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Dell Latitude 3400 Setup and specifications guide

System configuration

Table 1. System ConfigurationThe table describes the system configuration options.
OptionDescription
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
  • M.2 PCIe SSD-0/SATA-2

All the options are set by default.

Miscellaneous devices

Allows you to enable or disable various on board devices.

  • Enable Camera—Default
  • Enable Hard Drive Free Fall Protection—Default
  • Enable Secure Digital (SD) Card—Default
  • Secure Digital Card (SD) Read-Only Mode
  • Secure Digital (SD) Card Boot
Enable USB PowerShare

Allows you to On or Off external devices to be powered or charged using the stored system battery.

Keyboard Illumination

This field 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
  • Dim
  • Bright—Default
Keyboard Backlight Tmeout on AC

Allows you to define the timeout value for the keyboard backlight when an AC adapter is plugged in the system. The Keyboard Backlight timeout value is only in effect when the backlight is enabled.

  • 5 seconds
  • 10 seconds—Default
  • 15 seconds
  • 30 seconds
  • 1 minute
  • 5 minutes
  • 15 minutes
  • Never
Keyboard Backlight Tmeout on Battery

Allows you to define the timeout value for the keyboard backlight when the system is running only on battery power. The Keyboard Backlight timeout value is only in effect when the backlight is enabled.

  • 5 seconds
  • 10 seconds—Default
  • 15 seconds
  • 30 seconds
  • 1 minute
  • 5 minutes
  • 15 minutes
  • Never
Unobtrusive ModeEnable unobtrusive Mode

When On, this option turns off all system light and sound. It is set to 'OFF' by default.

Touchscreen

It allows you to enable or disable the touch screen in the Operating System. It is set to 'ON' by default.

DellCoreServices

This option controls boot time creation of an SSDT ACPI Virtual Device Table.

Dell Type-C Dock Configuration

Allows you to enable or disable Dell Docks configuration settings.


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