FIC service manual System BIOS SETUP Program, Outline of the A360, Audio-DJ, Blue Tooth Module

Outline of the A360

1.5.7Audio-DJ

This notebook comes with optional built-in Audio DJ panel. It can play your Audio CD like the CD player without powering on the whole computer.

1.5.8Blue Tooth Module

This notebook is ready for Bluetooth technology. This is a wireless connection standard in a short-range radio technology. It aims at simplifying communication between each device with bluetooth module. Bluetooth is in essence a “personal-area network” technology for connecting computers to peripherals and mobile phones.

1.6System BIOS SETUP Program

The notebook uses the Phoenix BIOS (Basic Input-Output System) Setup program that allows you to set several system configurations in changing the way the system performs. This includes your system time and date, disk drive configuration, I/O device controls, boot drive sequence, and power management settings. The information is then stored in the CMOS RAM chip and will remain permanent unless you change it again. The notebook also uses EPROM Flash BIOS that allows you to update the system BIOS by simply overwriting it using the Phoenix Flash programming utility.

Before boot-up, the system will read the BIOS settings and compare them to the equipment check conducted during the POST (Power-On Self-Test). As the POST (Power-On Self Test) executes during the boot up process or if an error occurs, an error message will be displayed on the screen, the screen will display the following message: ”Press <F2> to Enter SETUP”. You will then be prompted to run the BIOS Setup Program by pressing the <F2> key to run the BIOS Setup program.

The BIOS Setup program is organized into five menus which you can select using the Å and

Ækeys. To move from one option to another, you use the up and down arrow keys while

using the <F5> and <F6>, or <+>and <-> keys to change the settings. On the right hand side of the screen are some brief help descriptions of each item you want to change.

On the BIOS Setup program, you will find the following parts on the screen:

•Menu Bar - found on the top line of the screen. Each of the five items has a separate menu screen.

•Parameters - found on the left side of the screen. This area lists the parameters and their current settings.

•Item Specific Help - found on the right side of the screen. This area describes each parameter and its available settings.

•Key Status Bar- the bottom part of the screen. These lines display the keys available to move the cursor, select a particular function and so forth.

To exit the BIOS Setup program, simply press the <Esc> key and select from the Exit menu whether you want to Save changes and exit; Discard Changes and exit.

The following table lists the keys on how to edit and move around the setup menus inside.

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