Acer Aspire T100 Aspire T100/SV Service Guide - Page 37

Parameter Description Swap Floppy Drive Setting to Enabled will swap floppy drive a: Enabled and b:. Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Setting to Enabled will make BIOS seek Enabled floppy drive a: before booting the system. Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Sets the NumLock status when the system On is powered on. Setting to On will turn on Off the 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 Disabled Rate and Typematic Delay. Options Security Option APIC Mode 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 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 30 Chapter 2