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Input/Output menu
COM Ports Sets serial and infrared port addresses and
interrupts.
Reboot required.
LPT Port Sets printer port address. Reboot required.
LPT Type Sets printer port communication. Reboot required.
Keyboard Setup “Key Delay” sets how long you hold a key down
before the character starts repeating.
“Key Repeat Rate” sets how fast characters
repeat.
“Keyboard Numlock” sets whether Num Lock is
active after rebooting.
Reboot required.
External devices “VGA Display device” sets whether the built-in
display is on or off when an external display is
present.
“Force recognition of external VGA” overrides
automatic detection of an external display.
“Enable External Fn Key” lets you press
CTRL+ALT instead of Fn on an external
keyboard with no Fn key.
“Ignore External Pointing Device” activates the
built-in pointing device when an external mouse
is connected.
Save required.
Audio Port Sets the volumes for the beeper signal and the
sound speaker.
Save required.
Power menu
Power Controls “Power Saving” should be On for power
savings, Off for no power management. If an
Advanced Power Management driver is loaded,
power saving is active regardless of this setting.
“Suspend,” “Auto Hibernate,” HDD power-
down,” “CPU power-down” are automatic turn-
off times.
“Enable Hibernate” enables or prevents saving
and restoring a session from the hard disk.
“Timeout during screen activity” permits
automatic suspend if the only activity is display
activity.
“HDD power-down when on AC” permits the
hard disk to turn off when operating on ac
power.
“Disable low battery message” can block this
message if it interferes with the operating
Reboot required.