Bios Utility | Acer 500L guide

Normal	Hard disk drive functions
	normally

Write Protect All Sectors	Disables the write function on all
	sectors

Write Protect Boot Sector	Disables the write function only
	on the boot sector

Chapter 3 BIOS Utility

3-33

Image 79

Acer 500L manual Bios Utility

Contents

AcerAltos 500L Copyright Important Safety Instructions Page Page FCC Class B Radio Frequency Interference Statement Getting Started Conventions Table of Contents Bios Utility Page Xii Standalone System System Housing Front Panel Features Rear Panel Internal Structure Opening the Housing Panels Left Panel Inch Floppy Drive Installing Disk Drives Inch Drives Hard Disk Drives Installing Expansion Cards System Housing Page System Board Major Components System Board Layout Jumper and Connector Locations Jumpers and Connectors Connector Functions Jumper Settings Power switch ESD Precautions Attaching the Processor Fan Sink Installing the Pentium II Processor System Board AcerAltos 500L User’s Guide Installing a Pentium II Processor AcerAltos 500L User’s Guide Removing a Pentium II Processor AcerAltos 500L User’s Guide Memory Configurations Memory Upgrade Installing a Dimm Removing a Dimm Reconfiguring the System Software Error Messages Error MessagesSystem Error Messages Mmmmssssooo Wxxxx System Board Correcting Error Conditions Bios Utility Setup Utility Entering Setup Bios Utility System Information External Cache ProcessorProcessor Speed Internal Cache Size IDE Secondary Channel Slave IDE Primary Channel MasterIDE Primary Channel Slave IDE Secondary Channel Master Parallel Port Serial PortPS/2 Mouse Main Board ID Product InformationProduct Name System S/N DMI Bios Version System Bios VersionMain Board S/N Floppy Drives Disk Drives IDE Drives LS-120 Drive Compatible AsIDE Primary Channel Master IDE Secondary Channel Master IDE Primary Channel SlaveIDE Secondary Channel Slave Enhanced IDE Features Hard Disk Block Mode Bios Utility Serial Ports 1 Onboard PeripheralsBase Address 3BCh 378h Operation Mode EPP Onboard Device Settings USB Host Controller Floppy Disk ControllerIDE Controller PS/2 Mouse Controller SMBus Interrupt IRQ9 Power Management Mode Power ManagementIDE Hard Disk Standby Timer System Wake-up Event Power Switch 4 secSystem Sleep Timer Modem Ring Indicator Boot Sequence Boot Options Silent Boot Fast BootFirst Hard Disk Drive Memory Test Num Lock After BootConfiguration Table Boot from LANDesk Service Agent Date Date and Time Time To set or change a Password Setup PasswordSystem Security Set or Change Password To remove your Setup Password To bypass Setup Password Power-on Password Disk Drive Control Power-on Password Bios Utility Memory/Cache Options Advanced Options External Cache Internal Cache CPU CacheMemory at 15MB-16MB Reserved for PCI IRQ Setting Memory Parity ModePnP/PCI Options VGA Palette Snoop PCI IRQ Sharing Plug and Play OS Reset Resource AssignmentsCPU Frequency Graphics Aperture Size CPU Multiple Bus FrequencyProcessor Speed Load Default Settings Abort Settings Change Exit Setup SCSI/VGA Combo Card Page LCD Module Event Log List