Dell Latitude 5480 Owner's Manual
System Configuration screen options
- Option
- Description
- Integrated NIC
- Allows you to configure the integrated network controller.
The options are:
- Disabled
- Enabled
- Enabled w/PXE: This option is enabled by default.
- Parallel Port
- Allows you to configure the parallel port on the docking
station. The options are:
- Disabled
- AT: This option is enabled by default.
- PS2
- ECP
- Serial Port
- Allows you to configure the integrated serial port.
The options are:
- Disabled
- COM1: This option is enabled by default.
- COM2
- COM3
- COM4
- 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-2
- SATA-4
- M.2 PCI-e 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 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: This option is enabled by default.
- Enable External USB Port: This option is enabled by default.
NOTE USB keyboard and mouse always work in the BIOS setup irrespective of these settings.- USB Thunderbolt
- 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: This option is enabled by default.
- Enable External USB Port: This option is enabled by default.
- Enable Thunderbolt Port: This option is enabled by default.
- 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
- 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.
- Unobtrusive Mode
- This option, when enabled, pressing Fn+F7 turns off all light and sound emissions in the system. To resume normal operation, press Fn+F7 again. This option is disabled by default.
- Miscellaneous Devices
- Allows you to enable or disable the following devices:
- Enable Camera: This option is enabled by default.
- Enable Hard Drive Free Fall Protection: This option is enabled by default.
- Enable Secure Digital (SD) Card: This option is enabled by default.
- Secure Digital (SD) Card Boot
- Secure Digital (SD) Card Read — only Mode
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