Acer Aspire 1600 Service Guide

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Primary Master
The Primary Master sub-menu contains parameters related to the primary hard disk.
CAUTION:  The parameters in this screen are for the advanced users only. Typically, you do not need to 
change the values in this screen.The default setting of 
Auto optimizes all the settings for your hard disk.
The following table describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in 
boldface are the default and 
suggested parameter settings.
NOTE:  When the device is disabled, all the sub-items...

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Secondary Master
The Secondary Master sub-menu contains parameters related to the Media bay drive.
CAUTION:  The parameters in this screen are for the advanced users only. Typically, you do not need to 
change the values in this screen. The default setting of Auto optimizes all the settings for your Media 
bay drive. 
The following table describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in 
boldface are the default and 
suggested parameter settings.
NOTE:  When the device is disabled, all...

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PCI IRQ Routing
The PCI IRQ Routing sub-menu allows you to set IRQ for PCI devices.  
CAUTION:  The parameters in this screen are for advanced users only. Typically, you do not need to change 
the values in this screen because these values are already optimized.
ParameterDescriptionOptions
PIRQ A-H# Set default IRQ of PCI device.
Note: PCI devices can use hardware interrupt called 
IRQs. A PCI device cannot use IRQs already in use 
by ISA or EISA devices. Use “Auto Select” only if no 
ISA or...

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System Security
The System Security screen contains parameters that help safeguard and protect your computer from 
unauthorized use.
The following table describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in 
boldface are the default and 
suggested parameter settings.
Setting a Password
Follow these steps: 
1.Use the cursor 
w/y keys to highlight a Password parameter (Supervisor Password, User Password, 
Password on boot or Primary Hard Disk Password) and press the
e key. The password box...

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2.Type a password. The password may consist of up to eight characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9) and then press 
e.
IMPORTANT:Be very careful when typing your password because the characters do not appear on the 
screen. 
3.Retype password to verify your first entry and then press 
e. The following screen appears:
4.After setting the password, the computer automatically sets the chosen password parameter to Present.
5.Press 
^ to return to the main menu.
6.Press 
u. The following dialogue box appears....

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Type the Supervisor Password and press e to access the BIOS Utility.
2.When the User Password is set and Power on boot is set enabled, the following prompt appears at boot-
up when pressing 
m.
Type the User Password (a symbol appears for each character you type) and press 
e to use the computer. 
If you enter the password incorrectly, an 
x symbol appears. Try again and press 
e.
3.When the Power on boot is set enabled, the following prompt appears at boot-up.
4.When the Hard Disk Password...

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Boot Options
Users can press F12 during POST to enter the Boot Options Menu directly (See “Multi-Boot Menu” on page 
35), or by entering BIOS SETUP utility, Boot Options item.
NOTE:  There are four defaulted options that allow users to specify the boot device sequence.  If the “Boot on 
LAN” option is enabled, then, Realtek Boot Agent will be shown as the fifth option.
The priority of options from top to bottom is 1
st, 2nd, 3rd ,and 4th.
If the Removable Device or Hard Drive option has multi...

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Exit Setup
This menu contains exit options.
The following table describes the parameters in this screen. Setting in 
boldface are the defaults and 
suggested parameter settings.
Load Setup Default
If you want to restore all parameter settings to their default values, select this menu item and press e. The 
following dialog box displays.
If you would like to load factory- default settings for all parameters, use the cursor
 
z / x keys to select 
Ye s; 
then press 
e. Choose 
No if...

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BIOS Flash Utility
The BIOS flash memory update is required for the following conditions:
TNew versions of system programs
TNew features or options
Use the PHFlash or WFlash utility to update the system BIOS flash ROM.
Executing the PHFlash Program
Please do the following to update BIOS in DOS environment.
1.Copy the ZIP file to your HDD.  The recommended directory is C:\drivers\BIOS
2.Then unzip it with -d option to store the sub-directories.  ex.  )PKUNZIP -d C:\drivers\BIOS\*.zip...

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System Utility Diskette
This utility diskette is for the Aspire 1600 notebook machine. You can find the utility in Service CD kit. It 
provides the following functions:
1.1394 GUID Utility
2.Mother Board Data Utility
To use this diskette, first boot from this diskette, then a “Microsoft Windows ME Startup Menu” prompt you to 
choose the testing item. Follow the instructions on screen to proceed.
NOTE: This program contains a readme.txt file. This readme.txt file will introduce each test...