Troubleshooting

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Advanced Menu (Continued)

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To Do This

Device Options (continued) ■ Change the parallel port mode from Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP, the default setting) to standard, bidirectional, EPP, or Enhanced Capabilities Port (ECP).

■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 devices that are identically equipped. Select Disable to recognize the docking device as a single docking device; select Enable to recognize the docking devices 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 can use NTSC, PAL, or PAL-M.

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