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TForce 6100 AM2 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup Introduction The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the Award™ BIOS Setup program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration and save these settings to CMOS RAM. The power of CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) determines what a computer can do without accessing programs from a disk. This system controls most of the input and output devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. BIOS activates at the first stage of the booting process, loading and executing the operating system. Some additional features, such as virus and password protection or chipset fine-tuning options are also included in BIOS. The rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in BIOS Setup. Plug and Play Support This AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification and ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) write. EPA Green PC Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification. APM Support This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power Management (APM) specification. Power management features are implemented via the System Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported. Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can also be managed by this AWARD BIOS. ACPI Support Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0 of Advanced Configuration and Power interface specification (ACPI). It provides ASL code for power management and device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed by Microsoft, Intel and Toshiba. 1

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TForce 6100 AM2 BIOS Setup
1
BIOS Setup
Introduction
The purpose of this manual is to describe the settings in the Award™ BIOS Setup
program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic
system configuration and save these settings to CMOS RAM. The power of
CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup information when
the power is turned off.
Basic Input-Output System (BIOS) determines what a computer can do without
accessing programs from a disk. This system controls most of the input and output
devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. BIOS activates at
the first stage of the booting process, loading and executing the operating system.
Some additional features, such as virus and password protection or chipset
fine-tuning options are also included in BIOS.
The rest of this manual will to guide you through the options and settings in BIOS
Setup.
Plug and Play Support
This AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification and
ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) write.
EPA Green PC Support
This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification.
APM Support
This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power
Management (APM) specification. Power management features are implemented
via the System Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend power
management modes are supported. Power to the hard disk drives and video
monitors can also be managed by this AWARD BIOS.
ACPI Support
Award ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0 of Advanced Configuration and Power
interface specification (ACPI).
It provides ASL code for power management and
device configuration capabilities as defined in the ACPI specification, developed
by Microsoft, Intel and Toshiba.