Acer Power F1 Power F1/ Aspire T310 Service Guide - Page 37

Parameter Description Options Swap Floppy Drive Setting to Enabled will swap floppy drive a: and Enabled b:. Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Setting to Enabled will make BIOS seek floppy Enabled drive a: before booting the system. Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Sets the NumLock status when the system is On powered on. Setting to On will turn on the Off NumLock key when the system is powered on. Setting to Off will allows users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad. Gate A20 Option This item is to set the Gate A20 status. A20 refers to the first 64KB of extended memory. When the default value Fast is selected, the Gate A20 is controlled by port 92 or chipset specific method resulting in faster system performance. When Normal is selected, A20 is controlled by a keyboard controller or chipset hardware. Fast Normal ATA 66/100 IDE Cable Msg. This item enables or disables the display of the Enabled ATA 66/100 IDE Cable Msg. Disbaled Typematic Rate Setting This item is used to enable or disable the Enabled typematic rate setting including Typematic Rate Disabled and Typematic Deplay. Typematic Rate After Typematic Rate Setting is enabled, this item allows you to set the rate (characters/ second) at which at keys are accelerated. Settings: 6,8,10,12,15,20,24 and 30. Typematic Delay This item allows you to select the delay between when the key was first pressed and when the acceleration begins Settings: 250, 500, 750 and 1000. Security Option Specifies the type of BIOS password protection that is implemented. Setup means that the password prompt appears only when end users try to run Setup. System means that a password prompt appears every time when the computer is powered on or when end users try to run Setup. Setup System APIC Mode This field is used to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). Due to compliance with PC2001 design guide, the system is able to run in APIC mode. Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQ resources from the system. Enabled Disabled OS Select For DRAM > 64MB This item is only required if you have installed more than 64MB of memory and you are running the OS/2 operating system. Non-OS2 OS2 HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability The S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) system is a diagnostics technology that monitors and predicts device performance. Enabled Disabled Video BIOS Shadow This item determines whether the BIOS will be Enabled copied to RAM for faster execution. Disabled Silent Boot Enables or disables the display of the logo during boot. Enabled Disabled Configuration Table Enables or disables the configuration table. Enabled Disabled 24 Chapter 2