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Chapter 2. BIOS Setup
In
troduction
T
his section describes PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Setup program which resides in the ROM BIOS
fi
rmware. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. The
co
nfiguration information is then saved to CMOS RAM where the data is sustained by Li-battery
af
ter power-down.
T
he BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as disk drives, serial ports
an
d parallel ports. As well, the BIOS controls the first stage of the boot process, loading and
ex
ecuting the operating system.
T
he PHOENIX-AWARD
st
andard BIOS. This means that it supports the BIOS of AMD
This version of the PHOEN
password protection as well a
for the BIOS values contained in this document may vary slightly with the version installed in your
system. (When you boot
screen.)
Plug and Play Support
This PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports the Plug and Play V
ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) write.
APM Support
This PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports Version 1.1 & 1.2 of the Advanced Power Management
(APM) specification. These features include system sleep and suspend modes in addition to hard disk
and monitor sleep modes. Power management features are impl
M
anagement Interrupt (SMI).
P
CI Bus Support
T
his PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS also supports Version 2.2 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component
In
terconnect) local bus specification.
TM
BIOS installed in Flash ROM is a custom version of an industry
IX-AWARD™ BIOS includes additional features such as virus and
s special configurations for fine-tuning the system chipset. The defaults
up the computer, the BIOS version will appear at up-left of the POST
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KM400A Series
®
based processors.
ersion 1.0A specification as well as
emented using the System
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