Acer Altos 600 Acer Altos 600 User's Guide - Page 111

Advanced Configuration Options, When you select Advanced Configuration Options

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97 SCSI controller, the Start Unit Command is sent to the next highest SCSI ID with a setting of yes. The process continues until all supported devices respond to the SCSI controller. If many drives are set to yes for Send Start Unit Command, the boot time varies depending on how long it takes each drive to spin up Advanced Configuration Options When you select Advanced Configuration Options, the Advanced Configuration Options a screen appears. The default values for the AIC 7899 SCSI Advanced Configuration are: Advanced Configuration Default Value Reset SCSI Bus at IC Initialization Enabled Display Ctrl A Message During BIOS Initialization Enabled Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drivers > 1 G byte Enabled Verbose/Silent Mode Verbose Host Adapter BIOS Enabled Support Removable Disks Under BIOS as Fixed Disks Enabled BIOS Support for Bootable CD-ROM Enabled BIOS Support for Int13 Extensions Enabled Do not change the default values in this screen unless absolutely necessary. Host Adapter BIOS This option enables or disables the SCSI controller BIOS. The default setting is Enabled. The SCSI controller BIOS must be enabled if you want the computer to boot from a SCSI hard disk drive connected to the SCSI controller. Several SCSISelect options cannot be used unless the SCSI controller BIOS is enabled.

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SCSI controller, the Start Unit Command is sent to the next highest SCSI ID with a
setting of
yes
. The process continues until all supported devices respond to the
SCSI controller.
If many drives are set to
yes
for Send Start Unit Command, the boot time
varies depending on how long it takes each drive to spin up
Advanced Configuration Options
When you select Advanced Configuration Options, the Advanced Configuration
Options a screen appears.
The default values for the AIC 7899 SCSI Advanced Configuration are:
Do not change the default values in this screen unless absolutely necessary.
Host Adapter BIOS
This option enables or disables the SCSI controller BIOS. The default setting is
Enabled
.
The SCSI controller BIOS must be enabled if you want the computer to boot from
a SCSI hard disk drive connected to the SCSI controller. Several SCSI
Select
options cannot be used unless the SCSI controller BIOS is enabled.
Advanced Configuration
Default Value
Reset SCSI Bus at IC Initialization
Enabled
Display Ctrl A Message During BIOS
Initialization
Enabled
Extended BIOS Translation for DOS
Drivers > 1 G byte
Enabled
Verbose/Silent Mode
Verbose
Host Adapter BIOS
Enabled
Support
Removable
Disks
Under
BIOS as Fixed Disks
Enabled
BIOS Support for Bootable CD-ROM
Enabled
BIOS Support for Int13 Extensions
Enabled