Without actually being able to see the BIOS screen(s) is is difficult to say. Most systems allow you to disable on board resources like Ethernet ports, sound cards, even the video... But the access will be vendor specific, and often even model specific. I wish I could give you a definitive answer but I can't. My best suggestion is to FULLY explore every BIOS screen and to concur with the earlier suggestion to check out some Acer support forums.


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