3-4 Understanding System Features
reduces inadvertent system board damage that can take
place when replacing ROMs
facilitates adopting new technology while maintaining
corporate standards
gives network administrators company-wide control of
BIOS revisions.
Information on how to use the Flash utility is provided in
Chapter 4, System BIOS and Utilities.
Plug and Play
The BIOS is Plug and Play. It automatically configures
both PCI and Plug and Play devices. This autoconfiguration
feature allows you to insert or remove a PCI or Plug and
Play ISA add-in card and power up your computer without
complicated setting changes. The system automatically
configures interrupts, I/O space, and other parameters. Any
interrupts set to “Available” in the system Setup can be
used by the Plug and Play board.
Graphics and Multimedia Features
The system provides the following multimedia features.
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Interface
The Intel 82443EX PCI/AGP Controller(PAC) supports
3.3 V AGP devices
processor host bus frequency of 66 MHz
symmetrical and asymmetrical DRAM addressing
concurrent host, AGP, and PCI transactions to main
memory
System Management Mode (SMM).