Plug And Play Compatibility; Mpeg Video Playback Support; Bios Upgrades - Epson ActionTower 8600 User Manual

Plug and Play Compatibility

Your EPSON computer complies with plug and play industry
standards, which reduce or eliminate manual configuration of
hardware resources. This makes it much easier to add option
cards or peripheral devices to your system.
Also, the system BIOS includes PCI auto-configuration to
support PCI option cards. When you turn on the computer after
installing a PCI option card, the BIOS automatically configures
interrupts, DMA channels, I/O addresses, and other settings.
You can also customize these resources in the BIOS SETUP
program.

MPEG Video Playback Support

Your computer's video controller supports the Motion Picture
Experts Group (MPEG) compression standard. When you use
software that supports MPEG (for example, a CD-ROM with
moving graphic images) the images approach TV-quality
resolution and full-motion playback speed. This second-
generation video technology is standard on this EPSON
computer and does not require additional hardware or software.

BIOS Upgrades

Because the BIOS is stored in a flash memory device, you can
easily upgrade the BIOS information without replacing the chip.
You can upgrade the BIOS by running a utility from a diskette,
hard disk, or network server.
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