First Hard Disk Drive; Primary Display Adapter; Fast Boot; Silent Boot - Acer Power 2100 User Manual

3.7.2

First Hard Disk Drive

This parameter specifies whether the BIOS utility will boot from an IDE hard disk drive or a SCSI hard disk drive.
The system will automatically boot from an IDE hard disk if your system does not have a SCSI hard disk drive.
The default setting is IDE.
3.7.3

Primary Display Adapter

Setting this parameter to Onboard enables the onboard video controller. Normally, the onboard video controller is
considered as the primary display adapter. If you installed a video card into your system, set this parameter to
Auto. BIOS will automatically disable the onboard video controller and consider the video card as the primary
display adapter.
3.7.4

Fast Boot

Setting this parameter to Auto allows the system to boot faster by skipping some POST routines. Select Disabled
to return to the normal booting process.
3.7.5

Silent Boot

This parameter enables or disables the Silent Boot function. When set to Enabled, BIOS is in graphical mode and
displays only an identification logo during POST and while booting. Then, the screen displays the operating
system prompt (as in DOS) or logo (as in Windows 95).
automatically switches to the text mode.
Even if your setting is Enabled, you may also switch to the text mode while booting by pressing
a beep that indicates the activation of the keyboard.
When set to Disabled, the BIOS is in conventional text mode where you can see the system initialization details on
the screen.
3.7.6

Num Lock After Boot

This parameter allows you to activate the Num Lock function upon booting. The default setting is Enabled.
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If any error occurred while booting, the system
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