Overview
The ThinkPad Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) provides a special software interface, called the System Management Application Program Interface (SMAPI) BIOS, to control the following unique features of the ThinkPad system:
System Information
This BIOS provides unique ThinkPad information, such as the system identifier (system ID).
System Configuration
The ThinkPad SMAPI BIOS provides system configuration
control for such features as display device selection or resource configuration for
Power Management
Through the SMAPI BIOS, the operating system or application software can control the ThinkPad power management features (the power mode or suspend/hibernation/resume options).
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