Advanced Bios Features - Acer Aspire T600 Service Manual

Advanced BIOS Features

The following screen shows the Advanced BIOS Features:
Parameter
Virus Warning
Silent Boot
Configuration Table
Quick Power on Self Test
First / Second / Third Boot
Device
Boot Other Device
Boot Up NumLock Status
APIC Mode
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Description
When enabled, this item provides protection
against viruses that try to write to the boot
sector and partition table of your hard disk drive.
You need to disable this item when installing an
operating system. We recommend that you
enable this item as soon as you have installed
an operating system.
This is to switch 1st screen logo (default Acer'
logo)
This is to select if system configuration shown
by 2nd screen or not.
Enable this item to shorten the power on testing
(POST) and have your system start up faster.
You might like to enable this item after you
areconfident that your system hardware is
operating smoothly.
The items allow you to set the sequence of boot
device where BIOS attempts to load the disk
operating system
When enabled, the system searches all other
possible locations for an operating system if it
fails to find one in the devices specified under
the First, Second, and Third boot devices.
This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key
is active when your system is started.
This option enables/disables APIC (Advanced
Programmable Interrupt Controller)
functionality. The APIC is an Intel chip that
provides symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) for
its Pentium systems.
Options
Diabled
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CD-ROM,
ZIP, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USb-
CDROM, USB-HDD, LAN, Disabled
Disabled
Enabled
On
Off
Disabled
Enabled
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