting
USB/Thunderbolt
Configuration
This is an optional feature.
This field configures 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, floppy).
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 (by default enable)
• Enable External USB Port (by default enable)
• Enable Thunderbolt Port (by default enable).
• Enable Thunderbolt Boot Support. This is an optional feature.
• Always Allows Dell Docks. This is an optional feature.
• Enables Thunderbolt (and PCIe behind TBT) Pre-boot
NOTE: USB keyboard and mouse always work in the BIOS setup irrespective of
these settings.
USB PowerShare
This field configures the USB PowerShare feature behavior. This option allows you
to charge external devices using the stored system battery power through the USB
PowerShare port.
Audio
This field enables or disables the integrated audio controller. By default, the
Enable
Audio
option is selected. The options are:
• Enable Microphone (by default enable)
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