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1915P-A7 BIOS Manual

BIOS Setup

Introduction

T his manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. T he Setup program

allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is then stored

in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

The Award BIOS™ installed in your computer system’s ROM (Read Only Memory) is a

custom version of an industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports Intel Pentium

processor input/output system. T he BIOS provides critica l low-leve l support for standard

devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports.

Adding important has customized the Award BIOS™, but nonstandard, features such as virus

and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine-tuning of the chipset

controlling the entire system.

The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your

system using Setup.

Plug and Pla y S uppo rt

These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification. ESCD

(Extended System Configurat ion Data) write is supported.

EPA Green PC Support

This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification.

APM Support

These 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 be managed by this AWARD BIOS.

ACPI S uppo rt

Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface

specification (ACPI). It provides ASL code for power management and device

configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by Microsoft, Intel

and Toshiba.

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