Acer 3640 manual System Utilities Bios Setup Utility, Main Security Boot Exit

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Chapter 2

System Utilities

BIOS Setup Utility

The BIOS Setup Utility is a hardware configuration program built into your computer’s BIOS (Basic Input/ Output System).

Your computer is already properly configured and optimized, and you do not need to run this utility. However, if you encounter configuration problems, you may need to run Setup. Please also refer to Chapter 4 Troubleshooting when problem arises.

To activate the BIOS Utility, press mduring POST (when “Press <F2> to enter Setup” message is prompted on the bottom of screen).

Press m to enter setup. The default parameter of F12 Boot Menu is set to “disabled”. If you want to change boot device without entering BIOS Setup Utility, please set the parameter to “enabled”.

Press <F12> during POST to enter multi-boot menu. In this menu, user can change boot device without entering BIOS SETUP Utility.

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

 

Information

 

Main

Security

Boot

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU Type :

 

Intel (R) Celeron 1.60 GHz

 

 

 

 

 

CPU Speed :

 

1600MHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDD Model Name :

ST96812A - (PM)

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDD Serial Number : PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K16RA

 

 

 

 

 

ATAPI Model Name : None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATAPI Serial Number : None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System BIOS Ver:

V0.05

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VGA BIOS Ver

 

1227

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KBC Ver

 

01.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial Number

 

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asset Tag Number

N/A

 

 

 

22 Byte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Produce Name

 

Aspire 3640/TravelMate 2440

 

32 Byte

 

 

 

Manufacturer Name:

Acer

 

 

 

16 Byte

 

 

 

UUID:

 

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

16 Byte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32 Byte

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1 Help

↑ ↓

Select Item

F5/F6 Change Values

 

F9 Setup Defaults

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Esc Exit

← → Select Menu

Enter

Select 4Sub-Menu

F10 Save and Exit

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