Acer Aspire T180 Aspire E380/T180 - Power M8 Service Guide - Page 38

Parameter Description Boot Up Floppy Seek If this item is enabled, it checks the size of the floppy disk drives at start-up time. You don't need to enable this item unless you have a legacy diskette drive with 360K capacity. Enabled 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 defines how the system handle legacy software that was written for an earlier generation of processors. Leave this item at the default value. Fast Typematic Rate Setting If this item is enabled, you can use the following two items to set the typematic rate and typematic delay settings for your keyboard. --Typematic Rate(Chars/Sec): Use this item to define how many characters per second are generated by a held-down key. --Typematic Delay(Msec): Use this item to define how many milliseconds must elapse before a held-down key begins generating repeat characters. Enabled Disabled Security Option This item determines when the users enter the assword, in the setup page or before system boot-up. Setup APIC Mode This item allows you to enable or disable the APIC mode. APIC provides symmetric multiprocessing for system, allowing support for up to 60 processors. Enabled Disabled MPS Version Control For OS This item displays MPS version control for OS 1.4 OS Select For DRAM > 64 MB HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability Silent Boot Small Logo (EPA) Show Configuration Table BIOS Bootblock Protect This item is only required if you have installed more than 64 MB of memory and you are running the OS/2 operating system. Otherwise, leave this item at the default. Non-OS2 The S.M.A.R.T(Self-monitoring, analysis, and reporting technology) system is a diagnostics technology that monitors and predicts device performance. S.M.A.R.T software resides on both the disk drive and the host computer. Enabled Disabled This item enables or disables silent boot. Enabled Disabled Enables or disables the display of the EPA logo Enabled during boot. Disabled Enables or disables the display of configuration Enabled table Disabled This item enables or disables BIOS bootblock protect. Enabled Disabled Options 31 Chapter 2