Acer Aspire 3300, Service Manual

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Floppy Drives
To enter the configuration value for the floppy drive (drive A), highlight the
Floppy Drive A parameter. Press
[
or
]
to view the options and select the
appropriate value.
Possible settings for the Floppy Drive parameters are:
❑
[ None ]
❑
[360 KB, 5.25-inch]
❑
[1.2 MB, 5.25-inch]
❑
[720 KB, 3.5-inch]
❑
[1.44 MB, 3.5-inch]
❑
[2.88 MB, 3.5-inch]
LS-120 drive as
This parameter allows you not only to enable the LS-120 device installed in your
system, but also to specify the function of the device. The setting affects how
BIOS will detect the device.
Possible settings are:
❑
Normal In this setting, BIOS does not support the LS-120 drive. The
drive needs the LS-120 device driver to operate.
❑
Drive A BIOS recognizes the LS-120 drive as drive A. If a standard
diskette drive A exists, BIOS automatically identifies it as drive B. If a
standard diskette drive B exists, it automatically becomes inaccessible.
If two LS-120 drives exist, BIOS recognizes them as drive A and drive B,
respectively.
❑
Drive B BIOS recognizes the LS-120 drive as drive B. If a standard
diskette drive B exists, it becomes inaccessible.
❑
Hard Disk BIOS recognizes the LS-120 drive as a hard disk. In this
setting, format the LS-120 drive as any other hard disk and assign it a drive
letter C, D, E, and so on.
IDE Drives
To configure the IDE drives connected to your system, select the parameter that
represents the channel and port where the desired hard disk to configure is
connected. The options are:
IDE Primary Channel Master
This parameter lets you configure the hard disk drive connected to the master
port of IDE channel 1.