Acer Veriton 7600G Veriton 3600G/5600G/7600G Service Guide - Page 50

Parameter First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate Typematic Delay Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Control For OS Description Options This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search sequence. Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ZIP100, LAN (on board LAN-- Boot from LAN), Disabled This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search sequence. Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CD-ROM, ZIP100, LAN (on board LAN-- Boot from LAN), Disabled This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search sequence. Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP100, LAN (on board LAN-- Boot from LAN), Disabled This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search sequence. Enabled Disabled Setting to Enabled will swap floppy drive a: and b:. Enabled Disabled Setting to Enabled will make BIOS seek floppy drive a: before booting the system. Enabled Disabled Sets the NumLock status when the system is On powered on. Setting to On will turn on the NumLock Off key when the system is powered on. Setting to Off will allows users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad. 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 This item is used to enable or disable the typematic Enabled rate setting including Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay. Disabled After Typematic Rate Setting is enabled, this item allows you to set the rate (characters/second) at which at keys are accelerated. Settings: 6,8,10,12,15,20,24 and 30. This item allows you to select the delay between when the key was first pressed and when the acceleration begins Settings: 250, 500, 750 and 1000. 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 This field allows you to select which MPS (Multi- 1.4 Processor Specification) version to be used for the 1.1 operating system. 41 Chapter 2