User manual ACER ASPIRE 7551G

[. . . ] You now have the convenience and flexibility of a full-featured multimedia PC, offering increased productivity combined with first class digital entertainment. Incorporating the latest Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system, your Aspire offers a host of functions designed to improve your computing experience. English Major Benefits Your new Aspire computer enables you to do the following: · Use the latest productivity software to perform a range of office tasks, such as word processing, working with financial spreadsheets and creating presentations. Maximize your use of the Internet by downloading and playing exciting new multimedia files. Enjoy your audio CDs, even when you are not using your computer for other tasks. [. . . ] Lets you configure the drive connected to the master port of IDE channel 2. Lets you configure the drive connected to the slave port of IDE channel 2. Allows you to configure floppy drive A. IDE Primary Slave [IDE Device Model Number] None IDE Secondary Master [IDE Device Model Number] None IDE Secondary Slave [IDE Device Model Number] None Drive A 1. 44 MB, 3. 5-inch None 360 KB, 5. 25-inch 1. 2 MB, 5. 25-inch 720 KB, 3. 5-inch 2. 88 MB, 3. 5-inch 25 Drive B Allows you to configure floppy drive B (if one is present). 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 Both Drive A Drive B Disabled EGA/VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 Mono All Errors No Errors All, But Keyboard All, But Diskette All, But Disk/Key English Floppy 3 Mode Support Allows your floppy drive(s) to run in three modes including 2. 88 MB mode. Video Specifies the type of video card in use. Since current PCs use VGA only, this function may be disregarded in the future. Enables you to control the system stops in case of Power-on self-test (POST) errors. Halt On Base Memory Refers to the portion of memory that is available to standard DOS programs. DOS systems have an address space of 1 MB, but the top 384 KB (called high memory) is reserved for system use. Refers to memory above and beyond the standard 1 MB base memory that DOS supports. Extended memory is only available in PCs with an Intel 80286 or later microprocessor. Extended memory is not configured in any special manner and is therefore unavailable to most DOS programs. The memory size is automatically detected by BIOS during the power-on self test (POST). If you install additional memory, the computer automatically adjusts this parameter to display the new memory size. Extended Memory Total Memory 26 IDE Primary Master/Slave and IDE Secondary Master/Slave Setup English The following table describes the parameters found on this submenu. The mouse driver simulates legacy mouse commands and lets you use a USB mouse during POST or after boot if you don't have a USB driver in the operating system. If you installed both a PCI VGA card and an AGP card, this item lets you decide which one is to be used as the initial display card. Enables or disables the on-die AC97 Audio if there is no add-on PCI Audio device. Enabling this item enhances disk performance by allowing multisector data transfers and eliminating the interrupt handling time for each sector. Most IDE drives, except those with old designs, can support this feature. Enable this option if your system has an onboard FDC (floppy disk controller) and you wish to use it. If what you have installed is an add-on FDC or your system has no FDC, disable this option. Use this option to select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial port. Enabled Disabled USB Mouse Support Enabled Disabled Init Display First PCI AGP AC97 Audio Auto Disabled Enabled Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8/IRQ4 Auto 2F8/IRQ3 3E8/IRQ4 2E8/IRQ3 Disabled 32 English Onboard Serial Port 2 Use this option to select an address and corresponding interrupt for the second serial port. 2F8/IRQ3 Auto 3F8/IRQ4 3E8/IRQ4 2E8/IRQ3 Disabled 378/IRQ7 3BC/IRQ7 278/IRQ7 Disabled 3 1 201 209 Disabled 330 300 Disabled 10 5 Onboard Parallel Port This item controls the address and corresponding interrupt of the onboard parallel port. Note: If you are using an I/O card with a parallel port, make sure that the addresses and IRQs do not conflict. Use this option to select a DMA channel for the parallel port while in an ECP mode. Use these option to set the I/O base address for the game port. ECP Mode Use DMA Game Port Address Midi Port Address Midi Port IRQ Use these option to set the I/O base address for the MIDI port. Use this option to set the IRQ (interrupt request) channel for the MIDI port. Power Management Setup The Power Management menu lets you configure the computer powermanagement feature. [. . . ] You can confirm this by checking the performance of your mouse and keyboard with another computer in a different location. To avoid interference with the radio signal, try moving your system at least 8 inches away from other electrical devices, or moving the mouse and keyboard closer to the computer. If you are using a metal desk or a desk with a metal frame, try raising the computer, mouse and keyboard an inch or so above the surface using a thick mouse pad or a book. Q: Will my cordless mouse or keyboard interfere with my cordless phone? [. . . ]