Troubleshooting

 

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Advanced Menu (Continued)

 

 

Select

To Do This

 

 

Device Options

■ Change the parallel port mode from EPP

(continued)

(Enhanced Parallel Port [default]) to

 

standard, bidirectional, EPP or ECP

 

(Enhanced Capabilities Port).

 

■ Set video-out mode to NTSC (default), PAL,

 

NTSC-J, or PAL-M.*

 

■ Enable/disable all settings in the SpeedStep

 

window. (When Disable is selected, the

 

notebook runs in Battery Optimized mode.)

 

■ Specify how the notebook recognizes

 

multiple identical docking bases that are

 

identically equipped. (Select Disable to

 

recognize the docking bases as a single

 

docking base; select Enable to recognize

 

the docking bases individually, by serial

 

number.)

 

■ Enable/disable the reporting of the

 

processor serial number by the processor

 

to the software.

 

 

HDD Self-Test Options

Run a quick comprehensive self-test on hard

 

drives in the system that support the test

 

features.

*Video modes vary even within regions. However, NTSC is common in North America; PAL, in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East; NTSC-J, in Japan; and PAL-M, in Brazil. Other South and Central American regions may use NTSC, PAL, or PAL-M.

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