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... Diagram...8 Aspire M5640 Front Panel 9 Aspire M5640 Rear Panel 10 Aspire M3640 Front Panel 11 Aspire M3640 Rear Panel 12 Aspire M1640 Front Panel 13 Aspire M1640 Rear Panel 14 Hardware Specifications and Configurations 15 Power Management Function (ACPI support function 19 Chapter 2 System Utilities 20 Entering Setup 21 Product Information 23 Standard CMOS Features 24 Advanced BIOS Features...
... Diagram...8 Aspire M5640 Front Panel 9 Aspire M5640 Rear Panel 10 Aspire M3640 Front Panel 11 Aspire M3640 Rear Panel 12 Aspire M1640 Front Panel 13 Aspire M1640 Rear Panel 14 Hardware Specifications and Configurations 15 Power Management Function (ACPI support function 19 Chapter 2 System Utilities 20 Entering Setup 21 Product Information 23 Standard CMOS Features 24 Advanced BIOS Features...
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...Acer skin Size: 4Mb Note: Boot ROM should be included (PXE function should be built in with default and RPL function is optional by service BIOS) BIOS shall auto detect FDD to avoid checksum error when boot I/O Connector Controller: Super I /O Connector 1 PS/2 Keyboard port, 1 PS/2 Mouse port, 1 COM port 1 DVI port (Aspire... M1000 series only) 1 HDMI port (Aspire M3000/5000 ...
...Acer skin Size: 4Mb Note: Boot ROM should be included (PXE function should be built in with default and RPL function is optional by service BIOS) BIOS shall auto detect FDD to avoid checksum error when boot I/O Connector Controller: Super I /O Connector 1 PS/2 Keyboard port, 1 PS/2 Mouse port, 1 COM port 1 DVI port (Aspire... M1000 series only) 1 HDMI port (Aspire M3000/5000 ...
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...CPU Clock in Sleep State in BIOS Setup is set to Enabled.) BIOS Item BIOS code programmer BIOS version BIOS ROM type BIOS ROM size Support protocol Device Boot Support Support to LS-120 drive Support to BIOS boot block feature Specification Phoenix Award or AMI Kernel with Acer skin V6.0 SPI Flash 4Mb ...SMBIOS (DMI) 2.4/DMI 2.0 (log file) - 1st priority: SATA HDD - 2nd priority: CD-ROM - 3rd priority: FDD - 4th priority: LAN - 5th priority: USB device YES YES BIOS Hotkey List Hotkey Del Function Enter BIOS Setup Utility Description Press ...
...CPU Clock in Sleep State in BIOS Setup is set to Enabled.) BIOS Item BIOS code programmer BIOS version BIOS ROM type BIOS ROM size Support protocol Device Boot Support Support to LS-120 drive Support to BIOS boot block feature Specification Phoenix Award or AMI Kernel with Acer skin V6.0 SPI Flash 4Mb ...SMBIOS (DMI) 2.4/DMI 2.0 (log file) - 1st priority: SATA HDD - 2nd priority: CD-ROM - 3rd priority: FDD - 4th priority: LAN - 5th priority: USB device YES YES BIOS Hotkey List Hotkey Del Function Enter BIOS Setup Utility Description Press ...
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... Item SATA controller SATA controller resident bus Number of SATA channel Support bootable CD-ROM Specification NV MCP73PV/S & NV MCP73VE ALC888S codec 7.1 Enable/disable by BIOS Setup Stereo Sound Blaster Pro/16 compatible Mixed digital and analog high performance chip Enhanced stereo full duplex operation High performance audio accelerator and AC...
... Item SATA controller SATA controller resident bus Number of SATA channel Support bootable CD-ROM Specification NV MCP73PV/S & NV MCP73VE ALC888S codec 7.1 Enable/disable by BIOS Setup Stereo Sound Blaster Pro/16 compatible Mixed digital and analog high performance chip Enhanced stereo full duplex operation High performance audio accelerator and AC...
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... Number of parallel parts Support ECP/EPP Connector type Parallel port function control Optional EV+CP DMA channel (in BIOS setup) Optional parallel port I/O address (via BIOS setup) Optional parallel port IRQ (via BIOS setup) Specification ITE 8718FX ISA bus 1 SPP / Bi-directional / ECP / EPP 25-pin D-type female ...connector Enable/disable by BIOS Setup DMA channel 1 DMA channel 3 378h 278h IRQ5 IRQ7 USB Port Universal HCI USB Class Item USB Connectors Quantity Specification USB 2.0/1.1 Support...
... Number of parallel parts Support ECP/EPP Connector type Parallel port function control Optional EV+CP DMA channel (in BIOS setup) Optional parallel port I/O address (via BIOS setup) Optional parallel port IRQ (via BIOS setup) Specification ITE 8718FX ISA bus 1 SPP / Bi-directional / ECP / EPP 25-pin D-type female ...connector Enable/disable by BIOS Setup DMA channel 1 DMA channel 3 378h 278h IRQ5 IRQ7 USB Port Universal HCI USB Class Item USB Connectors Quantity Specification USB 2.0/1.1 Support...
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... Production Information This page shows the relevant information of the main board Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS Advance BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features Advance Chipset This setup page includes all advanced chipset features Features...
... Production Information This page shows the relevant information of the main board Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS Advance BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features Advance Chipset This setup page includes all advanced chipset features Features...
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...following table describes the parameters found in this menu: Parameter Production Name System S/N Main Board ID Main Board S/N System BIOS Version SMBIOS Version System BIOS ID BIOS Release Date Description This item lists the product name This item lists the system serial number This item lists the main board...ID This item lists the main board serial number This item lists the system BIOS version This item lists the system SMBIOS version This item lists the system BIOS ID This item lists the BIOS release date 23 This information is necessary for troubleshooting (maybe required when asking ...
