User Guide

Software Functional Overview
3-2 FIC A440 Series Service Manual
Controller Chip Description
Hard Disk  Enhanced IDE spec
 Support auto IDE detection
 Support LBA mode for larger capacity HDD
 Support Ultra DMA 33
 Support Fast PIO mode 1-4 transfer
 Support 32-bit PIO transfer
 Support Multi-Sector transfer
Multi Boot Allow the user to select boot from FDD, LS120, 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
Port Replicator I/O port replicator duplicates the following ports
 Video port
 Printer port
 COM1 port
 PS/2 Mouse & Standard Keyboard port
 USB Port
 DC In Jack
Power Management
Support (APM Mode)
The power management is compliant with APM 1.2 specification
and supports the following power state:
 Full-On Mode
 Doze Mode (This mode is transparent to user)
 Stand-By (POS) Mode
 Suspend to RAM (STR) Mode
 Suspend to Disk (STD) Mode
 Soft-Off Mode (SOff)
Power Management
Support (ACPI Mode)
The power management is compliant with ACPI 1.0 specification
and supports the following power state:
 S0 (Full-On) Mode
 S3 (STR) Mode
 S4 (STD) Mode
 S5 (Soft-Off) Mode