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Latitude 3120/Latitude 3120 2-in-1 Service Manual

System information

Table 1. System Configuration The following table describes the system configuration:
Option Description
SATA Operation Allows you to configure the operating mode of the integrated SATA hard drive controller.
  • Disabled = The SATA controllers are hidden.
  • AHCI = SATA is configured for AHCI mode (enabled by default).
Drives Allows you to enable or disable the various drives on-board: The M.2 PCIe SSD-0 is enabled by default.
Smart Reporting This field controls whether hard drive errors for integrated drives are reported during system startup. The Enable Smart Reporting option is disabled by default.
USB Configuration Allows you to enable or disable the integrated USB controller for:
  • Enable USB Boot Support (enabled by default)
NOTE If the Fastboot option is set to 'Minimal', the 'Enable USB Boot Support' setting is ignored, and the system will not boot from any Pre-boot USB devices.
  • Enable External USB Port (enabled by default)
NOTE A USB keyboard and/ mouse connected to the platform's USB ports will continue to function within the BIOS Setup if this option is disabled.
USB PowerShare

This option configures the USB PowerShare feature behavior.

  • Enable USB PowerShare (disabled by default)

This feature is intended to allow users to power or charge external devices, such as phones and portable music players, using the stored system battery power through the USN PowerShare port on the notebook, while the notebook is in a sleep state.

When this option is disabled, the USB PowerShare feature will be turned off and devices attached to the USB PowerShare port will not be powered/charged when the device is in sleep state.

Audio Allows you to enable or disable the integrated audio controller. The option Enable Audio is enabled by default.
  • Enable Microphone (enabled by default)
  • Enable Internal Speaker (enabled by default)
Touchscreen (2-in-1 only) Allows you to enable or disable touchscreen. The Touchscreen is enabled by default.
Miscellaneous Devices

Allows you to enable or disable the following devices:

Laptop:

Enable Camera (enabled by default)

2-in-1:
  • Enable User-Facing Camera (enabled by default)
  • Enable World-Facing Camera (enabled by default)
MAC Address Pass-Through The feature replaces the external NIC MAC address (in a supported dock or dongle) with the selected MAC address from the system. The default option is to use the Passthrough MAC address.
  • System Unique MAC Address (enabled by default)
  • Disabled

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