Acer Aspire 3650 Service Manual CH2

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System Utilities

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
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 <F12> during POST to enter multi-boot menu. In this menu, user can change boot device without
entering BIOS SETUP Utility.

m during POST (when “Press <F2> to enter Setup” message is prompted

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Information

Main Advanced Security Boot Exit

CPU Type :
CPU Speed :

Genunie Intel (R) CPU

1.66GHz

HDD Model Name :
HDD Serial Number :

ATAPI Model Name :
ATAPI Serial Number :

BIOS Version:
VGA BIOS Ver

Serial Number

None

None

V1.10
Intel V1256

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Asset Tag Number N/A

Produce Name

Manufacturer Name: Acer

UUID:

TravelMate 4200

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

22 Byte

32 Byte

16 Byte

16 Byte
32 Byte

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults

Esc Exit ←

Select Menu Enter Select 4Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit

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Navigating the BIOS Utility

There are six menu options: Info., Main, System Devices, Security, Boot, and Exit.

Follow these instructions:

T To choose a menu, use the cursor left/right keys (zx).

T To choose a parameter, use the cursor up/down keys ( wy).

T To change the value of a parameter, press por q.

T A plus sign (+) indicates the item has sub-items. Press e to expand this item.

T Press ^ while you are in any of the menu options to go to the Exit menu.

T In 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.

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Information

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PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Information

CPU Type :
CPU Speed :

HDD Model Name :
HDD Serial Number :

ATAPI Model Name :
ATAPI Serial Number :

Main Advanced Security Boot Exit

Genunie Intel (R) CPU

1.66GHz

None

None

BIOS Version:
VGA BIOS Ver

Serial Number

Asset Tag Number

Produce Name

Manufacturer Name: Acer

UUID:

V1.10
Intel V1256

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

N/A

Aspire 5650/TravelMate 4260

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

22 Byte

32 Byte

16 Byte

16 Byte
32 Byte

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults

Esc Exit ←

NOTE: The system information is subject to different models.

Parameter Description

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

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.

UUID Number This will be visible only when an internal LAN device is presenting.

Select Menu Enter Select 4Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit

disk drive or optical drive model name is automatically detected by the system.

UUID=32bytes

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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.

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Information

Main

Advanced Security Boot Exit

Item Specific Help

System Time: [22:03:28]

System Date: [01/23/2006]

System Memory: 640 KB

Extended Memory: XXXMB

Video Memory [128MB]

Shows system base memory size

Shows extended memory size

VGA memory size

<Tab>, <Shift-Tab>, or

<Enter> selects field.

Quiet Boot: [Enabled]

Power on display: [Auto ]
Network boot

F12 Boot Menu

D2D Recovery

[Enabled]

[Disabled]

[Enabled]

F1 Help ↑↓ Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults

Esc Exit ← → Select Menu Enter Select 4Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit

NOTE: The screen above is for your reference only. Actual values may differ.

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The table below describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested
parameter settings.

Parameter Description Format/Option

System Time Sets the system time. The hours are displayed

with 24-hour format.

System Date Sets the system date. Format MM/DD/YYYY (month/day/

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.

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).

Network Boot Enables, disables the system boot from LAN

(remote server).

F12 Boot Menu Enables, disables Boot Menu during POST.

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.

Format: HH:MM:SS
(hour:minute:second) System Time

year)

System Date

Option: Enabled or Disabled

Option:

Auto or Both

Enabled or Disabled

Option:

Option:

Disabled or Enabled

Option:

Enabled or Disabled

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.

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