Acer Travelmate C110 Service Guide

Chapter 233
Main System Settings
The Main System Settings screen allows you to set the system date and time.
The following table describes the parameters in this screen
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ParameterDescription
System Time Sets the system time
Format: HH:MM:SS ( Hour : Minute : Second )
Help: ,, or   selects field.
System Date Sets the system date.
Format: MM/DD/YYYY (Month/Day/Year)
Help: , , or  selects field.
Boot Display Set the display output device on boot up.
Help: Set the display output device on boot up.
When set...

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Startup Screen Display OEM logo picture screen during boot up.
Options: Enable or Disable
Help: Enable to show the graphic picture screen on boot up.
Boot on LAN Options: Enable or Disable.
Help: When set to enabled, system will boot on LAN.
Notice: Need to restart system for enabling Boot-on-LAN function.
Hotkey Beep Options: Enable or Disable
Help: Enable or Disable Hotkey Beep.
Auto Dim Options: Enable or Disable
Help: The system will support an automatic dimming of the LCD backlight...

Chapter 235
Advanced System Settings
The Startup Configuration screen contains parameter values that define how your computer behaves on 
system startup.
The following table describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default and 
suggested parameter settings.
ParameterDescriptionOptions
IDE Primary Master  Show IDE Primary Master drive.
User can enter submenu to set some detail functionsAuto
I/O Device Configuration Enter submenu to set onboard device configuration
Help:...

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IDE Primary Master
The IDE Primary Master sub-menu contains parameters related to the primary hard disk.
CAUTION:  The parameters in this screen are for the advanced users only. Typically, you do not need to 
change the values in this screen. The default setting of Auto optimizes all the settings for your hard 
disk. 
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility 
                  Advanced 
 
Primary Master  [HITACHI_DK23EA-60-(PM)]  
Item Specific Help 
 
 Type:                      [Auto] 
     LBA...

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I/O Device Configuration
The parameters in this screen are for advanced users only. You do not need to change the values in this 
screen because these values are already optimized.
The I/O Device Configuration screen assigns resources to basic computer communication hardware.
NOTE: When the device is disabled, all the sub-items will be showed as [--]. 
The following table describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested 
parameter settings....

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Interrupt Sets the IRQ of the Com operation.
Help: Set the base I/O address for serial port A.IRQ3, IRQ4
DMA Channel Sets a DMA channel for the printer to operate in ECP 
mode. This parameter is enabled only if operation 
mode is set to ECP.
Help: Set the DMA channel for the parallel port.DMA1 or DMA3
 Parallel Port Enables or disable the parallel port.
The parallel port is a PnP device. Enabled/Disabled 
setting won’t affect the Windows Device Manager 
setting of the parallel port....

Chapter 239
System Security
The System Security screen contains parameters that help safeguard and protect your computer from 
unauthorized use.
The following table describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default and 
suggested parameter settings.
ParameterDescriptionOptions
Set Supervisor Password While entering SETUP, BIOS need to request user to enter 
supervisor password if set.
This password protects the BIOS SETUP menu from 
unathorized modification.
Help: Supervisor...

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Setting a Password
Follow these steps: 
1.Use the cursor 
w/y keys to highlight a Password parameter (Setup, Power-on or Hard Disk) and press 
the 
e key. The password box appears:
2.Type a password. The password may consist of up to eight characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9). 
IMPORTANT:Be very careful when typing your password because the characters do not appear on the screen. 
3.Press 
e. Retype the password to verify your first entry and press e.
4.After setting the password, the computer...

Chapter 241
Boot Options
Users can press F12 during POST to enter the Boot Options Menu. In this menu users can change boot 
device without entering BIOS SETUP utility.
NOTE:  There are four priorities that can let the user to specify the boot device sequence.
The priority of options from top to down is 1
st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.
If the Removable Device  or Hard Drive option has multi devices, show ‘+’ in front of option and show each 
device information.
If secondary Hard Disk exists, user can also choose it...

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Exit Setup
This menu contains exit options.
The following table describes the parameters in this screen. Setting in boldface are the defaults and 
suggested parameter settings.
ParameterDescription
Exit Saving Changes Save any changes, and exit BIOS setup.
Help: Exit System Setup and save your changes to CMOS.
Exit Discarding Changes Discard any changes, and exit BIOS setup.
Help: Exit utility without saving Setup data to CMOS.
Load Setup Defaults Load Setup Defaults.
Help: Load default...