Acer Aspire SA60 Aspire SA60 and Power S260 Service Guide - Page 38

Parameter Description 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 Typematic Rate Setting This item is used to enable or disable the Enabled typematic rate setting including Typematic Rate Disabled and Typematic Delay. 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 MPS Version Control For OS This option is used to set up the version of MPS 1.4 Table used in NT4.0 OS. 1.1 OS Select For DRAM > 640MB 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 Report No FDD For WIN 95 Whether to show NO FDD message for Win95. Video BIOS Shadow Enabled copies Video BIOS to shadow RAM Improves perfermanc. Disabled Enabled Silent Boot Silent Boot setting Disabled Enabled Configuration Table Show summary screen Disabled Options 30 Chapter 2