Acer Aspire ONE 722, Service Manual, Page: 75 / 222

System Utilities
2-25
Using Boot Manager
0
The
Boot Manager
allows the boot order to be changed without accessing the
BIOS Setup
Utility
. To use the
Boot Manager
, perform the following:
NOTE:
NOTE
:
The
F12 Boot Menu
option must be set to
Enabled
in the
BIOS Setup Utility
’s
Main
screen. (refer to
Main
)
To use the
Boot Manager
, perform the following steps:
1. Start the computer.
2. Press
F12
when prompted during POST procedure. The
Boot Manager
dialog is shown.
(Figure 2-27)
Figure 2-27. Boot Manager Dialog
3. Use the  and  keys to highlight a boot device
.
4. Press
Enter
to select an option and continue the boot procedure.
Using DMITools
0
The
DMI
(Desktop Management Interface)
Tool
copies BIOS information to EEPROM
(Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory). Used in the DMI pool for hardware
management.
When the BIOS shows
Verifying DMI pool data,
it is checking that the table correlates
with installed hardware components before sending information to the operating system
(Windows, etc.).
To update the DMI Pool, perform the following:
1. Boot to DOS.
2. At the prompt, enter
dmitools
with one of the following arguments:

/r ==> Read dmi information from memory

/wm ==> Write Manufacturer Name to EEPROM (max. 16 characters)
Boot Manager
Boot Option Menu
1: HDD0: Hitachixxxxxxxx
2: ATAPI CDROM: Optiarc DVD RW xxxxxx
4: Network Boot: MBA v9.4.5 xxxxx

and

to change option, ENTER to select an option