Acer Aspire T100 Service Manual page 37

Parameter
Swap Floppy Drive
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Boot Up NumLock Status Sets the NumLock status when the system
Gate A20 Option
Typematic Rate Setting
Security Option
APIC Mode
30
Description
Setting to Enabled will swap floppy drive a:
and b:.
Setting to Enabled will make BIOS seek
floppy drive a: before booting the system.
is powered on. Setting to On will turn on
the NumLock 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.
This item is used to enable or disable the
typematic rate setting including Typematic
Rate and Typematic Delay.
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.
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.
Options
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
On
Off
Fast
Normal
Enabled
Disabled
Setup
System
Enabled
Disabled
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