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... Sxb model. For AcerPower Sc: Add system features, Mainboard Jumpers and Connectors Model Definition II Add a NOTE indicating the part number used by AcerPower Sx and AcerPower Sxb mainboard. Add troubleshooting information. Date 01/11/2001 01/20/2001 02/09/2001 03/23/2001 05/29/2001 07/16..., SW1 and JP11 Indicate the the Part nos. Add a NOTE below for the updates made on the top cover. "Product Information" and "Onboard Perpherals" BIOS screen were added for Socket 370 core/bus clock ratio. Revision History Please refer to the table below the table of mainboard that supports LAN...
... Sxb model. For AcerPower Sc: Add system features, Mainboard Jumpers and Connectors Model Definition II Add a NOTE indicating the part number used by AcerPower Sx and AcerPower Sxb mainboard. Add troubleshooting information. Date 01/11/2001 01/20/2001 02/09/2001 03/23/2001 05/29/2001 07/16..., SW1 and JP11 Indicate the the Part nos. Add a NOTE below for the updates made on the top cover. "Product Information" and "Onboard Perpherals" BIOS screen were added for Socket 370 core/bus clock ratio. Revision History Please refer to the table below the table of mainboard that supports LAN...
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USB/LAN port 3. Wake on LAN connector 10. IDE 1 connector 21. CPU socket 24. SiS630 chipset 25. Game/MIDI port 5. BIOS chipset 13. Floppy disk drive connector NOTE: 8 was for AGP slot, removed when ship out 14. PCI slots (three slots) 9. ... 17. LAN/LED 18. DIMM sockets (two sockets) 23. PS/2 keyboard and mouse port 2. Serial port 1 11. Power Switch 16. IDE 2 connector 22. Reset 15. Fax/voice modem connector 7. Power LED 19. ATX power connector Chapter 1 7 1. Parallel/VGA/serial port 2 4. Audio/CD connector 6. Hard Disk Drive LED connector 20.
USB/LAN port 3. Wake on LAN connector 10. IDE 1 connector 21. CPU socket 24. SiS630 chipset 25. Game/MIDI port 5. BIOS chipset 13. Floppy disk drive connector NOTE: 8 was for AGP slot, removed when ship out 14. PCI slots (three slots) 9. ... 17. LAN/LED 18. DIMM sockets (two sockets) 23. PS/2 keyboard and mouse port 2. Serial port 1 11. Power Switch 16. IDE 2 connector 22. Reset 15. Fax/voice modem connector 7. Power LED 19. ATX power connector Chapter 1 7 1. Parallel/VGA/serial port 2 4. Audio/CD connector 6. Hard Disk Drive LED connector 20.
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... Intel Tualatin Pentium III, Celeron processor 370 AcerPower Sx: 500/550/600 MHz, 533/667/733 MHz AcerPower Sc: Coppermine up to 1.1 GHz Tualatin from CD-ROM feature Support to LS-120 drive Support to BIOS boot block feature Specification Acer AcerPower Sx :V4.0, R01-A4 AcerPower Sc : R07-B3... Bulk mode flash ROM AcerPower Sx: 256Kbyte AcerPower Sc: 4MB 32-pin DIP package PCI 2.2, APM1.2, DMI 2.00.1, E-IDE, ACPI...
... Intel Tualatin Pentium III, Celeron processor 370 AcerPower Sx: 500/550/600 MHz, 533/667/733 MHz AcerPower Sc: Coppermine up to 1.1 GHz Tualatin from CD-ROM feature Support to LS-120 drive Support to BIOS boot block feature Specification Acer AcerPower Sx :V4.0, R01-A4 AcerPower Sc : R07-B3... Bulk mode flash ROM AcerPower Sx: 256Kbyte AcerPower Sc: 4MB 32-pin DIP package PCI 2.2, APM1.2, DMI 2.00.1, E-IDE, ACPI...
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BIOS Hotkey List Alt+F4 Hotkey Function Enable hidden page of BIOS Setup Utility Description Press in BIOS Setup Utility main menu screen, the Advanced Options menu then appears. The items on the Advanced Options menu are: Memory/Cache Options PnP/PCI Options Chips Options 12 Chapter 1
BIOS Hotkey List Alt+F4 Hotkey Function Enable hidden page of BIOS Setup Utility Description Press in BIOS Setup Utility main menu screen, the Advanced Options menu then appears. The items on the Advanced Options menu are: Memory/Cache Options PnP/PCI Options Chips Options 12 Chapter 1
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... speed Memory voltage Memory package Specification 8 MB or above SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic RAM) 1M*16 * 2 Fixed on-board by BIOS setting 66/100/133 MHz 3.3V 54 pin FPGA This section has two table lists, the video interface specification and its supported display... modes. Cache Memory Item Specification First-Level Cache Configurations Cache function control Enable/Disable by BIOS Setup L2 Cache scheme Fixed in all texture formats H/W DVD accelerator Display Screen Resolution 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 800x600 800x600...
