System information

AMI BIOS
3-29
• Normal - Sets serial port 2 to operate in normal mode. This is the
default setting.
• HPSIR - Select this setting if you have installed Infrared module on the
IrDA connector (refer to section 2.3 "Connectors"). This setting allows
infrared serial communication at a maximum baud rate of 115K baud.
• ASKIR - Select this setting if you have installed Infrared module on the
IrDA connector (refer to section 2.3 "Connectors"). This setting allows
infrared serial communication at a maximum baud rate of 19.2K baud.
Peripheral --> OnBoard Parallel Port
OnBoard
Parallel Port
Auto
Disabled
378h
278h
3BCh
This item allows you to select the address for the parallel
port. Selecting Disabled deactivates the parallel port.
Peripheral --> Parallel Port IRQ
Parallel Port
IRQ
5
7
This item is configurable only if the "Onboard Parallel Port"
is NOT set to Auto. This allows you to set an IRQ for the
parallel port function. The default is 7 for first parallel printer
port.
Peripheral --> Parallel Port Mode
Parallel Port
Mode
SPP
EPP
ECP
This item specifies the parallel port mode. The mode
options are SPP (Standard and Bi-direction Parallel
Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) and ECP (Extended
Parallel Port). SPP is the IBM AT and PS/2 compatible
mode. EPP enhances the parallel port throughput by directly
write/read data to/from parallel port without latch. ECP
supports DMA and RLE (Run Length Encoded) compression
and decompression.