System devices – Acer TravelMate a550 User Manual

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System Devices

The System Devices screen contains parameters involving your
hardware devices.

The table below describes the parameters in the screen. Settings in
boldface are the default and suggested parameter settings.

Parameter

Description

Pointing Device

Determines whether or not to disable the internal
touchpad if a PS/2 pointing device is connected.

Options: Simultaneous or Auto-Selected

Ext. Keyboard “Fn”

Allows you to simulate an Fn key on an external
keyboard by pressing the left Ctrl+left Alt keys.

Options: Enabled or Disabled

IDE Controller

Enables or disables the primary or secondary IDE
controller or both.

Options: Both, Primary or Disabled

FDD Controller

Enables or disables the floppy drive controller.

Options: Enabled or Disabled

Parallel Port

Enables or disables the parallel port.

Options: Enabled or Disabled

IRQ

Sets the interrupt request of the parallel port.

Options: IRQ 7 or IRQ 5

Item Specific Help

Pointing Device:
Ext. Keyboard “Fn”:
IDE Controller:
FDD Controller:

Parallel Port:

Interrupt:
Mode:
Base I/O address:
DMA channel:

VGA Frame Buffer Size:

[Simultaneous]
[Enabled]
[Both]
[Enabled]

[Enabled]
[IRQ 7]
[ECP]
[378]
[DMA 3]

[16 Mb]

Main

Security Others Boot Exit

System Devices

F1 Help

Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup Defaults

Esc Exit

Select Menu Enter Select > Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit

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