... speed Memory voltage Memory package Specification 8 MB or above SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic RAM) 1M*16 * 2 Fixed on-board by BIOS setting 66/100/133 MHz 3.3V 54 pin FPGA This section has two table lists, the video interface specification and its supported display... modes. Cache Memory Item Specification First-Level Cache Configurations Cache function control Enable/Disable by BIOS Setup L2 Cache scheme Fixed in all texture formats H/W DVD accelerator Display Screen Resolution 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 640x480 800x600 800x600...
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...Compatibility Music synthesizer Sampling rate MPU-401 UART support Microphone jack Headphone jack Specification AcerPower Sx : SiS630 AcerPower Sc : SiS630ET(Main), Crystal 4299 (CODEC) AC'97/98 Enable/disable by BIOS Setup Stereo 20 bits Sound Blaster Pro/16 compatible Mixed digital and analog high ...Yes Supported Supported IDE Interface IDE controller Item IDE controller resident bus Number of IDE channel Support IDE interface Support bootable CD-ROM Specification AcerPower Sx :SiS630 AcerPower Sc :SiS630ET, Ultra ATA100 PCI bus 2 E-IDE (up to PIO mode-4 and Ultra DMA 33/66), ANSIS ATA ...
...Compatibility Music synthesizer Sampling rate MPU-401 UART support Microphone jack Headphone jack Specification AcerPower Sx : SiS630 AcerPower Sc : SiS630ET(Main), Crystal 4299 (CODEC) AC'97/98 Enable/disable by BIOS Setup Stereo 20 bits Sound Blaster Pro/16 compatible Mixed digital and analog high ...Yes Supported Supported IDE Interface IDE controller Item IDE controller resident bus Number of IDE channel Support IDE interface Support bootable CD-ROM Specification AcerPower Sx :SiS630 AcerPower Sc :SiS630ET, Ultra ATA100 PCI bus 2 E-IDE (up to PIO mode-4 and Ultra DMA 33/66), ANSIS ATA ...
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...of parallel ports Support ECP/EPP Connector type Parallel port function control Optional ECP DMA channel (in BIOS Setup) Optional parallel port I/O address (via BIOS Setup) Optional parallel port IRQ (via BIOS Setup) Specification SiS950 ISA bus 1 SPP / Bi-directional / ECP / EPP 25-pin D-... port controller resident bus Number of serial port Serial ports location 16550 UART support Connector type Optional serial port I/O address (via BIOS Setup) Optional serial port IRQ (via BIOS Setup) Specification SiS950 ISA bus 2 CN4, 5 Yes 9-pin D-type female connector COM1: 2F8h, 3E8h, 2E8h COM2: 3E8h...
...of parallel ports Support ECP/EPP Connector type Parallel port function control Optional ECP DMA channel (in BIOS Setup) Optional parallel port I/O address (via BIOS Setup) Optional parallel port IRQ (via BIOS Setup) Specification SiS950 ISA bus 1 SPP / Bi-directional / ECP / EPP 25-pin D-... port controller resident bus Number of serial port Serial ports location 16550 UART support Connector type Optional serial port I/O address (via BIOS Setup) Optional serial port IRQ (via BIOS Setup) Specification SiS950 ISA bus 2 CN4, 5 Yes 9-pin D-type female connector COM1: 2F8h, 3E8h, 2E8h COM2: 3E8h...
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...booting. If you to check the detailed configuration of your system. System Security Load Default Settings Abort Settings Change The system supports two BIOS Utility levels: Basic and Advanced. NOTE: The F8 and Alt + F4 keys work only when you may want to view and change... Setup, press the key combination . Disk Drives ! System Information ! System Security ! *Advanced Options Load Default Settings Abort Settings Change 24 Chapter 2 Power Management ! NOTE: You must press simultaneously while the system is the BIOS Utility Basic Level screen. Product Information !
...booting. If you to check the detailed configuration of your system. System Security Load Default Settings Abort Settings Change The system supports two BIOS Utility levels: Basic and Advanced. NOTE: The F8 and Alt + F4 keys work only when you may want to view and change... Setup, press the key combination . Disk Drives ! System Information ! System Security ! *Advanced Options Load Default Settings Abort Settings Change 24 Chapter 2 Power Management ! NOTE: You must press simultaneously while the system is the BIOS Utility Basic Level screen. Product Information !
