HP Compaq dx6100 Series Technical Reference Manual page 149

8.1 Introduction
The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) of the computer is a collection of machine language
programs stored as firmware in read-only memory (ROM). The BIOS ROM includes such
functions as Power-On Self Test (POST), PCI device initialization, Plug 'n Play support, power
management activities, and the Setup utility. The firmware contained in the BIOS ROM supports
the following operating systems and specifications:
DOS 6.2
Windows 3.1 (and Windows for Workgroups 3.11)
Windows 95, 98SE, 2000, XP Professional, and XP Home
Windows NT 4.0 (SP6 required for PnP support)
OS/2 ver 2.1 and OS/2 Warp
SCO Unix
DMI 2.1
Intel Wired for Management (WfM) ver. 2.2
Alert-On-LAN (AOL) and Wake-On-LAN (WOL)
ACPI and OnNow
SMBIOS 2.3.1
PC98/99/00 and NetPC
Intel PXE boot ROM for the integrated LAN controller
BIOS Boot Specification 1.01
Enhanced Disk Drive Specification 3.0
"El Torito" Bootable CD-ROM Format Specification 1.0
ATAPI Removeable Media Device BIOS Specification 1.0
The BIOS ROM is a 512KB Intel Firmware Hub (or Firmware Hub-compatible) part. The
runtime portion of the BIOS resides in a 128KB block from E0000h to FFFFFh.
Technical Reference Guide 361834-001
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BIOS ROM
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