FIC a440 Servicehandbuch

Software Functional Overview

FIC A440 Series Service Manual

3-1

Chapter

3.1

3.1 Overview

Overview

The A440 is an IBM PC/AT compatible Notebook PC that supports the Socket 370 Intel
Mobile Pentium III or Celeron processor family. The following are the major features that
A440 supports:

• Microsoft PC99 and ACPI logo approval

• Offer 800x600 SVGA display with 12.1” LCD panel

• Offer 1024x768 XGA display with 13.3”/14.1” LCD panel

• Support ACPI 1.0 (or above)

• Support PCI 2.1 (or above)

• Support AGP 2.0

• Support SMBIOS 2.1 (or above)

• Support 100MHz CPU front side bus

• Support a proprietary Port Replicator

3.2

3.2 Summary of the BIOS Specification

Summary of the BIOS Specification

Below is the summary of the BIOS software specification:

Controller Chip

Description

BIOS Feature

Boot Block / Crisis Rescue

APM 1.2 Compliance

Support PCI 2.1 (or above) Spec

Support Windows 95, Windows NT4.0, Windows 98, and
Windows 2000

Support Flash function for new BIOS update

Support 3-Mode FDD

Support ACPI 1.0 (or above) Spec

Support SMBIOS 2.1 (or above) Spec

Support AGP 2.0

Support boot from FDD, HDD and CDROM Drive

Support maximum 4 different keyboards on same BIOS

CPU

Auto detect the CPU type and speed for the Socket 370 or Slot 1
based system

DRAM

Auto sizing and detection

Support PC-100 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
closed

Support Panning while LCD in a display resolution greater
than supported

Support Microsoft Direct 3D