Acer Aspire 3100 Service Guide
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42Chapter 2 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 BIOS version: This field reports VGA BIOS version of the system. •Serial Number: This item is the serial number of the system. •Asset Tag Number: This item is the asset tag number of the system. •UUID: It shows only when an internal LAN device is available. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility . Info. Main Advanced Security Boot Exit CPU Type: : AMD Turion (tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology CPU Speed : ATAPI Serial Number: System BIOS Version: VGA BIOS Version: V0.17A ATi 009.012.001.005 EC BIOS Version: Serial Number: V0.17A Asset Tag Number: Product Name: Aspire 5110 Manufacturer Name: Acer UUID: 37363032313033353761000FB0F34EC7 F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit ← → Select Menu Enter Select 4Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit HDD Model Name: HDD Serial Number: ST9120821AS-(PM) 1600 MHz ATAPI Model Name: HCW5021012617000C01601 5PL08H08 MATSHITADVD-RAMUJ-8-(SM)
Chapter 243
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 Summary Screen is disabled.
•Disabled: Customer Logo is displayed, and Summary Screen is enabled.
•Power on Display:
•Auto: During power on process, the system will detect if any display device is connected on
external video port. If any external display device is connected, the power on display will be only
in CRT (or projector) mode. Otherwise, it will be in LCD mode.
•Both: Both the integrated LCD and the external video port (for an external CRT or projector) will
be enabled simultaneously.
•Network Boot: It permits the users to boot from network.
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility
Info.
Main Advanced Security Boot Exit
Item Specific Help
System Time: [14:13:43]
System Date:
System Memory: 633 KB
Extended Memory: 1046528 KB
Video Memory 128 MB
Quiet Boot: [Enabled]
Power on Display: [Auto]
Network Boot
[Enabled]
F12 Boot Menu:
[Disabled]
, , or
selects field.
F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults
Esc Exit ← → Select Menu Enter Select 4Sub -Menu F10 Save and Exit
D2D Recovery:
[05/12/2006]
[Enabled]
44Chapter 2 •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.
Chapter 245
Advanced
•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
Info. Main Advanced Security Boot Exit
Item Specific Help
Infrared Port (FIR)
Advanced Chipset Control
(Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface) Debug only,
remove this option for
production.
En/Disable ACPI BIOS
F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults
Esc Exit ← → Select Menu Enter Select 4Sub - Menu F10 Save and Exit
[Yes]
[Enabled]
Enable ACPI (debug only):
46Chapter 2
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.
•The valid keys are listed in the table below:
Symbol CharacterSymbol Name
A-Z letters A to Z (not case sensitive)
0-9 numerical characters
- dash
= equal sign
[ left bracket
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility
Info. Main Advanced Boot
Item Specific Help Supervisor Password Is: Clear
User Password Is: Clear
[Enter]Set Supervisor Password
Password on Boot:
[Disabled]
Supervisor Password
controls accesses of the
setup utility.
to boot up when Password on
boot is enabled.
F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults
Esc Exit ← → Select Menu Enter Select 4Sub -Menu F10 Save and Exit
Set User Passord
[Enter]Clear
Set HDD Password
[Enter]Exit
Security
HDD Password Is:
It can be used
Chapter 247 •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 password dialog box to ask for the password when the system is powered on or resumes for S4 state. If the users fail three times consecutively in password verification, the system will be hung up and the users need to manually power off the system. •User Password: If the User 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 not set at first, the User Password can not be set. If the Supervisor Password is cleared, the User Password will be cleared, too. If the User Password is set and Password on boot is enabled, the system will pop up the password dialog box to ask for the password when the system is powered on or resumes for S4 state. If the users fail three times consecutively in password verification, the system will be hung up and the users need to manually power off the system. •Set Supervisor Password / User Password: •Highlight the item and press “Enter”, a dialog box will be shown to ask the users to enter new password and confirm new password. •If the users want to reset password, a current password will be required to be tapped in at first. If the current password is correct, the users are permitted to enter new password and confirm new password for verification. If the verification is OK, the password setting will be complete after the users press “Enter”. •If the password entered does not match the current password, a dialog box will be shown to ask to re-enter the password. •Set HDD Password: When shown as “Locked”, the hard drive password currently can not be changed or disabled. To change or disable it, turn off the system and enter Setup immediately after turning it back on. Press “Enter” to input change, or disable hard drive password. •Password on Boot: It allows the user to specify whether or not a password is required to boot. ] right bracket . period , comma ; semi-colon /slash \ back slash Symbol CharacterSymbol Name
48Chapter 2
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
Info. Main Advanced Security Exit
Item Specific Help
Boot priority order:
Keys used to view or
configure devices:
Up and Down arrows
select a device, then press
F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults
Esc Exit ← → Select Menu Enter Select 4Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit
Boot
1: SATA: ST9120821AS-(S1)
2: IDE 1:
3: IDE 0: MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-845S-(PM)
4: PCI BEV: Realtek Boot Agent
5: USB HDD:
6: USB CDROM:
7: USB FDD:
8: USB KEY: to move it up the list, or
to move it down the list.
Press to exit the menu.
Chapter 249 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 Info. Main Advanced Security Boot Item Specific Help Exit Saving Changes Exit Dicarding Changes Load Setup Defaults Exit System Setup and save your changes to CMOS. F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit ← → Select Menu Enter Select 4Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit Discard ChangesExit Save Changes
50Chapter 2 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.
Chapter 251 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.