FIC M295 / M296 Service Manual 3-1
Chapter
3
3.1 Overview
The M295 / M296M is an IBM PC/AT compatible Notebook PC which supports the
Intel uFCPGA Socket Pentium IV processor family. The following are the major
features that M295M supports.
Microsoft PC99 logo and WinXP logo approval.
14.1” XGA and SXGA+ TFT panel support.
15” SXGA+ TFT panel support.
APM 1.2 compliance
Support ACPI 1.0B (or above).
Support PCI 2.2 (or above).
Support AGP 2.0.
Support USB 1.1.
Support SMBIOS 2.3.
Support 100/133 Mhz CPU front side bus.
3.2 Summary of the BIOS Specification
Below is the summary of the BIOS software specification:
Controller Chip Description
BIOS Feature Microsoft PC99 logo and WinXP logo approval.
Support Boot Block / Crisis Rescue.
APM 1.2 Compliance
Support ACPI 1.0B (or above) Spec.
Support PCI 2.1 (or above) Spec.
Support SMBIOS 2.3 Spec
Support AGP 2.0 Spec.
Support Windows XP Home Edition.
Support flash function including both DOS and Windows
interface for new BIOS update.
Support 3 Mode FDD.
Support 2 different keyboards on same BIOS.
Support boot from FDD, HDD and CDROM Drive.
CPU Auto detecting the CPU type and speed for Intel Pentium 4 based
system.
DRAM Auto sizing and detection. Support PC-200/266 DDR SDRAM.
Cache Level 2 SRAM auto sizing and detection.
Always enable CPU L1 and L2 cache.
Shadow Always enable VGA and System BIOS shadow