Configuring Your Notebook

Advanced Menu

Field

Settings

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Secured Setup

No*

Configurations

Yes

 

I\O Device

Submenu

Configuration

 

Select Yes to prevent a Plug and Play Operating System from changing system settings.

Peripheral Device Configuration: Refer to I/O Device Configuration Submenu for a description of the available settings.

Reset

No*

Configuration

Yes

Data

 

Large Disk

Other

Access Mode

DOS*

 

Select Yes to clear all Plug and Play configuration information stored in Extended System Configuration Data non-volatile RAM.

Select Other if a non-Microsoft operating system is installed on your system. If you install new software and the drive fails, change this selection and try again. Different operating systems require different representations of drive geometries.

SMART Device

Disabled

Enables/Disables IDE Failure Prediction.

Monitoring

Enabled*

 

 

 

TV Format

Selected Formats

This option allows you to specify the video output

 

 

format supported by your country when using the

 

 

video ports provided on the Mobile 6500 Expansion

 

 

Unit.

 

 

 

*Factory default setting

 

 

I\O Device Configuration Submenu

Field

Settings

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Floppy disk

Disabled

Disables the onboard Floppy Disk Controller.

controller

Enabled*

Enables the onboard Floppy Disk Controller.

 

 

Auto

Allows the BIOS or O/S to automatically configure

 

 

the Floppy Disk Controller.

 

 

 

*Factory default setting

 

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