American Megatrends Apollo IV User Manual page 8

Overview,
Continued
PC 97 Compliant The Apollo IV motherboard is fully compliant with the Microsoft PC 97
specification at both the hardware and the BIOS levels.
PC 97 is a set of hardware, bus, and device design requirements specified by
Microsoft that make computers easier to use. PC 97 supports cooperation
between the operating system, the hardware, and the applications software.
Key PC 97 features include:
Plug and Play compatibility,
power management support for configuring and managing all system
components
32-bit device drivers, and
standard installation procedures for Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows
NT.
AMIBIOS Features This motherboard has an AMIBIOS system BIOS on a Flash ROM with
built-in AMIBIOS Setup. AMIBIOS features include:
IDE block mode and 32-bit data transfer support,
IDE Programmed I/O modes 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 support,
PS/2 mouse support,
IDE LBA mode support,
APM (Advanced Power Management) and Flash BIOS hooks,
EPA Green PC-compliant,
PCI and Plug and Play (PnP) support, and
DIM (Device Initialization Manager) support,
DMI (Desktop Management Interface) support,
can boot from a CD-ROM drive,
automatically detects system memory, cache memory, and hard disk drive
parameters,
Intel NSP-compliant,
Fast ATA IDE mode programming and ATAPI support,
Boot sector virus protection,
instant-on support,
automatically configures PnP and PCI devices.
4 Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User's Guide
Cont'd