Acer Veriton 7600G Veriton 3600G/5600G/7600G Service Guide - Page 47

Parameter IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive A Drive B Video Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Description Options Lets you configure the hard disk drive connected to the slave port of IDE channel 1. e To enter the IDE Channel 1 Slave setup, press . (Show the Status:) None HDD or CD-ROM Number The IDE CD-ROM is always automatically detected. 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. None 360 KB, 5.25-inch 1.2 MB, 5.25-inch 720 KB, 3.5-inch 1.44 MB, 3.5-inch 2.88 MB, 3.5-inch 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. EGA/VGA CGA40 CGA80 MONO This parameter enables you to control the system stops in case of Power-on self-test (POST) errors. All, But Keyboard All Errors No Errors All, But Diskette All, But Disk/Key Refers to the portion of memory that is available to standard DOS programs. DOS systems have an address space of 1 MB, but the top 384 KB (called high memory) is reserved for system use. This leaves 640 KB of conventional memory. Everything above 1 MB is either extended or expanded memory. Memory above and beyond the standard 1 MB (megabyte) 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 base, and extended memory, and I/O ROM 384KB available to the system. Chapter 2 38