User manual ACER ALTOS R500

[. . . ] Acer Altos R500 User's guide Copyright © 2001 Acer Incorporated All Rights Reserved. Acer Altos R500 User's guide 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. [. . . ] Specifies the number of heads in your hard disk, and is automatically set depending on your Type parameter setting. Option Auto User input None Device Type Cylinder User input Head User input 73 Parameter Sector Description Specifies the number of sectors in your hard disk, and is automatically set depending on your Type parameter setting. Specifies the size of your hard disk, in MB When set to Auto, the BIOS utility automatically detects if the installed hard disk supports the function. If supported, it allows you to use a hard disk with a capacity of more than 528 MB. This is made possible through the Logical Block Address (LBA) mode translation. However, this enhanced IDE feature works only under DOS, Windows 3. x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 3. 5 and above, and Windows 2000. Other operating systems require this parameter to be set to Disabled. Enhances disk performance depending on the hard disk in use. If you set this parameter to Auto, the BIOS utility automatically detects if the installed hard disk drive suports the Block Mode function. If supported, it allows data transfer in blocks (multiple sectors) at a rate of 256 bytes per cycle. Improves system performance by allowing the use of the 32-bit hard disk access. This enhanced IDE feature works only under DOS, Windows 3. x, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Novell Netware. If your software or hard disk does not support this function, set this parameter to Disabled. Option User input Size User input Hard Disk LBA Mode* Auto Disabled Hard Disk Block Mode* Auto Disabled Hard Disk 32-bit Access * Enabled Disabled 74 4 BIOS Setup utility Parameter Advanced PIO Mode * Description When set to Auto, the BIOS utility automatically detects if the installed hard disk supports the function. If supported, it allows for faster data recovery and read/write timing that reduces hard disk activity time. This results in better hard disk performance. To disregard the feature, change the setting to Disabled. The Ultra DMA and Multi-DMA modes enhance hard disk performance by increasing the transfer rate. However, besides enabling these features in the BIOS Setup, both the Ultra DMA and Multi-DMA modes require the DMA driver to be loaded. Option Enabled Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Disabled DMA Transfer Mode * Auto Multiword Mode 0 Multiword Mode 1 Multiword Mode 2 Ultra Mode 0 Ultra Mode 1 Ultra Mode 2 Ultra Mode 3 Ultra Mode 4 Ultra Mode 5 Disabled 75 Onboard Peripherals Onboard Peripherals allows you to configure the onboard communication ports and the onboard devices. Selecting this option displays the screen below: Parameter Serial Port Description Enables or disables the serial port Option Enabled Disabled 3F8h 2F8h 3E8h 2E8h Base Address Sets the I/O base address of the serial port IRQ Sets the IRQ (interrupt request) channel of the serial port Enables or disables the onboard floppy disk controller Enables or disables the onboard PS/2 mouse controller Enables or disables the onboard USB host controller 4 11 Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Floppy Disk Controller PS/2 Mouse Controller USB Host Controller 76 4 BIOS Setup utility Parameter USB Legacy Mode Description Activates or deactivates the USB keyboard connected to your system. When activated, the USB keyboard functions in a DOS environment. Enables or disables the onboard SCSI controller Enables or disables the first onboard network feature Enables or disables the second onboard network feature Enables or disables the first third network feature Enables or disables the fourth onboard network feature Option Disabled Enabled Onboard SCSI Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Onboard Ethernet Chip 1 Onboard Ethernet Chip 2 Onboard Ethernet Chip 3 Onboard Ethernet Chip 4 77 Power Management The Power Management menu allows you to configure the system's power management feature. The screen below shows the Power Management parameters: Parameter Power Management Mode Description Allows you to reduce power consumption. When this parameter is set to Enabled, you can configure the IDE hard disk and system timers. [. . . ] RDM supports the following operating systems: · · · · · Novell NetWare Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000 SCO OpenServer SCO UnixWare RedHat Linux You can install any or all of the operating systems. For the installation instructions, refer to the documentation that came with the OS package. 4 Install the ASM Pro Server Agent. 119 Note: Before you proceed, make sure that you have installed the necessary components and peripherals, for both the RDM server and RDM Console. The ASM Pro Server Agent driver or the server driver is contained in the Advanced System Manager Pro (ASM Pro) software package. Therefore, to install the ASM Pro Server Agent driver, you need to install the ASM Pro agent software. [. . . ]