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Chapter 2. BIOS Setup
In
troduction
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. A
s well, the BIOS controls the first stage of the boot process, loading and
ex
ecuting the operating system.
The PHOENIX-AWARD
an industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports the BIOS of Intel
T
his version of the PHOENIX-AWARD
p
assword protection as well as special configurations for fine-tuning the system chipset. The defaults
fo
r the BIOS values contained in this document may vary slightly with the version installed in your
sy
stem.
P
lug and Play Support
T
his PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification as well as
E
SCD (Extended System Configuration Data) write.
E
PA Green PC Support
T
his PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification.
A
PM Support
T
his PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS supports Version 1.1 & 1.2 of the Advanced Power Management
(A
PM) specification. These features include system sleep and suspend modes in addition to hard disk
an
d monitor sleep modes. Power management features are implemented using the System
M
anagement Interrupt (SMI).
P
CI Bus Support
T
his PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component
In
terconnect) local bus specification.
TM
BIOS installed in your computer
TM
BIOS includes additional features such as virus and
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PX875P PRO/ PX875P
system's ROM is a custom version of
®
ba
sed processors.
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