Acer Aspire 3100 Service Guide

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Information
•CPU type: This item will show the CPU information of the system.
•CPU speed: This item will show the COU clock speed.
•HDD model name: The hard disk model name is automatically detected by the system. If there is no 
hard disk present or unknown type, “None” should be shown on this field.
•HDD serial number: If no hard disk or other devices are installed on primary IDE master, it will display a 
blank line.
•System BIOS version: This field reports BIOS version of the system.
•VGA...

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Main
•System Time and System Date: The hours are displayed with 24-hour format. The changes in these 
two items take effect immediately.
•System Memory: This item reports the memory size of system base memory. The size is fixed to 
640KB.
•Extended Memory: It reports the memory size of the extended memory in the system. The extended 
memory size is equal to total memory size (one MB).
•Video Memory: It indicates the video memory size.
•Quiet Boot:
•Enabled: Customer Logo is displayed, and...

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•F12 Boot Menu:
•Enabled: When it is enabled, the users can modify device boot priority by pressing  during 
POST.
•Disabled: When it is not enabled, device boot priority will not be adjustable during POST.
The boot device change is only for one-time change. In other words, when the system is 
rebooted, the boot device sequence will be the same as the one defined in the BIOS setup 
(Boot option).
•D2D Recovery: It allows the users to enable or disable the disk-to-disk recovery. 

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•Enable ACPI (debug only): Enable/Disable ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) debug 
only, remove this option for production.
•Infrared Port:
•Disabled: No configuration
•Enabled: User configuration
•BIOS or OS chooses configuration
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility 
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Item Specific Help 
  
 
  
  
    Infrared Port (FIR)
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Security
The system supports three levels of password protection. The password support consists of a 
Supervisor Password, User Password, and Hard Disk Password. All the passwords are stored in a 
non-volatile storage device (EEPROM).
•Password Policy:
All the passwords will obey the following rules:
•All the passwords can be set or cleared in BIOS Setup Security screen.
•The password entry consists of eight alphanumeric characters. At least one character must be 
assigned.
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•The users can not change or remove password during resuming from S4.
•The max. number of times to retry the password is limited to three.
•Supervisor Password:
Supervisor Password controls the access of the whole BIOS Setup Utility. If the Supervisor 
Password is set, the system will pop up the password dialog box to ask for the password when 
the users press  for entering BIOS Setup Utility.
If the Supervisor Password is set and Password on boot is enabled, the system will pop up the...

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Boot
This menu allows the users to decide the order of bootable devices to load the operating system. It 
identifies all the bootable devices in the system and attempts to boot them in the order specified. 
Bootable devices include the diskette drive in module bay, the hard disk and the CD-ROM/DVD 
drive in module bay and onboard LAN device.
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility 
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Item Specific Help 
  
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Exit
•Exit Saving Changes: It allows the users to save changes to CMOS and reboot the system. 
•Exit Discarding Changes: The users can exit the Setup not to save changes.
•Load Setup Defaults: It allows the users to load default values in CMOS Setup.
•Discard Changes: The users can discard previous changes in CMOS Setup.
•Save Changes: The users can save current changes in CMOS Setup.
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility 
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DOS Flash SOP
1.Press  to enter Setup Menu, select Boot page to change boot device priority order. Use USB as an 
example.
2.Execute the BIOS.BAT or FLASH.BAT batch file to update BIOS. 

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3.In flash BIOS, the caution message Please do not remove AC power source will show. If AC power 
source is plugged, the caution message AC adapter does not exist.