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... Connector Locations 127 Top and Bottom View 127 Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery 128 Clearing Password Check 128 BIOS Recovery by Crisis Disk 129 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 131 TravelMate 6593 Series Exploded Diagram 132 Model Definition and Configuration 140 TravelMate 6593 Series 140 Test Compatible Components 163 Microsoft® Windows® Vista Environment...
... Connector Locations 127 Top and Bottom View 127 Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery 128 Clearing Password Check 128 BIOS Recovery by Crisis Disk 129 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) List 131 TravelMate 6593 Series Exploded Diagram 132 Model Definition and Configuration 140 TravelMate 6593 Series 140 Test Compatible Components 163 Microsoft® Windows® Vista Environment...
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Chapter 1 23 NOTE: If your Acer ezDock. To ensure the best results when recovering your system using a CD or Acer eRecovery Management, detach all peripherals (except the external Acer ODD, if your computer has one), including your computer did not come with a Recovery CD or System CD, please use Acer eRecovery Management's Backup factory default to CD/DVD feature to burn a backup image to CD or DVD.
Chapter 1 23 NOTE: If your Acer ezDock. To ensure the best results when recovering your system using a CD or Acer eRecovery Management, detach all peripherals (except the external Acer ODD, if your computer has one), including your computer did not come with a Recovery CD or System CD, please use Acer eRecovery Management's Backup factory default to CD/DVD feature to burn a backup image to CD or DVD.
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Main The Main screen allows the user to set the system time and date as well as enable and disable boot option and recovery. Information Phoenix SecureCore(tm) Setup Utility Main Security Boot Exit System Time: System Date: System Memory: Extended Memory: Video Memory: [10:10:...4093 MB 512 MB Item Specific Help , , or selects field. Actual values may differ. 40 Chapter 2 Quiet Boot: Network Boot: F12 Boot Menu: D2D Recovery: SATAMode [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [AHCI] F1 Help Esc Exit Select Item -/+ Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Select Menu Enter Select Sub-...
Main The Main screen allows the user to set the system time and date as well as enable and disable boot option and recovery. Information Phoenix SecureCore(tm) Setup Utility Main Security Boot Exit System Time: System Date: System Memory: Extended Memory: Video Memory: [10:10:...4093 MB 512 MB Item Specific Help , , or selects field. Actual values may differ. 40 Chapter 2 Quiet Boot: Network Boot: F12 Boot Menu: D2D Recovery: SATAMode [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [AHCI] F1 Help Esc Exit Select Item -/+ Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Select Menu Enter Select Sub-...
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... or auto. Parameter System Time System Date System Memory Extended Memory VGA Memory Quiet Boot Network Boot F12 Boot Menu D2D Recovery SATA Mode Description Format/Option Sets the system time. Option: Enabled or Disabled Enables, disables Boot Menu during POST. This...Customer Logo is not displayed, and Summary Screen is disabled. Settings in these cases. Option: Disabled or Enabled Enables, disables D2D Recovery function. The table below describes the parameters in which the SATA controller should operate. The hours are the default and suggested parameter ...
... or auto. Parameter System Time System Date System Memory Extended Memory VGA Memory Quiet Boot Network Boot F12 Boot Menu D2D Recovery SATA Mode Description Format/Option Sets the system time. Option: Enabled or Disabled Enables, disables Boot Menu during POST. This...Customer Logo is not displayed, and Summary Screen is disabled. Settings in these cases. Option: Disabled or Enabled Enables, disables D2D Recovery function. The table below describes the parameters in which the SATA controller should operate. The hours are the default and suggested parameter ...
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... from the bootable diskette. Fellow the steps below to finish BIOS flash, you run the Flash. 1. NOTE: If you do not have a crisis recovery diskette at hand, then you should create a Crisis Recovery Diskette before you use the Flash utility. BIOS Flash Utility The BIOS flash memory update is not completely loaded.
... from the bootable diskette. Fellow the steps below to finish BIOS flash, you run the Flash. 1. NOTE: If you do not have a crisis recovery diskette at hand, then you should create a Crisis Recovery Diskette before you use the Flash utility. BIOS Flash Utility The BIOS flash memory update is not completely loaded.
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... Setup System Management Mode (SMM) area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults (optional) Display shadow-area message Display possible high address for UMB recovery Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I/O ports and...
... Setup System Management Mode (SMM) area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults (optional) Display shadow-area message Display possible high address for UMB recovery Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I/O ports and...
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... Force check (optional) Extended checksum (optional) Unknown interrupt Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize the system timer Initialize system I/O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize...
... Force check (optional) Extended checksum (optional) Unknown interrupt Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize the system timer Initialize system I/O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initialize PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize...
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...Battery from the HW Gap. • Restart system. Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery This section provide you the standard operating procedures of the HW Gap. • Plug in TravelMate 6593 Series is TBA Steps for Clearing BIOS Password Check If users set BIOS Password (...Supervisor Password and/or User Password) for enabling BIOS Recovery. NOTE: The steps are only for TravelMate 6593 Series. However, once it is cleared. Otherwise, please follow the steps and try again. TravelMate 6593 Series provide one Hardware Open Gap on M/B space: Gap name in...
...Battery from the HW Gap. • Restart system. Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery This section provide you the standard operating procedures of the HW Gap. • Plug in TravelMate 6593 Series is TBA Steps for Clearing BIOS Password Check If users set BIOS Password (...Supervisor Password and/or User Password) for enabling BIOS Recovery. NOTE: The steps are only for TravelMate 6593 Series. However, once it is cleared. Otherwise, please follow the steps and try again. TravelMate 6593 Series provide one Hardware Open Gap on M/B space: Gap name in...
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... Boot Block starts to restore the BIOS code from the Crisis floppy disk to have the AC adapter and Battery present. Chapter 5 129 BIOS Recovery Hotkey: The system provides a function hotkey: Fn+Esc, for this machine by regular BIOS flashing process. If this function, it is strongly recommended...Crisis flashing process is finished, the system will force the BIOS to a successful one Crisis Disk should be made by Crisis Disk BIOS Recovery Boot Block: BIOS Recovery Boot Block is used to the BIOS flash failed machine. 3. Then a person can enable this , one once the previous BIOS ...
... Boot Block starts to restore the BIOS code from the Crisis floppy disk to have the AC adapter and Battery present. Chapter 5 129 BIOS Recovery Hotkey: The system provides a function hotkey: Fn+Esc, for this machine by regular BIOS flashing process. If this function, it is strongly recommended...Crisis flashing process is finished, the system will force the BIOS to a successful one Crisis Disk should be made by Crisis Disk BIOS Recovery Boot Block: BIOS Recovery Boot Block is used to the BIOS flash failed machine. 3. Then a person can enable this , one once the previous BIOS ...