I/O And Expansion Slots; Drives And Controllers; Bios - Sony VAIO PCV-E204 Reference Manual

I/O and Expansion Slots

Serial ports
Parallel port
MIDI/game port
Modem ports
USB ports
PCI slots
ISA slots
IDE connectors

Drives and Controllers

Diskette controller
Diskette drive
EIDE controller
IDE hard drive
DVD-ROM drive
* DVD-ROM drive also plays CD-ROM discs. Data on the DVD-ROM is read at a variable transfer rate, ranging
from 2X at the innermost track to 4X at the outermost track (the data transfer standard 1X rate is 1385
kbytes/s). The average data transfer rate is 3.3X (4616 kbytes/s). Data on a CD-ROM disc is read at a variable
transfer rate, ranging from 10X at the innermost track to 24X at the outermost track (the data transfer
standard 1X rate is 150 kybtes/s). The average data transfer rate is 17X (2250 kbytes/s).

BIOS

Make and model
ROM
Passwords
Recovery boot block
Power management
Plug and Play devices
* Flash-ROM update utility is available from Sony's website at http://www.sony.com/pcsupport.
One high-speed NS16C550-compatible port
One high-speed bi-directional Centronics-
compatible port with ECP and EPP modes
One (supports MIDI in/out or two joysticks —
adapter cable not supplied)
Two RJ-11 connectors (for line and phone)
USB 1 and USB 2
Two available slots. Maximum length for add-in
cards is 7.75 inches
One (occupied by fax/modem card). Maximum
length for add-in card is 10.5 inches.
Primary and Secondary (each supports two IDE
drives)
765A-compatible (supports up to 2.88 MByte)
1.44 MByte 3.5-inch MFDD
Supports up to four EIDE drives (supports PIO Mode
4 EIDE drives and Ultra DMA/33 Mode drives)
5.1 GByte (bus-mastering EIDE driver installed)
DVD-ROM disc: 4X (maximum performance).
CD-ROM disc: 24X (maximum performance).
Phoenix BIOS
*
256 kbytes flash
User and supervisor passwords supported
Supported
Supports ACPI
Supported
Specifications
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