Parameter

Description

Options

 

 

 

 

 

SATA channel 0/1 Master,

Allows you to configure the hard disk drive

SATA HDD Auto-Detection Press [Enter] to

 

Slave

connected to the master port of SATA channel.

select this option for automatic device

 

 

To enter the SATA Master or Slave setup, press

detection.

 

 

[Enter].

SATA Primary/Secondary Master, Slave IDE

 

 

 

Device Setup. You can use one of three

 

 

 

methods:

 

 

 

Auto : Allows BIOS to automatically detect

 

 

 

SATA devices during POST (default)

 

 

 

None : Select this if no IDE devices are

 

 

 

used and the system will skip the automatic

 

 

 

detection step and allow for faster system

 

 

 

start up

 

 

 

Manual : User can manually input the

 

 

 

correct settings

 

 

 

Access Mode : Use this to set the access

 

 

 

mode for the hard drive. the four options are:

 

 

 

CHS/LBA/Large/Auto (default: Auto)

 

 

 

* Cylinder : Number of cylinders

 

 

 

* Head : Number of heads

 

 

 

* Precomp : Write precomp

 

 

 

* Landing Zone : Landing Zone

 

 

 

Sector : Number of sectors

 

 

 

Access Mode allows you to select the access

 

 

 

mode. The options are CHS, LBA, Large,

 

 

 

and Auto.

 

 

 

 

 

Drive A

The category identifies the types of floppy disk

None : No floppy drive installed

 

 

drive A that has been installed in the computer.

360K, 5.25” : 5.25 inch PC type standard

 

 

 

drive ; 360Kbyte capacity

 

 

 

1.2M, 5.25” : 5.25 inch AT-type high-density

 

 

 

drive; 1.2M byte capacity (3.5 inch when 3

 

 

 

Mode is Enabled)

 

 

 

720K, 3.5” : 3.5 inch double-sided drive;

 

 

 

720Kbyte capacity

 

 

 

1.44M, 3.5” : 3.5 inch double-sided drive;

 

 

 

1.44Mbyte capacity

 

 

 

2.88M, 3.5” : 3.5 inch double-sided drive;

 

 

 

2.88Mbyte capacity

 

 

 

 

 

Halt On

This parameter enables you to control the

No Errors : The system boot will not stop for

 

 

system stops in case of Power On Self Test

any error that may be detected and you will

 

 

errors (POST)

be prompted

 

 

 

All Errors : Whenever the BIOS detects a

 

 

 

non-fatal error the system will be stopped

 

 

 

All, But Keyboard : The system boot will not

 

 

 

stop for a keyboard error; it will stop for all

 

 

 

other errors (Default value)

 

 

 

All, But Diskette : The system boot will not

 

 

 

stop for a disk error; it will stop for all other

 

 

 

errors

 

 

 

All, But Disk/Key : The system boot will not

 

 

 

stop for a keyboard or disk error; it will stop

 

 

 

for all other errors.

 

 

 

 

 

Base Memory

Typically 640 KB. Also called conventional

N/A

 

 

memory. The DOS operating system and

 

 

 

conventional applications use this area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extended Memory

Above the 1-MB boundary. Early IBM personal

N/A

 

 

computers could not use memory above 1 MB,

 

 

 

but current PCs and their software can use

 

 

 

extended memory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Acer L310 manual Access Mode allows you to select the access

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