FIC M295 User Manual

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Software Functional Overview 
 
Controller Chip 
Description 
Display 
ƒ System auto detects LCD or CRT presence on boot and lid 
closed. 
ƒ Support Panning while LCD in a display resolution greater than 
supported. 
ƒ Support Microsoft Direct 3D. 
ƒ Support AGP 4x BUS
 
Hard Disk 
ƒ Enhanced IDE spec. 
ƒ Support auto IDE detection. 
ƒ Support LBA mode for larger capacity HDD. 
ƒ Support Ultra DMA 33/66/100. 
ƒ Support Fast PIO mode 1-4 transfer. 
ƒ Support 32 bit PIO transfer. 
ƒ Support Multi-Sector transfer. 
ƒ Support SMART monitoring
 
Multi Boot 
Allow the user to select boot from USB FDD, HDD and CD-
ROM
 
Plug and Play 
Support PnP Run Time Service and conflict-free allocation of 
resource during POST
 
Smart Battery 
Support BIOS interface to pass battery information to the 
application via SMBus.
 
Keyboard Controller 
Support Fn hot keys, one Win95 hot keys, built-in Glide Pad and 
external PS/2 mouse/keyboard
 
PCMCIA 
Compliant with PCMCIA 2.1 specification.
 
Power Management 
Support 
 
The power management is compliant with ACPI 1.0B 
specification and supports the following power state: 
ƒ S0 (Full-On) Mode 
ƒ S3 (Doze) Mode 
ƒ S4 (STD) Mode 
ƒ S5 (Soft-Off) Mode
 
 
 
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FIC M295 / M296 Service Manual