American Megatrends MAN-772 manual Overview

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PC 97 Compliant The Apollo IV motherboard is fully compliant with the Microsoft PC 97 specification at both the hardware and the BIOS levels.

PC 97 is a set of hardware, bus, and device design requirements specified by Microsoft that make computers easier to use. PC 97 supports cooperation between the operating system, the hardware, and the applications software. Key PC 97 features include:

∙Plug and Play compatibility,

∙power management support for configuring and managing all system components

∙32-bit device drivers, and

∙standard installation procedures for Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT.

AMIBIOS Features This motherboard has an AMIBIOS system BIOS on a Flash ROM with built-in AMIBIOS Setup. AMIBIOS features include:

∙IDE block mode and 32-bit data transfer support,

∙IDE Programmed I/O modes 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 support,

∙PS/2 mouse support,

∙IDE LBA mode support,

∙APM (Advanced Power Management) and Flash BIOS hooks,

∙EPA Green PC-compliant,

∙PCI and Plug and Play (PnP) support, and

∙DIM (Device Initialization Manager) support,

∙DMI (Desktop Management Interface) support,

∙can boot from a CD-ROM drive,

∙automatically detects system memory, cache memory, and hard disk drive parameters,

∙Intel NSP-compliant,

∙Fast ATA IDE mode programming and ATAPI support,

∙Boot sector virus protection,

∙instant-on support,

∙automatically configures PnP and PCI devices.

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4Apollo IV PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User’s Guide