• An option ROM for the PC platform (i.e. the IBM PC and derived successor computer systems) is a piece of firmware that resides in ROM on an expansion card...
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    BIOS (redirect from BIOS ROM)
    (and if) an option ROM returns, the BIOS continues searching for more option ROMs, calling each as it is found, until the entire option ROM area in the...
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    ROM to the BIOS to enable TRIM passthrough in RAID mode by using the RST ROM and driver. The newest Option ROM version is a 13 series ROM, this ROM will...
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  • load Option ROMs during firmware updates, allowing the malware in a Thunderbolt device's Option ROM to potentially overwrite the SPI flash ROM containing...
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  • Old World ROM computers are the Macintosh (Mac) models that use a Macintosh Toolbox read-only memory (ROM) chip, usually in a socket (but soldered to...
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    picture, and audio data. The first laptop to have an integrated CD-ROM drive as an option was 1993's CF-V21P by Panasonic; however, the drive only supported...
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    BIOS ROM, Video BIOS, Option ROMs, video RAM, RAM on peripherals, memory-mapped I/O, and obsoleted ROM BASIC. However, even with video RAM, the ROM BIOS...
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    Flash memory (redirect from FLASH ROM)
    for serial NOR flash include storing firmware for hard drives, BIOS, Option ROM of expansion cards, DSL modems, etc. One more recent application for flash...
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    by installing a network interface controller (NIC) that provided a PXE Option ROM. Today the client PXE code is directly included within the NIC's own firmware...
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  • modified option ROM on motherboards with an X79 chipset is if the manufacturer has added a ROM switch; this entails both the RST and RST-E ROMs being inside...
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    additional 32 KB Option ROM can be installed, for a total of 64 KB of ROM (bank-switched in a 32 KB aperture), and the Standard ROM is socket-mounted...
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  • or by holding down ⌘ Command-⌥ Option-O-F at boot). One major difference between Old World ROM Macs and New World ROM Macs, at least in Classic Mac OS...
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  • Platform Extensions PCR1 – Host Platform Configuration PCR2 – Option ROM Code PCR3 – Option ROM Configuration and Data PCR4 – IPL (Initial Program Loader)...
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    removed from the motherboard, the BASIC option in the main menu will disappear, leaving only MONITOR. This is because ROM #3 contains a program header which...
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    is also used as an option on both the Sega Chihiro and Triforce, respectively based on the Xbox and GameCube consoles. The GD-ROM drive in the Dreamcast...
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  • With a computer running UEFI, the UEFI firmware (except CSM and legacy Option ROM), any UEFI boot loader, and the operating system kernel all run in Long...
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  • controller. Hardware RAID controllers can be configured through card BIOS or Option ROM before an operating system is booted, and after the operating system is...
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    These other duty-specific programs are generally known collectively as option ROMs or individually as the video BIOS, SCSI BIOS, etc. In earlier BIOSes...
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    Incorporated: 121. 1989. NEC showed both regular CD-ROM drives and a small consumer drive that is an option for the PC Engine System, a modular game machine...
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  • framebuffer at once, thus improving performance. A PCI device may also have an option ROM. When performing a Configuration Space access, a PCI device does not decode...
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    Compatibility Support Module allows legacy operating systems and some legacy option ROMs that do not support UEFI to still be used. It also provides required...
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  • implemented both in its device driver and in the Z68 motherboard's firmware (option ROM). It is available only when the (integrated) disk controller is configured...
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  • adapter sets the SCSI ID; for example, the adapter often contains an Option ROM (SCSI BIOS) program that runs when the computer boots up and that program...
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    insecure against evil maid attacks. Its architecture is old, updates and Option ROMs are unsigned, and configuration is unprotected. Additionally, it does...
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  • With a computer running UEFI, the UEFI firmware (except CSM and legacy Option ROM), the UEFI boot loader and the UEFI operating system kernel all run in...
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    DVD (redirect from DVD-ROM)
    machines that physically stamp data onto the DVD. Such discs are a form of DVD-ROM because data can only be read and not written or erased. Blank recordable...
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    switch that, in combination with options that provided two ROM chips, loaded a program into main memory from those ROM chips and jumped to it. Digital...
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    The Option key, ⌥, is a modifier key present on Apple keyboards. It is located between the Control key and the Command key on a typical Mac keyboard. There...
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  • the Orioles selected Rom's contract and added him to the 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. Rom was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk to...
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  • Boot ROM is a piece of read-only memory (ROM) that is used for booting a computer system. It contains instructions that are run after the CPU is reset...
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