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PC97 Requirements |
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Feature |
Minimal pc97 |
Workstation pc97 |
Entertainment pc97 |
| Minimal CPU | 120mhz | 166MHZ | 166MHZ |
| 256k L2 cache | recommended | required | required |
| Minimum Ram | 16MB | 32MB | 16MB |
| ACPI support | required | required | required |
| OnNow Hardware support | required | required | required |
| BIOS support for OnNow | required | required | required |
| BIOS support for alternate boot devices | required | required | required |
| BIOS support for USB keyboard (if you use a usb keyboard) | required | required | required |
| All expansion slots are accessible | required | required | required |
| Noise level meets PC97 standards | recommended | recommended | required |
| All devices and drivers meet PC97 standards | required | required | required |
| All bus and devices to be Plug and Play compliant | required | required | required |
| All devices support correct 16-bit decoding for I/O port addresses | required | required | required |
| Devices and buses support hot plugging if using USB, 1394, or PC Card | required | required | required |
| User is protected from incorrectly connecting devices | required | required | required |
| Minimal user interaction needed to install and configure devices | required | required | required |
| Device driver and installation meet Windows and Windows NT standards | required | required | required |
| Standard system board devices use ISA-compatible addresses | required | required | required |
| USB with one USB port. | required | required | 2 USB ports required |
| Support for other high-speed expansion capabilities (CardBus required for mobile) | recommended | recommended | IEEE 1394 required |
| PCI bus meets PCI V2.1 and higher plus PC97 requirements | required | required | required |
| ISA expansion bus | optional | optional | optional |
| Wireless capabilities | recommended | required | |
| Support for installing the operating system | required | required | required |
| Audio meets PC97 requirements | recommended | Advanced and required | |
| Communications device provided with system | recommended | required | required |
| Display adapter meets PC97 minimum requirements | 800X600x16 bpp(640X480X8 small LCD) | 1024X768X16 bpp | 1024X768X16 bpp |
| Support for NTSC or PAL tv output if no large screen monitor is used. | recommended | recommended | required |
| Color monitor supports DDC 2.0 Level B, EDID, and 800X600, minimum | required | required | required |
| System supports MPEG-1 playback | required | required | required |
| PC97 DVD playback (if the system has a DVD player) | required | required with DVD-Video | required with DVD-Video |
| Supports Int 13h Extensions in system and option ROMs | required | required | required |
| Host controller for storage meets PC97 Requirements | required | required | required |
| Primary host controller supports bus mastering | recommended | required | required |
| Hard drive meets PC97 requirements | required | required | required |
| Media status notification support for removable media | required | required | required |
| Legacy floppy disk controller built into system | optional | ||
| Cardbus on mobile PC's | required | required | required |
| Mobil unit and docking station meet PC97 requirements as a pair | required | <left blank> | <left blank> |
| Docking station meets ACPI requirements | required | <left blank> | <left blank> |
| Docking station meets all basic PC97 requirements for general devices. expansion cards, system bus, and system board | required | <left blank> | <left blank> |
| Automatic resource assignment and dynamic disable capabilities for mobile/ docking station pair | required | <left blank> | <left blank> |
| Automatic resource assignment and dynamic disable capabilities for replacement devices | required | <left blank> | <left blank> |
| "Multimedia pc" PC97 minimum requirements | required | required | required |
Fields marked "<left blank>" are that way because they are that way in Microsoft's PC97 Specification.