OPSD BIOS ENGINEERING

Intel Corporation, 5200 NE Elam Young Parkway
Hillsboro, OR  97124-6497
DATE:	April 9, 1999

FROM:	Intel Customer Support-Support Engineering

SUBJECT:	Standard BI440ZX BIOS Production Release 07

About This Release
* 4B4IZ0XA.86A.0010.P07.9904071006

Features/Errata Fixed in This Release

P07-0010 [PLEASE UPDATE BOOT BLOCK]
* Fixed an issue where setup could not be entered after a CMOS corruption.

P07-0009 [Not released]
* IFLASH invocation with  "/f" switch now works properly.
* Enhanced support for CAS Latency 2 only DIMM modules.
* Fixed issue that caused intermittent recovery failures.
* Fixed 16-bit and 8-bit I/O Recovery Time issues. 
* Fixed issue when printing in ECP mode.
* Fixed SMBIOS 2.1 Processor Family entry and SMBIOS 2.1 Entry Log failure.
* Fixed an issue that caused the inactivity timer to wake up the system 4 seconds after it was reset.
* Enabled USWC Write Post During I/O Bridge Access
* Fixed issue with User logo.
* Fixed issue where a PS/2 Mouse behaved erratically when running in Windows 98, ACPI Mode.
* Fixed issue where some systems will hang in Checkpoint 0x2D(dependent on Memory Type Installed) when a Full Screen User Logo is installed.
* Added support that allows more IRQs to be set to reserved in Setup.
* Removed hard coded CMOS map restrictions.
* Fixed issue where the Event Log header was being cleared after clearing the Event Log.
* Fixed an issue where Unattanded Start was broken. The system was waiting for a key to be pressed before shutdown (Windows 98*) and the BIOS was letting keys pressed during POST to be read by the OS.
* Added stack size in POST.
* Fixed an issue where the CMOS Defaults were restored when a video adapter was detected after a previous boot did not have a video adapter.
* Fixed timing register entry value.
* Added POST support for Video cards that do not support Video Mode 101.
* Added Primary Video Adapter option in SETUP.
* ESCD resources updated correctly after a Shrinking Option ROMs resources event is detected.
* Fixed NVS Error issue when there is more than 64MB of memory.
* ISA video option ROM strings screen are now being cleared when switching to POST screen.
* Fixed issue that caused iflash to run slowly from a floppy disk.
* Fixed issue with CPU Update utility.
* Added Fix for the OS/2 Warp 4.0: APM Suspend from Start Menu. 

P05-0008
* Fixed a issue where some systems may hang at POST code 0x2D when a Full Screen User Logo is installed.

P04-0007
* Fixed an issue where the BIOS screen did not get refreshed correctly, when unattended start was enabled.
* Fixed an issue where the BIOS asked for a password upon boot even if only the supervisor password was set.
* Fixed an issue where only three unique addresses showed up for the serial port A.
* Fixed boot from ATAPI ZIP drive when select "ARMD-HDD" as boot device in Setup
* LPT IRQ default set as IRQ7 when Parallel Port has been selected as "Enabled".
* Fixed issue where WOL will not work with Power loss. [NEED TO UPDATE BOOT BLOCK TO GET THIS FIX]
* Corrected Power button Feature in SETUP.
* Fixed an issue with PCI cards that have an option ROM whose size is not a multiple of 2K.
* Fixed an issue with Video corruption in setup Menu when Custom default was loaded.

P03-0006
* Fixed the issue that some video cards could hang the system.
* Changed the help text in the SETUP boot section.
* Fixed the issue that Wake on LAN didn't work as expected.
* Fixed the issue that Option ROM's might hang when trying to use INT18.
* Fixed the issue that the system wouldn't boot without a video card installed.
* Updated ACPI support for greater OS compatibility.
* Implemented code for WOR, WOL, wakeup from Keyboard/Mouse from ACPI S1 state.

P02-0004
* Added support for front panel button to function as a user request for standby and wakeup from standby.
* Fixed issue where user installed processor support updates were not being saved into flash.
* Hide PIO/UDMA settings when the IDE configuration is set to Auto.
* Modified Boot Menu help text in SETUP.
* Added Help text for Advanced menu and sub-menu.

P01-0003
* Initial Release