Acer Power F1 Power F1/ Aspire T310 Service Guide - Page 34

Parameter IDE Channel 1 Master IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive A Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Support Video Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Description Options Allows you to configure the hard disk drive connected to the master port of IDE channel 1. To enter the IDE Channel 1 Master setup, press [Enter]. The IDE CD-ROM is always automatically detected. IDE Device Model Number: None Allows you to configure the hard disk drive connected to the slave port of IDE channel 1. To enter the IDE Channel 1 Slave setup, press [Enter]. The IDE CD-ROM is always automatically detected. IDE Device Model Number: None Allows you to configure your floppy drive A. 1.44 MB, 3.5-inch None 360 KB, 5.25-inch 1.2 MB, 5.25-inch 720 KB, 3.5-inch 2.88 MB, 3.5-inch Allows you to configure your floppy drive B. 1.44 MB, 3.5-inch None 360 KB, 5.25-inch 1.2 MB, 5.25-inch 720 KB, 3.5-inch 2.88 MB, 3.5-inch Floppy 3 is the standard Japanese floppy drive mode. Supported by the BIOS, the selected diskette drive can read 720KB, 1.2MB and 1.44MB on a 3.5" diskette. Disabled, Enabled This item specifies the type of video card in use. The default setting is VGA/EGA. Since current PCs use VGA only, this function is almost useless and may be disregarded in the future. VGA/EGA CGA40 CGA80 Mono This parameter enables you to control the system stops in case of Power On Self Test errors (POST). All Errors No Errors All but Keyboard All but Diskette All by Disk/Key Refers to the option of memory that is available to standard DOS programs. DOS systems have an address space od 1MB, but the top 384KB (called high memory) is reserved for system use. This leaves 640 KB of conventional memory. Everything above 1MB is either extended or extended memory. Memory above and beyond the standard 1MB of base memory that DOS supports. Extended memory is only available in PCs with an Intel 80286 or later microprocessor. Extended memory is not configured in any special manner and is therefore unavailable to most DOS programs. However, MS Windows and OS/2 can use extended memory. Total based and extended memory, and I/O ROM 384KB available to the system. Chapter 2 21