Basic System Configuration; Date And Time; Floppy Disk Drives; Hard Disk Drive - Acer Extensa 61X Service Manual

3.3

Basic System Configuration

Basic System Configuration has a one-page screen display illustrated below.
Date ----------------------- [Dec 06,1996]
Time ----------------------- [10:00:00]
Floppy Disk A -------------- [1.44 MB 3.5-inch]
Floppy Disk B -------------- [
Hard Disk (1160 MB) -------- [Auto]
Large Hard Disk Capacity --- [Enabled]
Memory Test ---------------- [Disabled]
Boot Display --------------- [Auto]
Quiet Boot ----------------- [Enabled]
=Move Highlight Bar,
3.3.1

Date and Time

The notebook displays the current date in MM/DD/YY format and the current time in HH:MM:SS
format. It uses a 24-hour clock; for example, 6:25 PM displays as 18:25:00.
3.3.2

Floppy Disk Drives

The default setting for Diskette Drive A is
both an internal and external floppy drive configuration. Diskette Drive B, by default, is set to
[None] . Enable this parameter if two floppy drives are connected to the notebook.
3.3.3

Hard Disk Drive

The default setting for IDE Drive 0 is
your drive parameters. You can also opt to key in your drive parameters by setting this parameter
to . To determine your drive parameters, look at the data on the label pasted on your
[User]
hard disk drive (or supplied in vendor documentation) and type in the parameters. Be sure to set
the correct drive parameters; otherwise an error message appears when you boot up the notebook.
We suggest you set this parameter to
3.3.4

Large Hard Disk Capacity

The default setting for Large Hard Disk Capacity is
[Disabled] if you use the UNIX operating system on this computer.
3-4
Basic System Settings
None
Cylinder
=Change Setting, F1=Help, Esc=Exit
[1.44 MB 3.5-inch]
. With this setting, the BIOS automatically detects
[Auto]
[Auto] .
]
Head Sector
787 32 63
and this setting applies to
. Set this parameter to
[Enabled]
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