FIC A360 Summary of the BIOS Specification, Software Functional Overview, Chapter

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3.1Overview

The A360 is an IBM PC/AT compatible Notebook PC which support the Intel’s FC-PGA processors family. The following are the major features that A360 supports:

Microsoft PC99 logo and WinME Logo approval.

Offer 800x600 SVGA display with 12.1” LCD panel

Offer 1024x768 XGA display with 13.3” LCD panel

Offer 1024x768 XGA display with 14.1” LCD panel

Support ACPI 1.0B (or above)

Support PCI 2.1 (or above)

Support AGP 2.0.

Support SMBIOS 2.3

Support PC-100/133 SDRAM

Support 100/133 MHz CPU front side bus.

Support a proprietary Port Replicator

3.2Summary of the BIOS Specification

Below is the summary of the BIOS software specification:

Controller Chip

Description

BIOS Feature

Microsoft PC99 logo and WinME Logo approval.

 

Support Boot Block / Crisis Rescue

 

Support ACPI 1.0B (or above)

 

Support PCI 2.1 (or above) Spec

 

Support SMBIOS 2.3

 

Support AGP 2.0.

 

Support Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000 and Windows ME.

 

Support flash function including both DOS and Windows

 

interface for new BIOS update.

 

Support 3 Mode FDD.

 

Support 4 different keyboards on same BIOS

 

Support boot from FDD, HDD,CDROM and LAN Drive

 

Support Quick Boot ( 10 Seconds )

CPU

Auto detect the CPU type and speed for Intel Pentium III based

 

system

DRAM

Auto sizing and detection. Support PC-100/133 SDRAM.

Cache

Level 2 SRAM auto sizing and detection

 

Always enable CPU L1 and L2 cache

Shadow

Always enable VGA and System BIOS shadow

Display

System auto detects LCD or CRT presence on boot and lid

 

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