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... MB DIMM type, capacity in MB DIMM type, capacity in the DIMM 1 socket. The None setting indicates that there is automatically detected by BIOS during the POST. Shows the serial port 2 address and IRQ settings. Indicates if there is a mouse detected; Chapter 2 27 The None... setting indicates that there is automatically detected by BIOS. If you install additional memory, the system automatically adjusts this parameter to your system. The memory size is no DRAM installed. Indicates the...
... MB DIMM type, capacity in MB DIMM type, capacity in the DIMM 1 socket. The None setting indicates that there is automatically detected by BIOS during the POST. Shows the serial port 2 address and IRQ settings. Indicates if there is a mouse detected; Chapter 2 27 The None... setting indicates that there is automatically detected by BIOS. If you install additional memory, the system automatically adjusts this parameter to your system. The memory size is no DRAM installed. Indicates the...
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...select Product Information from the main menu: Product Information Product Name AcerPower Sx System S/N N/A Main Board ID S57M Main Board S/N N/A System BIOS Version V4.0 SMBIOS Version 2.3 System BIOS ID R01-A4 EN-JA BIOS Release Date Jan 06, '00 Product Information Product Name AcerPower Sxb ...System S/N N/A Main Board ID S57M Main Board S/N N/A System BIOS Version V4.0 SMBIOS Version 2.3 *System BIOS ID R06-A1 BIOS Release Date April 16,01 NOTE: This screen can be seen on Acer Power Sxb model. These information is necessary for troubleshooting (maybe required when asking...
...select Product Information from the main menu: Product Information Product Name AcerPower Sx System S/N N/A Main Board ID S57M Main Board S/N N/A System BIOS Version V4.0 SMBIOS Version 2.3 System BIOS ID R01-A4 EN-JA BIOS Release Date Jan 06, '00 Product Information Product Name AcerPower Sxb ...System S/N N/A Main Board ID S57M Main Board S/N N/A System BIOS Version V4.0 SMBIOS Version 2.3 *System BIOS ID R06-A1 BIOS Release Date April 16,01 NOTE: This screen can be seen on Acer Power Sxb model. These information is necessary for troubleshooting (maybe required when asking...
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...version ID of the SMBIOS utility installed in this menu: Parameter Product Name System S/N Main Board ID Main Board S/N System BIOS Version SMBIOS version System BIOS ID BIOS Release Date Description Displays the model name of your system. This parameter specifies the version of the... BIOS utility. Displays the release date of your BIOS utility. Chapter 2 29 Specifies the version of the BIOS utility. Hardware checking is done via software during start up. The following table describes...
...version ID of the SMBIOS utility installed in this menu: Parameter Product Name System S/N Main Board ID Main Board S/N System BIOS Version SMBIOS version System BIOS ID BIOS Release Date Description Displays the model name of your system. This parameter specifies the version of the... BIOS utility. Displays the release date of your BIOS utility. Chapter 2 29 Specifies the version of the BIOS utility. Hardware checking is done via software during start up. The following table describes...
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... your hard disk type. Only Device Detection Mode is automatically set depending on your hard disk's number of your Type parameter setting. If you want BIOS to User, the item Head will be available; If you know your hard disk, select Auto. Options Auto, None, or User. Otherwise it is automatically...
... your hard disk type. Only Device Detection Mode is automatically set depending on your hard disk's number of your Type parameter setting. If you want BIOS to User, the item Head will be available; If you know your hard disk, select Auto. Options Auto, None, or User. Otherwise it is automatically...
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If you set to Auto, the BIOS utility automatically detects if the installed hard disk drive supports the Block Mode function. However, besides enabling these features in blocks (multiple sectors) at a rate ...-DMA modes enhance hard disk performance by allowing the use . Enabling this parameter to Auto, the BIOS utility automatically detects if the installed hard disk supports the function, it allows data transfer in the BIOS Setup, both the Ultra DMA and Multi-DMA modes require the DMA driver to be loaded. If...
If you set to Auto, the BIOS utility automatically detects if the installed hard disk drive supports the Block Mode function. However, besides enabling these features in blocks (multiple sectors) at a rate ...-DMA modes enhance hard disk performance by allowing the use . Enabling this parameter to Auto, the BIOS utility automatically detects if the installed hard disk supports the function, it allows data transfer in the BIOS Setup, both the Ultra DMA and Multi-DMA modes require the DMA driver to be loaded. If...
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... upon booting. Parameter Boot Sequence Fast Boot Silent Boot Num Lock After Boot Memory Test Configuration Table Language Type Description Options Allows you want BIOS to specify the boot search sequence. Then, the screen displays the operating system prompt (as in DOS) or logo (as a based language...or Disabled perform or bypass the RAM test during POST and while booting. Display preboot system configuration table. Auto or Disabled When enabled, BIOS is in Windows). Floppy Disk Hard Disk IDE CD-ROM Allows you hear a beep that indicates the activation of the keyboard. You ...
