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Main

The Main menu screen allows you to configure the basic system settings and view the memory allocations.
Field Description Value
System Time Set the system time. HH:MM:SS
(hour:minute:second)
System Date Set the system date. MM/DD/YYYY
(month/day/year)
System Memory Displays the size of system memory detected during boot-up. Memory size is
fixed at 640 MB.
Extended Memory Displays the size of extended memory detected during boot-up. Extended
memory size is equal to total memory size less 1 MB.
Video Memory Displays the size of video memory detected during
boot-up. 128 MB
256 MB
Quiet Boot When enabled, the Acer logo screen appears
during boot-up Disabled
Enabled
Network Boot When enabled, remote host with appropriate boot
image can boot this computer . (Only works with an
Ethernet device.)
Disabled
Enabled
F12 Boot Menu When enabled, the “Press F12 to enter Multi-Boot
Menu” message is displayed during POST. Disabled
Enabled
D2D Recovery When enabled, pressing Alt-F10 during POST will
activate the Acer disc-to-disc recovery function.
The function allows the user to create a hidden
partition on the hard drive to store a copy of the OS
and restore the system to its default factory
settings.
Disabled
Enabled
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