IBM 500 Manuel D’Utilisation

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Power on by keyboard 

No 

 

 

Battery support 

No 

 

 

 

System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) is a standard interface to provide information configured by the manufacturer 
about the PC hardware.  BIOS complies with the minimum specifications in the SMBIOS v2.4 specification Appendix 
Section 4.  

Note: According to the SMBIOS spec (section 2.1: Table Convention), SMBIOS provides static information only, 
gathered each POST or before booting.  SMBIOS cannot provide run-time, dynamic information to software. 

•  BIOS Information (Type 0) 

− Vendor 

− BIOS 

Version 

− BIOS 

Characteristics Extension Byte 1 

• BIOS 

Characteristics Extension Byte 2 

•  System Information (Type 1) 

−  Manufacturer = “IBM CORPORATION” 

− Product 

Name 

− Version 

− Serial 

number 

−  Wake up Type 

•  Base Board (or Module) Information (Type 2)  

•  System Enclosure (Type 3) 

•  Processor information (Type 4) 

•  Cache Information (Type 7) 

•  On Board Devices Information (Type 10) 

•  Physical Memory Array (Type 16) 

•  Memory Device (Type 17)  

•  Built-in Pointing Device (Type 21) 

−  For built-in Touch Screen 

•  Hardware security (Type 24) 

−  Power-on Password Status 

−  Administrator Password Status 

•  Voltage Probe (Type 26)  

−  One structure for each voltage probe 

•  Cooling Device (Type 27) 

−  One structure for each of CPU, chassis, and power supply fan 

•  Temperature Probe (Type 28) 

−  One structure for each of CPU and motherboard (ambient)  

•  System boot information (Type 32) 

− Boot 

status 

•  Management Device (Type 34) 

•  Management Device Component (Type 35) 

−  One for each type26-28 management device, except power supply fan 

−  Each type35 "Threshold Handle" points to respective type 36 

•  Management Device Threshold Data (Type 36) 

−  One for each type 35 device 

−  Each type35 "Threshold Handle" points to respective type 36 

•  System Power Supply (Type 39)