... upon booting. Parameter Boot Sequence Fast Boot Silent Boot Num Lock After Boot Memory Test Configuration Table Language Type Description Options Allows you want BIOS to specify the boot search sequence. Then, the screen displays the operating system prompt (as in DOS) or logo (as a based language...or Disabled perform or bypass the RAM test during POST and while booting. Display preboot system configuration table. Auto or Disabled When enabled, BIOS is in Windows). Floppy Disk Hard Disk IDE CD-ROM Allows you hear a beep that indicates the activation of the keyboard. You ...
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... system against unauthorized use. Once you set a Setup password. Allows you select System Security from being modified. The following screen appears if you to the BIOS utility. Options None or Present.
... system against unauthorized use. Once you set a Setup password. Allows you select System Security from being modified. The following screen appears if you to the BIOS utility. Options None or Present.
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...a password. Then press Enter. NOTE: Be very careful when typing your Password twice. Select "Yes" to save the CMOS data. 9. Enter the BIOS utility and select "System Security" . 2. Highlight the "Supervisor Password" parameter and press Enter. Press Esc to return to the Main menu. 8. ...User Password" only if the "Supervisor Password" has been set a Supervisor password, the next time you want to enter the BIOS utility, you want to exit the BIOS utility. After setting the password, highlight the "Set or Change Password" option. 6. Press Esc to return to the System Security...
...a password. Then press Enter. NOTE: Be very careful when typing your Password twice. Select "Yes" to save the CMOS data. 9. Enter the BIOS utility and select "System Security" . 2. Highlight the "Supervisor Password" parameter and press Enter. Press Esc to return to the Main menu. 8. ...User Password" only if the "Supervisor Password" has been set a Supervisor password, the next time you want to enter the BIOS utility, you want to exit the BIOS utility. After setting the password, highlight the "Set or Change Password" option. 6. Press Esc to return to the System Security...
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... If you want to change one of your password, you to "Changing or Removing the Password" on the system and enter the BIOS utility. Highlight the "Supervisor Password" parameter (for Supervisor password) or the "User Password" parameter (a Supervisor Password must be set JP11 to... the procedure. 42 Chapter 2 The Password menu appears. 3. Select "Yes" to the main menu. 7. Refer to type-in a password. Enter the BIOS utility and select "System Security". 2. Press Esc to return to bypass the password: 1. Follow these steps to the System Security screen. 6. You can ...
... If you want to change one of your password, you to "Changing or Removing the Password" on the system and enter the BIOS utility. Highlight the "Supervisor Password" parameter (for Supervisor password) or the "User Password" parameter (a Supervisor Password must be set JP11 to... the procedure. 42 Chapter 2 The Password menu appears. 3. Select "Yes" to the main menu. 7. Refer to type-in a password. Enter the BIOS utility and select "System Security". 2. Press Esc to return to bypass the password: 1. Follow these steps to the System Security screen. 6. You can ...
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... this sub-menu. Options Auto or Manual Yes or No Enabled or Disabled The lowest setting is 8 MB and the highest is set to Auto, BIOS automatically assigns the available IRQs to the PCI devices. Enables the palette snooping feature (if you to assign the same IRQ to two different devices...
... this sub-menu. Options Auto or Manual Yes or No Enabled or Disabled The lowest setting is 8 MB and the highest is set to Auto, BIOS automatically assigns the available IRQs to the PCI devices. Enables the palette snooping feature (if you to assign the same IRQ to two different devices...
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This clears all resource assignments and allows BIOS to reassign resources to No. Options Yes or No Yes or No After clearing the resource data, it is running on Win95/ Win98 or Win2000. ...
This clears all resource assignments and allows BIOS to reassign resources to No. Options Yes or No Yes or No After clearing the resource data, it is running on Win95/ Win98 or Win2000. ...
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...Disabled 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or Auto Enabled or Disabled Enabled or Disabled Enabled or Disabled Load Default Settings You need to reload the BIOS default settings every time you make changes to the main menu without loading the default settings. Parameter Spread Spectrum Memory Stable Register RIMM TRDLY...this option displays the following dialog box: Load Default Settings Do you want to load default settings? [Yes] *[No] Choosing Yes enables BIOS to restore the default settings. This function enables memory run in your system hardware configuration (such as memory size, CPU type, hard ...
...Disabled 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or Auto Enabled or Disabled Enabled or Disabled Enabled or Disabled Load Default Settings You need to reload the BIOS default settings every time you make changes to the main menu without loading the default settings. Parameter Spread Spectrum Memory Stable Register RIMM TRDLY...this option displays the following dialog box: Load Default Settings Do you want to load default settings? [Yes] *[No] Choosing Yes enables BIOS to restore the default settings. This function enables memory run in your system hardware configuration (such as memory size, CPU type, hard ...
