Advanced Bios Features - Acer Aspire X1301 Service Manual

Advanced BIOS Features

Parameter
CPU Feature
Hard Disk Boot Priority
Virus Warning
CPU Internal Cache
External Cache
Quick Power On Self Test
First/Second/Third/Fourth
Boot Device
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Boot Up NumLock Status
Gate A20 Option
Typematic Rate Setting
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
Typematic Delay (MSec)
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Description
Press Enter to configure the CPU Virtualization and AMD K8 Cool and Quiet Control features.
Press Enter to select hard disk boot device priority.
Specifies the virus warning feature for IDE hard disk boot sector protection.
If enabled, BIOS will show a warning message on the screen or an alarm
beep when someone attempts to write data into this area.
Enables or disables CPU internal cache.
Enables or disables internal cache.
Allows the system to skip certain test while booting. This will decrease the
time needed to boot the system.
Specifies the boot order from the available devices.
Enables or disables floppy drive testing to determine whether they have 40
to 80 tracks.
Selects power on state for Num Lock.
When set to fast, the motherboard chipset controls the operation of Gate
A20. But when set to normal, a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate
A20.
When enabled, you can manually adjust the settings using the two typematic
controls (Typematic Rate and Typematic Rate Delay). If disabled, the BIOS
will use the default setting.
Rate at which the keyboard will repeat the keystroke if you press it
continuously.
Delay, in Msec, before the keyboard automatically repeats the keystroke that
you have pressed continuously.
Option
Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
CDROM, Hard
Disk, NVIDIA
Boot Age,
Floppy,
ZIP, USB-FDD,
USB-ZIP, USB-
CDROM, USB-
HDD, Legacy
LAN, Disabled
Disabled
Enabled
On
Off
Fast
Normal
Disabled
Enabled
6, 8, 10, 12, 15,
20, 24, 30
250, 500, 750,
1000
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