Acer Aspire M1640 Service Manual page 32

Parameter Description
Extended The BIOS determines
Memory Size how much extended
memory is present
during the POST. This is
the amount of memory
located above 1MB in the
memory address map of
CPU
Total Memory Total memory size for
Size the system
IDE Channel Hard disk drive
X Master connected to channel X
IDE Channel master or slave port. To
X Slave enter the IDE Master or
Slave setup, press
[Enter]. The IDE
CD-ROM is always
automatically detected
Video Setting Select the type of
primary video subsystem
Halt on This item enables use to
select the situation if the
BIOS stops the POST
process and the
notification
Options
[Enter] for detection options
[Auto]: BIOS automatically detects IDE
devices during POST (default)
[None]: No IDE devices are used and the
system will skip the automatic
detection step and allow for faster
system start up
[Manual]: Manually input the correct
settings
[Access Mode]: To set the access mode for
the hard drive.
The four options are:
CHS/LBA/Large/Auto (default: Auto)
Cylinder: Number of cylinders
Head: Number of heads
Precomp: Write precomp
Landing Zone: Landing Zone
Sector: Number of sectors
All Errors
No Errors
All, But Keyboard
All, But Diskette
All, But Disk/Key
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