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Ch2. system utilities, Bios setup utility, Navigating the bios utility – Acer 270 User Manual

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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 bottom of screen).

Navigating the BIOS Utility

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

Follow these instructions:

To choose a menu, use the cursor left/right keys (

zx

).

To choose a parameter, use the cursor up/down keys (

wy

).

To change the value of a parameter, press

p

or

q

.

A plus sign (+) indicates the item has sub-items. Press

e

to expand this item.

Press

^

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

In any menu, you can load default settings by pressing

t

. You can also press

u

to save any

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Main

System Devices Security Boot Info. Exit

Item specific Help

System Tim e:

[09:00:00]

System Date:

[01/01/2002]

, , or

Floppy Disk Drive

1.44 MB

Floppy disk size

Internal Hard Disk:

[ xxxxx MB]

Disk Size

ATAPI Device :

[ Model Name]

Boot Display Device:

[Both]

Screen Expansion:

[Enabled]

Television Type:

[NTSC]

Select NTSL or PAL standard

VGA Memory:

[32MB]

VGA Memory Size Configuration

F1

Help

↑↓

Select Item

F5/F6

Change Values

F9

Setup defaults

Esc

Exit

←→

Select Menu

Enter

Select

4

Sub-Menu

F10

Save and Exit

System Utilities

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