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Chapter 2. BIOS Setup
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his section describes PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Setup program. The Setup program allows users
modify the basic system configuration. The configuration information is then saved to CMOS
AM where the data is sustained by battery after power-down.
he BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as disk drives, serial ports
d parallel ports. As well, the BIOS controls the first stage of the boot process, loading and
ecuting the operating system.
he PHOENIX-AWARD
TM
BIOS installed in your computer system’s ROM is a custom version of
industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports the BIOS of Intel
®
based processors.
y Version 1.0A specification as well as
SCD (Extended System Configuration Data) write.
ification.
his PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports Version 1.1 & 1.2 of the Advanced Power Management
PM) specification. 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
anagement Interrupt (SMI).
CI Bus Support
his PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component
terconnect) local bus specification.
RAM Support
DDR (Double Data Rate) SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) is supported.
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This version of the PHOENIX-AWARD
TM
BIOS includes additional features such as virus and
password protection as well as special configurations for fine-tuning the system chipset. The defaults
for the BIOS values contained in this document may vary slightly with the version installed in your
system.
Plug and Play Support
This PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports the Plug and Pla
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EPA Green PC Support
This PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC spec
APM Support
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