Acer Ferrari 1000 Service Guide

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 LCD 12.1”
AC Adaptor
ItemSpecification
Vendor & Model 
nameAUO 12.1 WXGA 
B121EW03-V3 
GLAREAUO 12.1 WXGA 
B121EW03-V1 
NON-GLARETOSHIBA 12.1 
WXGA 
LTD121EXQQ (G)TOSHIBA 12.1 
WXGA 
LTD121EXUQ 
(AG)
Screen Diagonal 12.1” WXGA 12.1” WXGA 12.1” WXGA 12.1” WXGA
Active area 261.12 (W) x 
163.2261.12 (W) x 
163.2 (H)261.12 (W) x 
163.2 (H)261.12 (W) x 
163.2 (H)
Display 
resolution1280 x 3 (RGB) x 
8001280 x 3 (RGB) x 
8001280 x 3 (RGB) x 
8001280 x 3 (RGB) x 
800
Display mode normally white...

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System Fan True Value Table
Port Replicator
Steady AC current less than 1.6A rms less than 1.5A rms (100Vac, 
240Vac / 3.42A load)
Output feature
Rated voltage 19V 19V
Voltage range 18.05V to 19.95V from 18.05V to 19.95V (0A to 
3.42A output at DC cable end)
Rated power 65W 65W
Output ripple and noise less than 380mVp-p less than 350mVp-p
Turn on delay time within five seconds (measured 
from AC on point to the 90% 
point of the output voltage)within two seconds at 115 Vac 
input voltage...

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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 when problem arises.
To activate the BIOS Utility, press 
m during POST (when “Press  to enter Setup” message is 
prompted on the...

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Information
ParameterDescription
CPU Type This item will show the CPU information of the system.
CPU Speed This item will show the CPU clock speed.
IDE1 Model Name This item will show the Model name of HDD installed on Primary IDE 
master. 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
IDE1 Serial Number This item will show the Serial number of HDD installed on Primary IDE 
master. If...

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Main
ParameterDescription
System Time / System 
Date The hours are displayed with 24 hours format. The values set in these two 
fields take effect immediately.
System Memory This field reports the memory size of system base memory. The size is fixed 
to 640KB. 
Extended Memory This field reports the memory size of the extended memory in the system. 
Extended Memory size = Total memory size - 1 MB 
Video Memory VGA Memory size = 128MB
Quiet Boot Customer Logo display will be shown during POST...

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Advanced
The Advanced menu screen contains parameters involving your hardware devices. It also provides 
advanced settings of the system.
ParameterDescriptionOption
Serial Port Configure serial port A using options:
[Disabled]: No configuration
[Enabled]: User configuration
[Auto]: BIOS or OS chooses configuration
(OS Controlled) Displayed when controlled by OSDisabled
Enabled
Auto
Infrared Port  Configure serial port B using options:
[Disabled]: No configuration
[Enabled]: User...

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Mode Set the mode for the parallel port  Output only
Bi-directional
EPP
ECP
ParameterDescriptionOption 

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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). 
All the passwords obeys the following rules:
Password Policy
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...

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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.
ParameterDescription
Boot  priority  order Keys used to view or configure devices: Up and Down arrows select a device. 
 and  move the device up or down....