Acer Aspire 9800 Service Guide
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Chapter 145 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 Hibernation Mode. System saves all system states and data onto the disc prior to power off the whole system.
Chapter 247 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 when problem arises. To activate the BIOS Utility, press m during POST (when “Press to enter Setup” message is prompted on the bottom of screen). Press m to enter setup. The default parameter of F12 Boot Menu is set to “disabled”. If you want to change boot device without entering BIOS Setup Utility, please set the parameter to “enabled”. Press during POST to enter multi-boot menu. In this menu, user can change boot device without entering BIOS SETUP Utility. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility CPU Type : Genuine Intel (R) CPU [email protected] CPU Speed : System BIOS Version: V0.10 VGA BIOS Version: KBC BIOS Version: nVIDIA G73 E463 5.73.22.15FA V0.21 Serial Numberxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Asset Tag Number N/A Produce Name Aspire 9800 Manufacturer Name: Acer Inc. UUID: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit ← → Select Menu Enter Select 4Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit IDE0 Model Name : IDE1 Model Name : Intel RAID0 TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-L632D-MP2YH1XBGALJEE 22 Byte 32 Byte 16 Byte 16 Byte 32 Byte 2130 MHz Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Information System Utilities Chapter 2
48Chapter 2 Navigating the BIOS Utility There are six menu options: Info., Main, System Devices, Security, Boot, and Exit. Follow these instructions: TTo choose a menu, use the cursor left/right keys (zx). TTo choose a parameter, use the cursor up/down keys ( wy). TTo change the value of a parameter, press por q. TA plus sign (+) indicates the item has sub-items. Press e 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 settings by pressing t. You can also press u to save any changes made and exit the BIOS Setup Utility. NOTE: You can change the value of a parameter if it is enclosed in square brackets. Navigation keys for a particular menu are shown on the bottom of the screen. Help for parameters are found in the Item Specific Help part of the screen. Read this carefully when making changes to parameter values. Please note that system information is subject to different models.
Chapter 249 Information NOTE: The system information is subject to different models. ParameterDescription CPU Type This field shows the CPU type and speed of the system. IDE1 Model Name This field shows the model name of HDD installed on primary IDE master. IDE1 Serial Number This field displays the serial number of HDD installed on primary IDE master. IDE2I Model Name This field displays the mofel name of devices installed on secondary IDE master. The hard disk drive or optical drive model name is automatically detected by the system. IDE2 Serial Number This field shows the serial number of devices installed on secondary IDE master. System BIOS ver Displays system BIOS version. VGA BIOS Ver This field displays the VGA firmware version of the system. KBC Ver This field shows the keyboard Serial Number This field displays the serial number of this unit. Asset Tag Number This field displays the asset tag number of the system. Product Name This field shows product name of the system. Manufacturer Name This field displays the manufacturer of this system. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility CPU Type : Genuine Intel (R) CPU [email protected] CPU Speed : System BIOS Version: V0.10 VGA BIOS Version: KBC BIOS Version: nVIDIA G73 E463 5.73.22.15FA V0.21 Serial Numberxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Asset Tag Number N/A Produce Name Aspire 9800 Manufacturer Name: Acer Inc. UUID: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults Esc Exit ← → Select Menu Enter Select 4Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit IDE0 Model Name : IDE1 Model Name : Intel RAID0 TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-L632D-MP2YH1XBGALJEE 22 Byte 32 Byte 16 Byte 16 Byte 32 Byte 2130 MHz Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Information
50Chapter 2 UUID Number This will be visible only when an internal LAN device is presenting. UUID=32bytes ParameterDescription
Chapter 251 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. NOTE: The screen above is for your reference only. Actual values may differ. PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Information Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help System Time: [19:03:49] System Date: [04/25/2006] System Memory: 633 KB Extended Memory: 1022 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 Shows system base memory size Shows extended memory size D2D Recovery [Enabled]
52Chapter 2 The table below describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested parameter settings. 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. ParameterDescriptionFormat/Option System Time Sets the system time. The hours are displayed with 24-hour format.Format: HH:MM:SS (hour:minute:second) System Time System Date Sets the system date. Format MM/DD/YYYY (month/day/ year) System Date System Memory This field reports the memory size of the system. Memory size is fixed to 640MB Extended Memory This field reports the memory size of the extended memory in the system. Extended Memory size=Total memory size-1MB VGA Memory Shows the VGA memory size. VGA Memory size=64/128MB Quiet Boot Determines if Customer Logo will be displayed or not; shows Summary Screen is disabled or enabled. Enabled: Customer Logo is displayed, and Summary Screen is disabled. Disabled: Customer Logo is not displayed, and Summary Screen is enabled. Option: Enabled or Disabled Power on display Auto: During power 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 in CRT (or projector) only mode. Otherwise it will be in LCD only mode. Both: Simultaneously enable both the integrated LCD screen and the system’s external video port (for an external CRT or projector).Option: Auto or Both Network Boot Enables, disables the system boot from LAN (remote server).Option: Enabled or Disabled F12 Boot Menu Enables, disables Boot Menu during POST. Option: Disabled or Enabled D2D Recovery Enables, disables D2D Recovery function. The function allows the user to create a hidden partition on hard disc drive to store operation system and restore the system to factory defaults.Option: Enabled or Disabled
Chapter 253
Advanced
The Advanced screen displays advanced settings in BIOS.
The table below describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested
parameter settings.
ParameterDescriptionOption
Serial port Displays the settings of the serial prot
Enabled or Disabled
Parallel port Shows the settings of the parallel port
Enabled or Disabled
IrDA Device Shows the setting of the infrared port
Enabled or Disabled
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility
Information Main Advanced Security Boot Exit
Item Specific Help
Serial port :
[Disabled]
Infrared port is not active.
[Enabled]
Infrared port is active and is
user configured.
[Auto]
BIOS or OS chooses
configuration
(OS Controlled)
Displayed when controlled
by OS
F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults
Esc Exit ← → Select Menu Enter Select 4Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit
[Auto]
Parallel port :
Mode :[Enabled]
[ECP]
IrDA Device :
Mode :[Enabled]
[IRDA4PPM (FIR)]
54Chapter 2
Security
The Security screen contains parameters that help safeguard and protect your computer from unauthorized
use.
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility
Information Main Advanced Boot
Item Specific Help
Supervisor Password Is : Clear
User Password Is : Clear
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Password on Boot[Disabled]
Supervisor Password
controls accesses of the
whole setup utility.
It can be used 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
[Enter]
[Enter]Exit
Security