FIC M295 User Manual

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Software Functional Overview 
 
 
FIC M295 / M296 Service Manual 
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Chapter 
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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.  
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Microsoft PC99 logo and WinXP logo approval. 
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14.1” XGA and SXGA+ TFT panel support. 
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15” SXGA+ TFT panel support. 
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APM 1.2 compliance 
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Support ACPI 1.0B (or above). 
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Support PCI 2.2 (or above). 
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Support AGP 2.0. 
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Support USB 1.1. 
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Support SMBIOS 2.3. 
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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 
ƒ Microsoft PC99 logo and WinXP logo approval. 
ƒ Support Boot Block / Crisis Rescue. 
ƒ APM 1.2 Compliance 
ƒ Support ACPI 1.0B (or above) Spec. 
ƒ Support PCI 2.1 (or above) Spec. 
ƒ Support SMBIOS 2.3 Spec 
ƒ Support AGP 2.0 Spec. 
ƒ Support Windows XP Home Edition. 
ƒ Support flash function including both DOS and Windows 
interface for new BIOS update. 
ƒ Support 3 Mode FDD. 
ƒ Support 2 different keyboards on same BIOS. 
ƒ 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 
ƒ Level 2 SRAM auto sizing and detection. 
ƒ Always enable CPU L1 and L2 cache.
 
Shadow 
Always enable VGA and System BIOS shadow