NEC Versa 550 Series Service Manual page 30

1-18 Technical Information
Total Memory
Display Output
Serial Port
Parallel Port
Password
Quick Boot
Boot From
Trackball
series ship have a minimum of 4MB/8MB of memory as
standard configuration, this value should not be less than
3072KB.
This field reports the total amount of memory found by the
BIOS during POST. The value displayed is the sum of the
base and extended memory, plus the 384KB of memory
reserved to the system for BIOS and BIOS extension
addresses. This value should not be less than 4096KB.
This option allows you to configure the notebook for video
display output between the LCD panel, the external VGA port,
or both. Select Auto to instruct the notebook to automatically
detect connection to an external monitor or display output to
the LCD panel. Otherwise, select SimulScan for simultaneous
output to both LCD panel and external monitor. 550D (2) and
550D models have these two options, but 550D (1) model this
field is fixed to "Auto", can not be configured.
This option allows you to enable or disable the notebook's
serial port as COM1 (at address 03F8h). The default setting is
Enabled.
This option allows you to configure the notebook's parallel
port as a Standard or Bidirectional printer port, or to disable
the port altogether. The default setting is Standard.
This option allows you to limit access to the computer through
the use of a password. If you select this option, a pop-up
window will appear asking you to set or change the password.
A password can be up to seven characters in length, and is
cleared by eliminating the password with the F1 key.
Note: If you forget the password of the computer, the only way
to access the system again is to discharge the CMOS battery.
This option allows you to configure the computer to shorten or
skip some non-critical tests during the BIOS POST, and thus
speed up the boot process.
This option allows you to configure the computer to which
drive it will first try to look for the operating system.
Select HDD only if the hard drive already holds an operating
system and all necessary startup file configuration.
Select FDD when you need to boot the operating system from
the floppy diskette. If there is no diskette found on the floppy
drive, the computer will then try to load the operating system
from the hard drive.
This option allows you to enable or disable the built-in
trackball. If you need to attach an external serial mouse, you
should disable this option so that the system will try to look for
the serial mouse.