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Question posted by Paltxsg on March 12th, 2014

How To Enable Msata Xps 8500

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Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 2

... the United States and/or other than its own. 2012 - 04 Rev. Reproduction of these materials in this text: Dell™, the DELL logo, and XPS™ are either potential damage to hardware or loss of data, and tells you make better use of Dell Inc. Microsoft®, Windows®, and...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 6

...-Card Antennas 53 Prerequisites 53 Removing the Mini-Card Antennas 53 Replacing the Mini-Card Antennas 55 Postrequisites 55 12 mSATA Drive 57 Prerequisites 57 Removing the mSATA Drive 57 Replacing the mSATA Drive 58 Postrequisites 59 13 Hard Drive(s 61 Prerequisites 61 Removing the Primary Hard-Drive 61 Replacing the Primary Hard...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 57

... safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance. Removing the mSATA Drive 1 Locate the mSATA slot (MSATA1) on page 23. mSATA Drive 57 See "Removing the Computer Cover" on the system board. 12 mSATA Drive WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 58

... that there are keyed to the system board. 58 mSATA Drive 4 3 2 1 1 mSATA drive 3 notch 2 screws (2) 4 tab Replacing the mSATA Drive CAUTION: The connectors are no cables under the mSATA drive. 1 Align the notch on the mSATA drive with the tab in the system-board connector. 2 Insert the mSATA drive at a 45-degree angle into the system...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 59

See "Replacing the Computer Cover" on page 25. 2 Follow the steps in "After Working Inside Your Computer" on page 15. mSATA Drive 59 Postrequisites 1 Replace the computer cover.
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 119

... appears, continue to : • get information about the hardware installed in your computer, such as the amount of RAM, the size of hard drive installed, enabling or disabling base devices, and so on NOTE: Before you change , or remove any hardware in your computer. Entering System Setup 1 Turn on page 13.
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 121

... the SATA 1 connector Displays the SATA drive connected to the SATA 2 connector Displays the SATA drive connected to the SATA 3 connector Displays the eSATA or mSATA drive connected to the computer System Setup Utility 121 Displays the processor information Displays the processor family ID Displays the number of processor cores Displays...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 122

... by default) • Onboard LAN Boot ROM - Enabled or Disabled (Enabled by default) • Top USB Ports - Enabled or Disabled (Enabled by default) • Front USB Ports - AHCI; Enabled or Disabled (Enabled by default) • Multi Core Support - Enabled or Disabled (Disabled by default) • SATA Mode - Enabled or Disabled (Enabled by default) 122 System Setup Utility...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 123

... devices USB Floppy Device; Internal ODD Devices; On; Internal ODD Devices; Off (On by default) Report or Do Not Report (Report by default) Enabled or Disabled (Enabled by default) Enabled or Disabled (Disabled by default) Legacy or UEFI (Legacy by default) Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices USB Floppy Device; Disabled...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 124

...Last Power State (Power Off by default) Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices USB Floppy Device; Enabled or Disabled (Disabled by default) • Auto Power On Date - 0 to 31, 0 for ...by default) • Wake Up by default) 124 System Setup Utility Power On; Power Off; Enabled or Disabled (Disabled by default) • Auto Power On - Enhanced (Normal by default) &#...
Owner's Manual (PDF) - Page 125

..., the supervisor password must enter Supervisor Password; If no operating system is on the drive, the computer generates an error message. System Setup Utility 125 Enabled or Disabled (Disabled by default) Provides options to Save Changes and Reset, Discard Changes and Reset, and Load Defaults Boot Sequence This feature allows you...

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