28 / Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup
The Award BIOS installed in your computer system’s ROM
(Read Only Memory)is a custom version of an industry
standard BIOS. The BIOS provides critical low-level
support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial
and parallel ports.
The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the
process of configuring your system using Setup.
Plug and Play Support
This AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version
1.0A specification. ESCD(Extended System Configuration
Data)write is supported.
EPA Green PC Support
This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green
PC specification.
APM Support
These AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the
Advanced Power Management(APM) specification. Power
management features are implemented via the System
Management Interrupt(SMI). Sleep and Suspend power
management modes are supported. Power to the hard disk
drives and video monitors can be managed by this AWARD
BIOS.
