Non-volatile memory usage

Non Volatile

Amount (Size)

Does this

Does this

What is the

How is data

How is this

Memory Type

 

memory store

memory retain

purpose of this

input into this

memory write

 

 

customer data?

data when

memory?

memory?

protected?

 

 

 

power is

 

 

 

 

 

 

removed?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Time

256 Bytes

No

Yes

Stores system

Using the F10

This memory is

Clock (RTC)

 

 

 

date and time

Setup utility or

not write-

battery backed-

 

 

 

and limited

changing the

protected. HP

up CMOS

 

 

 

keyboard

Microsoft

recommends

configuration

 

 

 

controller data.

Windows date

password

memory

 

 

 

 

and time.

protecting the

(CMOS)

 

 

 

 

 

F10 Setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

utility.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Controller (NIC)

64 KBytes (not

No

Yes

Store NIC

Using a utility

A utility is

EEPROM

customer

 

 

configuration

from the NIC

required to

 

accessible)

 

 

and NIC

vendor that can

write data to

 

 

 

 

firmware.

be run from

this memory

 

 

 

 

 

DOS.

and is available

 

 

 

 

 

 

from NIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

vendor. Writing

 

 

 

 

 

 

data to this

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROM in an

 

 

 

 

 

 

inappropriate

 

 

 

 

 

 

manner will

 

 

 

 

 

 

render the NIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

nonfunctional.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keyboard ROM

64 KBytes (not

No

Yes

Stores firmware

Programmed at

A utility is

 

customer

 

 

code

the factory.

required for

 

accessible)

 

 

(keyboard,

Code is

writing data to

 

 

 

 

mouse, &

updated when

this memory

 

 

 

 

battery

the system

and is available

 

 

 

 

management).

BIOS is

on the HP

 

 

 

 

 

updated.

website.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Writing data to

 

 

 

 

 

 

this ROM in an

 

 

 

 

 

 

inappropriate

 

 

 

 

 

 

manner can

 

 

 

 

 

 

render the PC

 

 

 

 

 

 

nonfunctional.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIMM Serial

256 Bytes per

No

Yes

Stores memory

Programmed

Data cannot be

Presence

memory

 

 

module

by the memory

written to this

Detect (SPD)

module, 128

 

 

information.

vendor.

memory when

configuration

Bytes

 

 

 

 

the module is

data

programmable

 

 

 

 

installed in a

 

(not customer

 

 

 

 

PC. The

 

accessible)

 

 

 

 

specific write

 

 

 

 

 

 

protection

 

 

 

 

 

 

method varies

 

 

 

 

 

 

by memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

vendor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System BIOS

4 to 5 MBytes

Yes

Yes

Store system

System BIOS

A utility is

 

 

 

 

BIOS code and

code is

required for

 

 

 

 

PC

programmed at

writing data to

 

 

 

 

configuration

the factory.

this memory

 

 

 

 

data.

Code is

and is available

 

 

 

 

 

updated when

on the HP

 

 

 

 

 

the system

website.

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