Acer Travelmate 4730 Service Guide

Chapter 231
Setting a Password
Follow these steps as you set the user or the supervisor password:
1.Use the ↑ and ↓ keys to highlight the Set Supervisor Password parameter and press the Enter key. The 
Set Supervisor Password box appears:
2.Type a password in the “Enter New Password” field. The password length can not exceeds 8 
alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9, not case sensitive). Retype the password in the “Confirm New 
Password” field.
IMPORTANT:Be very careful when typing your password because...

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Changing a Password
1.Use the ↑ and ↓ keys to highlight the Set Supervisor Password parameter and press the Enter key. The 
Set Password box appears.
2.Type the current password in the Enter Current Password field and press Enter.
3.Type a password in the Enter New Password field. Retype the password in the Confirm New Password 
field.
4.Press Enter. After setting the password, the computer sets the User Password parameter to “Set”.
5.If desired, you can enable the Password on boot...

Chapter 233
Power
The Power screen allows the user to configure various CPU and power management options and device 
wakeup behavior.
The table below describes the items, menus, and submenus in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default 
and suggested parameter settings. 
ParameterDescriptionSubmenu Items
Advanced CPU 
ControlEnter the Advanced CPU Control menu.  • P-States (IST)
• Boot performance mode
• Thermal Mode
• CMP Support
• Use XD capability
• VT Support
•C-States
• Enhanced C-States
•...

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Platform Power 
ManagementEnter the Platform Power Management 
menu. • PCI Clock Run
• _CST - C4 Latency Value
• C4 on C3 - Deeper Sleep
ACPI S3Enable or Disable ACPI S1/S3 Sleep State. N/A
Wake on PMEEnable or Disable wake up when the 
system power is off and a PCI Power 
Management Enable wake up event occurs.N/A
Wake on Modem 
RingEnable or Disable wake up when the 
system power is off and a modem attached 
to the serial port is ringing.N/A
Auto wake on S5Disable or Enable auto wake up by...

Chapter 235
Boot
This menu allows the user to decide the order of boot devices to load the operating system. Bootable devices 
includes the USB diskette drives, the onboard hard disk drive and the DVD drive in the module bay.
             Ins y deH20 S etup Utility Rev. 3.5
Information     Main     Advanc ed S ec urity P owerBootExit
Item Spec ific  Help
B oot priority  order:Us e <
↑> or <
↓> to select
a devic e, then pres s
1. US B  HDD :< F5>  to move it down the
2. IDE0 : ST9250827AS lis t, or < F6>...

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Exit
The Exit screen allows you to save or discard any changes you made and quit the BIOS Utility.
The table below describes the parameters in this screen.
ParameterDescription
Exit Saving Changes Exit System Setup and save your changes to CMOS.
Exit Discarding 
ChangesExit utility without saving setup data to CMOS.
Load Setup Default Load default values for all SETUP item.
Discard Changes Load previous values from CMOS for all SETUP items.
Save Changes Save Setup Data to CMOS....

Chapter 237
BIOS Flash Utility
The BIOS flash memory update is required for the following conditions:
•New versions of system programs
•New features or options
•Restore a BIOS when it becomes corrupted. 
Use the Phlash utility to update the system BIOS flash ROM.
NOTE: Create a Crisis Recovery Media (such as USB HDD) before you use the Phlash utility.
NOTE: Do not install memory-related drivers (XMS, EMS, DPMI) when you use the Phlash.
NOTE: Please use the AC adaptor power supply when you run the Phlash...

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4.In flash BIOS, the message Please do not remove AC Power Source displays.
NOTE: If the AC power is not connected, the following message displays.
Plug in the AC power to continue.
5.Flash is complete when the following message displays. 
6.Shutdown or reboot base on iflash.bat command. 

Chapter 239
Remove HDD/BIOS Utility
This section provide you with removing HDD/BIOS method:
Remove HDD Password:
•If you key in wrong HDD password three times, Hdd password error code displays. See the image 
below.
To reset the HDD password, run HDD_PW.EXE as follows:
1.
Key in hdd_pw 15494 0 
2.Press 2.
3.Select one upper-case string from the list.
4.Reboot system and key in the selected string (0KJFN42 or UVEIQ96) on the HDD User 
Password screen. 

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Remove BIOS Password:
If you key in the wrong Supervisor Password three times, System Disabled displays on the screen. See the 
image below.
To reset the BIOS password, run BIOS_PW.EXE as follows:
1.
Key in bios_pw 14452 0
2.Select one string from the list.