User manual ACER ACERPOWER 8400

[. . . ] AcerPower 8400 User's Guide Copyright 1999 Acer Incorporated All Rights Reserved. Printed in Taiwan Changes may be made periodically to the information in this publication without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes. Such changes will be incorporated in new editions of this manual or supplementary documents and publications. This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. [. . . ] The IDE CD-ROM is always automatically detected. Format/Options Auto User None Hard Disk Mode Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave This enhanced IDE feature allows the system to use a hard disk with a capacity of more than 528MB. This is made possible through Logical Block Address (LBA) mode translation. LBA is now considered a standard feature of current IDE hard disks on the market because of its capability to support capacities larger than 528MB. Note that if your HDD is formatted with LBA On, it will not be able to boot with LBA Off. Allows you to configure your floppy drive A. Auto Normal LBA Large Drive A 1. 44 MB, 3. 5-inch None 360 KB, 5. 25-inch 1. 2 MB, 5. 25-inch 720 KB, 3. 5-inch 2. 88 MB, 3. 5-inch 43 Parameter Drive B Description Allows you to configure your floppy drive B. Format/Options None 360 KB, 5. 25-inch 1. 2 MB, 5. 25-inch 720 KB, 3. 5-inch 1. 44 MB, 3. 5-inch 2. 88 MB, 3. 5-inch Both Drive A Drive B Disabled Floppy 3 Mode Support Allows your floppy drive(s) to run in 3 modes including 2. 88 MB mode. Video This item specifies the type of video card in use. Since current PCs use VGA only, this function is almost useless and may be disregarded in the future. This parameter enables you to control the system stops in case of Power-on self-test (POST) errors. EGA/VGA CGA40 CGA80 Mono Halt On All Errors No Errors All, But Keyboard All, But Diskette All, But Disk/Key 44 Chapter 3 Award BIOS BIOS Features Setup The table below describes the parameters found in this menu. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested settings. Parameter CPU Internal Cache Description Enabling this parameter activates the CPU internal cache. Disabling the parameter slows down the system. This item lets you enable or disable the L2 Cache ECC checking. This parameter speeds up POST by skipping some items that are normally checked. Format/Options Enabled Disabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Disabled Enabled Quick Power-On Self Test Enabled Disabled 45 Parameter Boot Sequence Description This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search sequence. The hard disk IDs are listed below: C: Primary master D: Primary slave E: Secondary master F: Secondary slave LS: LS120 Zip: IOMEGA ZIP Drive Format/Options C, A, CDROM A, C, SCSI C, A, SCSI C, CDROM, A CDROM, C, A CDROM, A, C D, A, SCSI E, A, SCSI SCSI, A, C SCSI, C, A C only LS/ZIP, C Silent Boot This item is used to decide if the Aspire logo displays when the system boots up. This item is used to decide if the configuration table displays when the system boots up. This item allows you to swap floppy drives. For example, if you have two floppy drives (A and B), you can assign the first drive as drive B and the second drive as drive A or vice-versa. When enabled, the BIOS issues the seek command to the floppy drive during POST to move the floppy drive head forward and backward. Enabled Disabled Display Configuration Data Enabled Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Disabled 46 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Parameter Boot Up NumLock Status Description Setting this parameter to On enables the numeric function of the numeric keypad. Set this parameter to Off to disregard the function. Disabling the numeric function allows you to use the numeric keypad for cursor control. The settings for this parameter are Normal and Fast. If the data transfer is controlled by the 8042 chip, set the parameter to Normal. The Fast setting transfers the control to ASICs. This item is used to enable or disable the parity/ECC check function. [. . . ] This system board supports both PC-100 (100MHz) and PC-133 (133 MHz) SDRAM. However, they cannot be used at the same time in a system. Please contact your dealer for qualified DIMM vendors. Do not use both PC-100 (100 MHz) and PC-133 (133 MHz) SDRAM together. Such a combination might cause your system to malfunction. Each of the DIMM sockets is independent from the others. [. . . ]