...following table describes the parameters found in this menu: Parameter Production Name System S/N Main Board ID Main Board S/N System BIOS Version SMBIOS Version System BIOS ID BIOS Release Date Description This item lists the product name This item lists the system serial number This item lists the main board...ID This item lists the main board serial number This item lists the system BIOS version This item lists the system SMBIOS version This item lists the system BIOS ID This item lists the BIOS release date 23 This information is necessary for troubleshooting (maybe required when asking ...
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determined by BIOS and is display only Day: from 1999 to 2099 The items format is calculated base on the 24-hour timer clock. 25 Year: from [1] to [31] (or the maximum allowed in this menu. The following the hour-minute-second format Base Memory Size 640 K for system base memory Options Week: From [Sun.] to [Sat.]. The time is [hour] [minute][second]. Parameter Date Description To set the date following the weekday-month-date-year format System Time To set the time following table describes the parameters found in the month.
determined by BIOS and is display only Day: from 1999 to 2099 The items format is calculated base on the 24-hour timer clock. 25 Year: from [1] to [31] (or the maximum allowed in this menu. The following the hour-minute-second format Base Memory Size 640 K for system base memory Options Week: From [Sun.] to [Sat.]. The time is [hour] [minute][second]. Parameter Date Description To set the date following the weekday-month-date-year format System Time To set the time following table describes the parameters found in the month.
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... But Disk/Key 26 This is always automatically detected Select the type of primary video subsystem Options [Enter] for detection options [Auto]: BIOS automatically detects IDE devices during the POST. The IDE CD-ROM is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the memory address map...use to channel X master or slave port. Parameter Extended Memory Size Total Memory Size IDE Channel X Master IDE Channel X Slave Video Setting Description The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during POST (default) [None]: No IDE devices are : CHS/LBA/Large/Auto (default: Auto) Cylinder:...
... But Disk/Key 26 This is always automatically detected Select the type of primary video subsystem Options [Enter] for detection options [Auto]: BIOS automatically detects IDE devices during the POST. The IDE CD-ROM is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the memory address map...use to channel X master or slave port. Parameter Extended Memory Size Total Memory Size IDE Channel X Master IDE Channel X Slave Video Setting Description The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during POST (default) [None]: No IDE devices are : CHS/LBA/Large/Auto (default: Auto) Cylinder:...
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... enable or disable if the screen logo to display or not during POST The item allows you to see the sequence of boot device where BIOS attempts to enable the VIRUS warning function for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. which means to set keyboard is someone attempts to write data...], [ZIP], [USB-FDD], [USB-ZIP], [USB-CDROM], [USB-HDD], [LAN], [Disabled] [Enabled], [Disabled] [Enabled], [Disabled] [System], [Setup] [Enabled], [Disabled] [Enabled], [Disabled] 28 If this area, BIOS will beep.
... enable or disable if the screen logo to display or not during POST The item allows you to see the sequence of boot device where BIOS attempts to enable the VIRUS warning function for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. which means to set keyboard is someone attempts to write data...], [ZIP], [USB-FDD], [USB-ZIP], [USB-CDROM], [USB-HDD], [LAN], [Disabled] [Enabled], [Disabled] [Enabled], [Disabled] [System], [Setup] [Enabled], [Disabled] [Enabled], [Disabled] 28 If this area, BIOS will beep.
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.... It is Hyper Transport between CPU and North Bridge. Enables or Disables HT Spread Spectrum. [Enabled], [Disabled] HT is highly recommended that you leave this BIOS feature at the default setting. 30 However, the processor's MMX instruction set will not be able to use those instructions to better process large amounts...
.... It is Hyper Transport between CPU and North Bridge. Enables or Disables HT Spread Spectrum. [Enabled], [Disabled] HT is highly recommended that you leave this BIOS feature at the default setting. 30 However, the processor's MMX instruction set will not be able to use those instructions to better process large amounts...
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The following table describes the parameters found in this BIOS feature. Change the on board LAN [Enabled], [Disabled] boot ROM. 35 Use this feature if you do not want to use the motherboard's onboard LAN ...
The following table describes the parameters found in this BIOS feature. Change the on board LAN [Enabled], [Disabled] boot ROM. 35 Use this feature if you do not want to use the motherboard's onboard LAN ...
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Options 46 Load Default Settings This option opens a dialog box that lets you install defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features, which the system automatically detects. This option opens a dialog box that lets you install optimized defaults for all appropriate items in the Setup Utility. Parameter Load Default Settings Description Select the field loads the factory defaults for all appropriate items in the Setup Utility.
Options 46 Load Default Settings This option opens a dialog box that lets you install defaults for BIOS and Chipset Features, which the system automatically detects. This option opens a dialog box that lets you install optimized defaults for all appropriate items in the Setup Utility. Parameter Load Default Settings Description Select the field loads the factory defaults for all appropriate items in the Setup Utility.
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... than User Password. Parameter Description Set When this function is selected, the following message Supervisor/User appears at "Security Option" from "BIOS Features Setup" menu, you will be asked to confirm the password. PASSWORD DISABLED To disable password, just press when you in "Security ... You will be prompted for the password only when you try to modify all settings. A message will clear any time you enter BIOS Setup. If you have selected "System" in Password creating a password. The password typed now will confirm the password being disabled. ENTER...
... than User Password. Parameter Description Set When this function is selected, the following message Supervisor/User appears at "Security Option" from "BIOS Features Setup" menu, you will be asked to confirm the password. PASSWORD DISABLED To disable password, just press when you in "Security ... You will be prompted for the password only when you try to modify all settings. A message will clear any time you enter BIOS Setup. If you have selected "System" in Password creating a password. The password typed now will confirm the password being disabled. ENTER...