Bios Setup - Biostar P4M890-M7 FE - BIOS SETUP Manual

P4M900-M7 FE/P4M890-M7 FE

BIOS Setup

Introduction
The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the Phoenix-Award™
BIOS Setup program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to
modify the basic system configuration and save these settings to CMOS RAM.
The power of CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup
information when the power is turned off.
Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) determines what a computer can do without
accessing programs from a disk. This system controls most of the input and
output devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. BIOS
activates at the first stage of the booting process, loading and executing the
operating system. Some additional features, such as virus and password
protection or chipset fine-tuning options are also included in BIOS.
The rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in
BIOS Setup.
Plug and Play Support
This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A
specification.
EPA Green PC Support
This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC
specification.
APM Support
This PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced
Power Management (APM) specification. Power management features are
implemented via the System Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend
power management modes are supported. Power to the hard disk drives and
video monitors can also be managed by this PHOENIX-AWARD BIOS.
ACPI Support
Phoenix-Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0b of Advanced Configuration
and Power interface specification (ACPI).
management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI
specification, developed by Microsoft, Intel and Toshiba.
It provides ASL code for power
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