Asus S62 Service Guide

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7.4 POWER MENU: 
 
 LCD Power Saving
:  
LCD exhausts the most part of power while the system is operating. S1A notebook system BIOS 
support auto backlight saving mode. When the system BIOS detects AC adapter removal, the LCD 
brightness is tuned down to 80 ﹪of its original setting, and back to normal when AC adapter is back 
inserted. 
Battery Calibration
:  
After long time incomplete charge/discharge cycles, the...

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7.5 BOOT MENU: 
 
 In this menu users can decide the boot sequence, as long as the device with highest boot priority 
exists, system BIOS will boot from it, device boot priority is adjusted by pressing “+”,”-“ or space key on 
the selected (highlighted) item. 3 bootable devices for S62 series system are listed in this menu (BIOS 
default boot sequence):   
Removable Device
: ←   Legacy floppy/USB disk 
Hard Disk Drives
:...

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7.6 EXIT MENU: 
 
 Exit BIOS setup, users may make final decision if they want to save the change just made, or load 
BIOS default setting, lists are:   
Save changes and Exit
 
Discard changes and Exit
 
Discard changes
 
Load optimal Defaults
 
Load manufacture Defaults
 
 
  

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8. BIOS Flash Utility 
 There are two utilities for updating S62 series BIOS. One is DOS mode utility and the other is Windows 
mode utility. The detailed information is in Table 8-1. 
  
  Table 8-1: BIOS Flash Utilities 
Utility Name Supported OS Revision 
Aflash2  DOS  2.10 and later 
Winflash  Windows  2.18 and later 
  

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9. Embedded Controller (EC) 
 
9.1 HOTKEYS 
 
    S62 series supported Fn+Hotkeys are listed in following table. 
 Table 9-1 Fn+Hotkey Table 
 Fn+ 
Hotkey 
Legacy ACPI Description 
Fn+F1 N/A SCI Standby 
In ACPI OS, user needs to set sleep button 
behavior to “Standby” in property of Power 
Option. 
Fn+F2 N/A  SCI  Wireless console(WLAN RF status will be kept 
on next boot.)   
Fn+F3 N/A N/A Not used 
Fn+F4 N/A SCI...

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    When pressing Internet instant key, BIOS will notify ATK to launch Internet browser application. 
 
9.3.3 Email Key 
    When pressing Email instant key, BIOS will notify ATK to launch email application. 
 
9.3.5 Touch Pad Enable/Disable Key 
When pressing Touch Pad Enable/Disable instant key, BIOS will notify ATK to enable/disable 
Touch Pad. 
 
9.3.4 Power4 Gear Key 
When pressing Power4 Gear instant key, BIOS...