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Chapter 2. BIOS Setup
Introduction
his section describes PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Setup program which resides in the ROM BIOS
rmware. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. The
nfiguration information is then saved to CMOS RAM where the data is sustained by Li-battery
ter power-down.
ices such as disk drives, serial ports
e of the boot process, loading and
PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS includes additional features such as virus and
assword protection as well as special configurations for fine-tuning the system chipset. The defaults
his PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification as well as
ecification. These features include system sleep and suspend modes in addition to hard disk
d monitor sleep modes. Power management features are implemented using the System
his PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS also supports Version 2.2 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component
cification.
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The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard dev
and parallel ports. As well, the BIOS controls the first stag
executing the operating system.
The PHOENIX-AWARD
TM
BIOS installed in Flash ROM is a custom version of an industry
standard BIOS. This means that it supports the BIOS of AMD
®
based processors.
This version of the
p
for the BIOS values contained in this document may vary slightly with the version installed in your
system. (When you boot up the computer, the BIOS version will appear at up-left of the POST
screen.)
Plug and Play Support
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ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) write.
APM Support
This PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports Version 1.1 & 1.2 of the Advanced Power Management
(APM) sp
an
Management Interrupt (SMI).
PCI Bus Support
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Interconnect) local bus spe
