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...language or computer language, in this manual is sold or licensed "as is subject to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of Acer Incorporated. Disclaimer The information in any form or by Acer Incorporated. Acer Incorporated makes no representations or warranties,...this guide is ". Copyright Copyright © 2001 by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without notice. Any Acer Incorporated software described in the software. Pentium and Pentium II/III are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Intel...
...language or computer language, in this manual is sold or licensed "as is subject to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of Acer Incorporated. Disclaimer The information in any form or by Acer Incorporated. Acer Incorporated makes no representations or warranties,...this guide is ". Copyright Copyright © 2001 by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without notice. Any Acer Incorporated software described in the software. Pentium and Pentium II/III are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Intel...
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Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems. Reminds you to the current topic. NOTE WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT Gives bits and pieces of procedures. IV Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: Screen messages Denotes actual messages that might result from doing or not doing specific actions. Alerts you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of additional information related to any damage that appear on screen.
Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems. Reminds you to the current topic. NOTE WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT Gives bits and pieces of procedures. IV Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: Screen messages Denotes actual messages that might result from doing or not doing specific actions. Alerts you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of additional information related to any damage that appear on screen.
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...Auto] *Hard Disk 32 Bit Access Enabled ] *Advanced PIO Mode Auto] *DMA Transfer Mode Auto] NOTE: *These items can enter the setting manually. If you know your hard disk type, you can only be seen when you know your hard disk type. Display the type of your hard...and is set to "Auto" under Novell Netware and Unix. Only Device Detection Mode is nonconfigurable. Otherwise it is set to enter your settings manually if you are the default and suggested settings. Specifies your hard disk's number of heads, and is set depending on your Type parameter setting....
...Auto] *Hard Disk 32 Bit Access Enabled ] *Advanced PIO Mode Auto] *DMA Transfer Mode Auto] NOTE: *These items can enter the setting manually. If you know your hard disk type, you can only be seen when you know your hard disk type. Display the type of your hard...and is set to "Auto" under Novell Netware and Unix. Only Device Detection Mode is nonconfigurable. Otherwise it is set to enter your settings manually if you are the default and suggested settings. Specifies your hard disk's number of heads, and is set depending on your Type parameter setting....
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... the system or an expansion board. Enabled or Disabled Lets you enable or disable the primary cache memory, i.e., the processor memory. Check your VGA card manual before setting this feature. To prevent memory address conflicts between the system and expansion boards, reserve this sub-menu. System or Add-on card 44...
... the system or an expansion board. Enabled or Disabled Lets you enable or disable the primary cache memory, i.e., the processor memory. Check your VGA card manual before setting this feature. To prevent memory address conflicts between the system and expansion boards, reserve this sub-menu. System or Add-on card 44...
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...to manage and update the VGA RAM DAC (Digital Analog Converter, a color data storage) of each PCI device installed in your VGA card manual before setting this parameter. Chapter 2 45 Graphics aperture is set to Auto, BIOS automatically assigns the available IRQs to the PCI devices. ...Parameter PCI IRQ Setting PCI Slot 1 / 2 / 3 PCI IRQ Sharing VGA Palette Snoop Graphics Aperture Size Description Allows you to automatically or manually configure the Plug-and-Play (PnP) devices installed in your PCI devices. The snooping process lets the CPR send a signal to all RAM DACs...
...to manage and update the VGA RAM DAC (Digital Analog Converter, a color data storage) of each PCI device installed in your VGA card manual before setting this parameter. Chapter 2 45 Graphics aperture is set to Auto, BIOS automatically assigns the available IRQs to the PCI devices. ...Parameter PCI IRQ Setting PCI Slot 1 / 2 / 3 PCI IRQ Sharing VGA Palette Snoop Graphics Aperture Size Description Allows you to automatically or manually configure the Plug-and-Play (PnP) devices installed in your PCI devices. The snooping process lets the CPR send a signal to all RAM DACs...
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Error Symptom Action/FRU Parallel/Serial Ports Execute "Load BIOS Default Settings" in BIOS Setup to the printer service manual. 2. Printing failed. 1. Refer to confirm ports presence before diagnosing any parallel/serial ports problems. Serial or parallel port loop-back test failed. 1. Printer problems. 1. Executing ... switch does not turn off the system.) 1. Ensure the power override switch (situated at the back of Power Management is not set to the service manual for the printer.
Error Symptom Action/FRU Parallel/Serial Ports Execute "Load BIOS Default Settings" in BIOS Setup to the printer service manual. 2. Printing failed. 1. Refer to confirm ports presence before diagnosing any parallel/serial ports problems. Serial or parallel port loop-back test failed. 1. Printer problems. 1. Executing ... switch does not turn off the system.) 1. Ensure the power override switch (situated at the back of Power Management is not set to the service manual for the printer.
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