Chapter 2. Bios Setup; Introduction; Pci Bus Support; Supported Cpus - Albatron KX18D PRO User Manual

Chapter 2. BIOS Setup

Introduction

This section describes PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Setup program which resides in the BIOS
firmware. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. The
configuration information is then saved to CMOS RAM where the data is sustained by battery after
power-down.
The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as disk drives, serial ports
and parallel ports. As well, the BIOS controls the first stage of the boot process, loading and
executing the operating system.
The PHOENIX-AWARD
an industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports the BIOS of AMD
This version of the PHOENIX-AWARD
password protection as well as special configurations for fine-tuning the system chipset. The defaults
for the BIOS values contained in this document may vary slightly with the version installed in your
system.
Plug and Play Support
This PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification as well as
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 implemented using the System
Management Interrupt (SMI).

PCI Bus Support

This PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS also supports Version 2.2 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component
Interconnect) local bus specification.

Supported CPUs

This PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports the AMD
CPUs.
TM
BIOS installed in your computer system's ROM is a custom version of
TM
BIOS includes additional features such as virus and
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KX18D Series
®
based processors.
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Athlon XP/ Athlon / Duron
TM TM
/ Barton