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hp BIOS overview overview The BIOS is based on the core American Megatrends BIOS, which includes 4Mbits of flash memory, support for PCI Specification 2.2, suspend to RAM, and DIMM memory modules. The BIOS includes a boot ROM for the 3COM 3C905C and HP LAN. The system ROM contains the Power-On Self-Test (POST) routines and the BIOS: the system BIOS, video BIOS, and low-option ROM. This chapter gives an overview of the following: • Menu-driven Setup with context-sensitive help. • The address space, with details of the interrupts used. • POST routines, which are a sequence of tasks the computer performs to ensure that the system is functioning correctly. The system BIOS is identified by the version number QJE.xx.yyzQP, where: • JE - is a two-letter code indicating that it is for the x1000. • xx - is the major BIOS version. • yy - is the minor BIOS version. • z - is an intermediate minor BIOS version. An example of a released version would look similar to the following: QJE.00.13DQP See page 87 for the procedure for updating the system ROM firmware. 78 Chapter 3

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hp BIOS
overview
Chapter 3
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overview
The BIOS is based on the core American Megatrends BIOS, which
includes 4Mbits of flash memory, support for PCI Specification 2.2,
suspend to RAM, and DIMM memory modules.
The BIOS includes a boot ROM for the 3COM 3C905C and HP LAN.
The system ROM contains the Power-On Self-Test (POST) routines and
the BIOS: the system BIOS, video BIOS, and low-option ROM. This
chapter gives an overview of the following:
Menu-driven Setup with context-sensitive help.
The address space, with details of the interrupts used.
POST routines, which are a sequence of tasks the computer performs
to ensure that the system is functioning correctly.
The system BIOS is identified by the version number QJE.xx.yyzQP,
where:
JE – is a two-letter code indicating that it is for the x1000.
xx – is the major BIOS version.
yy – is the minor BIOS version.
z – is an intermediate minor BIOS version.
An example of a released version would look similar to the following:
QJE.00.13DQP
See page 87 for the procedure for updating the system ROM firmware.