Gateway E-5200 - Manual (Page 19)

10 E-5200 User’s Guide
System Features
The following features are standard to the system’s basic architecture.
AGP Video
An AGP (accelerated graphics port) video connector on the system board
and an AGP expansion card are standard features. AGP is a bus architecture
that increases video performance by routing video signals through a
dedicated graphics bus rather than sending video signals on the PCI bus.
BIOS
The BIOS (basic input/output system) is software that enables your
computer to communicate with peripheral devices (such as the keyboard,
mouse, and monitor) without using programs on the hard drive.
The battery in your computer maintains the BIOS settings in CMOS
memory even when the computer is turned off.
You can change the BIOS settings through the Setup program. Open Setup
by pressing F1 when you are prompted as your computer starts.
Cache Memory
Your system includes L2 (level 2) cache. Cache memory is located on the
processor. Cache reduces the average time required for the processor to get
the data it needs from the main memory by storing recently accessed data in
the cache.
Connectors
The standard I/O (input/output) connectors included with the computer are
keyboard port, mouse port, two serial ports, parallel port, two USB ports,
audio-out jack, AGP video port, and RJ-45 network connector.