Acer Aspire 1670 Service Guide

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System Power Management
ACPI modePower Management
Mech. Off (G3) All devices in the system are turned off completely.
Soft Off (G2/S5) OS initiated shutdown. All devices in the system are turned off 
completely.
Working (G0/S0) Individual devices such as the CPU and hard disc may be power 
managed in this state.
Suspend to RAM (S3) CPU set Power Down
VGA Suspend
PCMCIA Suspend
Audio Power Down
Hard Disk Power Down
CD-ROM Power Down
Super I/O Low Power mode
Save to Disk (S4) Also called...

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Power Management Function (ACPI support function)
Device Standby Mode
TIndependent power management timer for hard disk drive devices 
(0-15 minutes, time step=1 minute). 
THard disk drive goes into Standby mode (for ATA standard interface).
TDisable V-sync to control the VESA DPMS monitor.
TResume method: device activated (Keyboard for DOS, keyboard & mouse for Windows).
TResume recovery time: 3-5 sec.
Global Standby Mode
TGlobal power management timer (2-120 minutes, time step=10 minute)....

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BIOS Setup Utility
The BIOS Setup Utility is a hardware configuration program built into your computer’s BIOS(Basic 
Input Output System)
.
Your Computer is already properly configured and optimized, and you do not need to run this utility. However, 
if you encounter configuration problems, you may need to run Setup. Please also refer to Chapter 4 
Troubleshooting wheb problem arises.
To activate the BIOS Utility, press 
mduring POST(when”Pressto enter Setup”message is prompted on 
the bottom...

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Navigating the BIOS Utility
There are six menu options: Info, Main, System, Devices, Security, Boot, and Exit.
Follow these instructions:
TTo choose a parameter, use the cursor up/down keys(  or  ) 
TTo choose a menu, use the cursor left/right keys(  or  ).
TTo change the value of a parameter, press porq 
TA plus sign (+) indicates the item has sub-items. Press  to expand this item.
TPress    while you are in any of the menu options to go to the Exit menu.
TIn any menu, you can load default...

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Information
The screen below appears if you select Product Information from the main menu:
The Product Information menu contains general data about the system, such as the product name, serial
 number, BIOS version, etc. These information is necessary for troubleshooting (maybe required when 
asking for technical support).
Note: This system information is subject to different medels.
The following table describes the parameters found in this menu:
ParameterDescription
CPU Type/speed Display...

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Serial Num Display the serial number of this unit
Asset Tag Number An Asset Tag with 32 bytes will be stored in EEPROM.
Product/manufacturer Name Display the product and manufacturer name
UUID Universal Uinque Identifier. A UUID string will be stored in the secured data area 
which is an alphanumeric string og Max. 16 bytes in length. This will be visible 
only when there is an internal LAN device present.
ParameterDescription 

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Main
The Main screen displays a summary of your computer hardware information, and also includes basic setup 
parameters. It allows the user to specify standard IBM PC AT system parameters.
The following table describes the parameters found in this menu. Settings in boldface are the default and 
suggested settings.
ParameterDescriptionOptions
System Time Sets the system time. The hours are displayed 
with 24-hour format.Format  HH:MM:SS
(hour:minute:second)
System Date Sets the system date...

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Note: The sub-items under each device will not be shown if the device control is set to disable or auto. This is 
because the user is not allowed to control the settings in these cases.
Quiet Boot Quiet Boot replaces the customary technical 
messages during POST with a more visually 
pleasing and comfortable display(OEM Logo 
screen). During POST, right after the initialization 
of VGA, The notebook displays an illustration 
called the OEM screen during system boot 
instead of the traditional...

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Advanced 
The Advanced menu screen contains parameters involving your hardware devices. It also provides advanced 
settings of the system.
The following table describes the parameters found in this menu. Settings in boldface are the default and 
suggested settings.
ParameterDescriptionOptions
Infrared Port(FIR) Enables, disables or auto detects the infrared 
port.
Disabled: Infrared port is not active
Enabled: Infrared port is active and is user 
configured
Auto: BIOS or OS chooses...

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System Boot from Hard Disk 
RecoveryOnce the system boot from hard disk recovery 
is enabled, the boot menu will added D2D 
recovery item, but it still need user change the 
boot sequence to first. The system will process 
the disk to disk recovery step.Disabled
Enabled
ParameterDescriptionOptions