American Megatrends III - Manual (Page 7)

Chapter 1 Hardware Installation 3
Overview, Continued
AMIBIOS Features AMIBIOS features include:
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IDE block mode support,
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IDE 32-bit data transfer support,
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IDE Programmed I/O mode 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 support,
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IDE LBA mode support,
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APM (Advanced Power Management) and Flash BIOS hooks,
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EPA Green PC-compliant,
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PCI and Plug and Play (PnP) support, and
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DIM (Device Initialization Manager) support,
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DMI (Desktop Management Interface) support,
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ATAPI support,
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can boot from a CD-ROM drive,
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automatically detects system memory, cache memory, and IDE drive
parameters,
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Intel NSP-compliant,
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Fast ATA IDE mode programming,
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Boot sector virus protection,
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instant-on support,
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automatically configures PnP and PCI devices.
IDE The Apollo III motherboard has two 40-pin IDE connectors onboard that
support up to four IDE drives. The IDE controller is on the PCI local bus.
Floppy The Apollo III motherboard has an onboard floppy controller that supports up
to two 360 KB, 720 KB, 1.2 MB, 1.44 MB, or 2.88 MB floppy drives.
Parallel Port The Apollo III motherboard has an onboard ECP and EPP-capable parallel
port connector.
Serial Ports The Apollo III motherboard has two onboard serial port connectors and two
16550 UART serial ports.
Keyboard The Apollo III motherboard Includes a standard miniDIN keyboard
connector.
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