Acer Aspire E571, Service Manual

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Virus Warning
This item enables or disables the boot sector virus protection.
Hyper-Threading Technology (Enabled)
This item enables or disables Hyper-Threading technology function.
Quick Power On Self Test
You can enable this item to shorten the POST and have your system startup faster. You might like to enable this
item after you are confident that your system hardware is operating smoothly.
First / Second / Third Boot Device
Use this three items to select the priority and order of the devices that your system searches for an operating
system when the system is powering on.
Boot Other Device
When enabled, the system searches all other possible locations for an operating system if it fails to find one in the
devices specified under the First, Second, and Third boot devices.
Boot Up NumLock Status
This item defines if the keyboard NumLock key is active when your system is booted.
Gate A20 Option
This item defines how the system handles legacy software that was written for an earlier generation of processors.
Set this item for the default value.
Security Option
If you have installed password protection, this item defines if the password is required at system start up, or if it is
only required when a user tries to enter the Setup Utility.
APIC Mode
This item allows you to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) mode. APIC
provides symmetric multi-processing (SMP) for systems.
MPS Version Control For OS
This item specifies which version of MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) this main board will use. Set this item for
its default setting.
HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability
The S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) system is a diagnostics technology that
monitors and predicts device performance. S.M.A.R.T software resides on both the disk drive and the host
computer.
Silent Boot
This item enables or disables the Silent Boot function.
Configuration Table
This item enables or disables the Configuration Table in BIOS setting.