Hardware Specifications and Configurations

Processor

Item

Specification

 

 

CPU type

Intel CPU Penryn

 

 

Core logic

Intel 965PM + ICH8M

 

 

CPU package

uFCPGA, Socket P

 

 

CPU core voltage

0.944~1.3V

 

 

NOTE: If you need to check PXE version, press F2 to enter BIOS then enable boot from LAN function. After that, power off the system and remove the HDD. Last, reboot the laptop. Then you will see PXE version displaying on the screen.

Item

Specification

BIOS vendor

Phoenixix

 

 

BIOS ROM type

Flash ROM

 

 

BIOS ROM size

512KB

 

 

BIOS package

8-pin PLCC

 

 

Supported protocols

ACPI 1.0b/2.0/3.0, PCI 2.2, System/HDD Password

 

Security Control, INT 13h Extensions, PnP BIOS

 

1.0a, SMBIOS 2.4, Simple Boot Flag 1.0, Boot Block,

 

PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification,

 

USB1.1/2.0, IEEE 1394 1.0, USB/1394 CD-ROM

 

Boot Up support, PC Card 95 (PCMCIA 3.0 Compliant

 

Device), IrDA 1.0, Intel AC97 CNR Specification, WfM

 

2.0, PXE (Preboot Execution Environment), BIS 1.0

 

(Boot Integrity Service Application Program Interface),

 

PC99a and Mobile PC2001Compliant, Intel Enganced

 

SpeedStep Technology

 

 

BIOS password control

Set by setup manual

 

 

 

 

Second Level Cache

 

Item

Specification

 

 

Cache controller

Built-in CPU

 

 

Cache size

6MB

 

 

1st level cache control

Always enabled

 

 

2st level cache control

Always enabled

 

 

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Acer 8920 manual Hardware Specifications and Configurations, Processor

8920 specifications

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