Main

The Main screen allows the user to set the system time and date as well as enable and disable boot option and recovery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Phoenix SecureCore (tm) Setup Utility

 

 

 

 

 

Information

 

Main

 

Security Boot

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Time:

 

 

 

 

[19:10:59]

 

 

Item Specific Help

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Date:

 

 

 

 

[02/05/2010]

 

This is the help for the

 

 

Total Memory:

 

 

 

 

6144 MB

 

 

 

 

Video Memory:

 

 

 

 

1024 MB

 

 

hour field. Valid range

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

is from 0 to 23. REDUCE

 

 

Quiet Boot

 

 

 

 

 

[Enabled]

 

 

/ INCREASE: F5/F6

 

 

Network Boot

 

 

 

 

[Enabled]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F12 Boot Menu

 

 

 

 

[Disabled]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D2D Recovery

 

 

 

 

[Enabled]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA Class ID

 

 

 

 

[AHCI Mode]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Graphic mode:

 

 

 

 

[Switchable]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processor Assisted Virtualization:

[Enabled]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1

Help

 

Select

Item

F5/F

6

Change

Values

F9

Setup

Default

 

ESC

Exit

 

Select

Menu

Enter

Select

SubMenu

F10

Save

and Exit

NOTE: The screen above is for your reference only. Actual values may differ.

The table below describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested parameter settings.

Parameter

Description

Format/Option

 

 

 

System Time

Sets the system time. The hours are displayed with 24-

Format: HH:MM:SS

 

hour format.

(hour:minute:second)

 

 

 

System Date

Sets the system date.

Format MM/DD/YYYY (month/

 

 

day/year)

 

 

 

Total Memory

This field reports the memory size of the system. Memory

N/A

 

size is fixed to 4096MB.

 

 

 

 

Video Memory

Shows the video memory size. VGA Memory size=32 MB

N/A

 

 

 

Quiet Boot

This will hide POST messages while booting.

Option: Enabled or Disabled

 

 

 

Network Boot

Enables, disables the system boot from LAN (remote

Option: Enabled or Disabled

 

server).

 

 

 

 

F12 Boot Menu

Enables, disables Boot Menu during POST.

Option: Disabled or Enabled

 

 

 

D2D Recovery

Enables, disables D2D Recovery function. The function

Option: Enabled or Disabled

 

allows the user to create a hidden partition on hard disc

 

 

drive to store operation system and restore the system to

 

 

factory defaults.

 

 

 

 

SATA Class ID

Control the mode in which the SATA controller should

Option: AHCI mode or IDE

 

operate.

mode

 

 

 

Graphic mode

Controls the graphics mode.

Option: Switchable or

 

Note: this option is only available on discrete systems

Discrete

 

 

 

Processor

Enables, disables processor assisted virtualization.

Option: Enabled or Disabled

Assisted

Note: this option is only available on CPUs that support

 

Virtualization

this function.

 

 

 

 

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Acer 4552G, 4252 manual Main, Parameter Description Format/Option

4252, 4552, 4552G specifications

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