IBM Aptiva Handbook

This part contains information to help you configure or reconfigure the hardware features and system settings that were installed in your computer at the factory. It contains the following chapters: • “Chapter 2: Getting started with your Aptiva computer” on page 11 This chapter contains instructions for making adjustments to monitor and volume settings on your Aptiva computer. It also provides information to help you connect your computer to a printer or to other computer systems, such as the Internet. • “Chapter 3: Understanding the Rapid Resume ...

Mouse This option shows if a mouse is installed. Keyboard NumLock state This option displays whether the NumLock function on the keyboard turns on automatically each time you turn your computer on. You can change this setting to On or Off. Keyboard speed This option displays the speed at which your keyboard responds when you hold down a key. The Normal rate is 10 characters per second. The Fast rate is 30 characters per second. If your keyboard speed is set for the Fast rate and you hold down one of the arrow keys, the cursor moves three times faster than it woul ...

Installing a drive in bay 1 Bay 1 can hold a 3.5-inch slim drive, such as a diskette or tape drive. 1. Insert the drive into the bay. Align the screw holes and insert the four screws. (Front View) Drive 2. Connect the power and signal cables to the drive. Note: If you add a diskette drive or a tape drive that attaches to the Diskette connector, make sure the signal cable you plug into the drive is attached to the Diskette connector on the system board. To identify the Diskette connector on the system board, see “Identifying signal cabl ...

Read prefetch If a hard disk drive is installed at this location and if the Local Bus IDE Mode setting is High Performance, you can enable this option for maximum hard disk performance. This option is not available for CD-ROM drives. Disk BIOS translation With most operating systems, this option lets your computer use IDE hard disks larger than 528 MB. You can choose to have a hard disk use Logical Block Addressing (LBA) format or Cylinder/Head/Sector (CHS) format translation. You can also disable translation. If you purchase a new hard disk and it supports LBA, ...