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Any Acer Incorporated software described in this guide is subject to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties of merchantability or fitness for any defect in this manual is sold or ...licensed "as is". Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Other brand and product names are trademarks of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any particular purpose. iv Should the programs prove defective following their respective holders. Acer is a registered trademark of Acer...
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Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: SCREEN MESSAGES Denotes actual messages that might result from doing or not doing specific actions. WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT Alerts you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of procedures. Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems. Reminds you to the current topic. v NOTE Gives additional information related to any physical risk or system damage that appear on screen.
Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: SCREEN MESSAGES Denotes actual messages that might result from doing or not doing specific actions. WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT Alerts you to do specific actions relevant to the accomplishment of procedures. Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems. Reminds you to the current topic. v NOTE Gives additional information related to any physical risk or system damage that appear on screen.
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... ADM module. Initializes DMAC-1 & DMAC-2. The following table describes the type of checkpoints that checkpoints may occur during the BIOS preboot process. Verify CMOS checksum manually by reading storage area. Do R/W test to determine if battery power is OK and CMOS checksum is OK. Program the keyboard controller command byte is...
... ADM module. Initializes DMAC-1 & DMAC-2. The following table describes the type of checkpoints that checkpoints may occur during the BIOS preboot process. Verify CMOS checksum manually by reading storage area. Do R/W test to determine if battery power is OK and CMOS checksum is OK. Program the keyboard controller command byte is...
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... being executed. 'X' can be from add-in PCI-PCI bridges, and noncompliant PCI devices. IPL Device Initialization (function 4); Function 5 configures all onboard peripherals that include manual configured onboard peripherals, memory and I/O decode windows in PCI devices. The details of the high byte of these checkpoints are as a word value to an...
... being executed. 'X' can be from add-in PCI-PCI bridges, and noncompliant PCI devices. IPL Device Initialization (function 4); Function 5 configures all onboard peripherals that include manual configured onboard peripherals, memory and I/O decode windows in PCI devices. The details of the high byte of these checkpoints are as a word value to an...
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...Business Units may access our website at http://global.acer.com/ support/index. These can download information materials for all of Acer notebook, desktop and server models including: • Service guides for all models • User's manuals • Training materials • BIOS updates ... to optimize and improve our services, so if you are also available in the Support & Downloads tab: • Detailed information on Acer's International Traveler's Warranty (ITW) • Returned material authorization procedures • An overview of our technical materials. The following are ...
...Business Units may access our website at http://global.acer.com/ support/index. These can download information materials for all of Acer notebook, desktop and server models including: • Service guides for all models • User's manuals • Training materials • BIOS updates ... to optimize and improve our services, so if you are also available in the Support & Downloads tab: • Detailed information on Acer's International Traveler's Warranty (ITW) • Returned material authorization procedures • An overview of our technical materials. The following are ...