Appostar KP-5372, User Manual

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BIOS SETUP
KP-5372 Fanless POS Terminal 23
CHAPTER 5 BIOS Setup
Introduction
The purpose of this chapter is to describe the settings in the AMI BIOS Setup
program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to modify the
basic system configuration and save these settings to CMOS RAM. The power of
CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup information when
the power is turned off.
Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) determines what a computer can do without
accessing programs from a disk. This system controls most of the input and
output devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. BIOS
activates at the first stage of the booting process, loading and executing the
operating system. Some additional features, such as virus and password
protection or chipset fine-tuning options are also included in BIOS.
The rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in BIOS
Setup.
Plug and Play Support
This AMI BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification.
EPA Green PC Support
This AMI BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification.
ACPI Support
AMI ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0/2.0 of Advanced Configuration and Power
interface specification (ACPI). It provides ASL
code for power management and device
configuration capabilities as defined in the
ACPI specification, developed by Microsoft,
Intel and Toshiba.
PCI Bus Support
This AMI BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the
Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect)
local bus specification.
DRAM Support
DDR3 SDRAM (Double Data Rate II
Synchronous DRAM) is supported.
Supported CPUs
This AMI BIOS supports the Intel CPU.
Using Setup
When starting up the computer, press <Del> during the Power-On Self-Test
(POST) to enter the BIOS setup utility.
General Help
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