User Guide

AWARD BIOS

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Integrated Peripherals Æ Onboard Parallel Port

Onboard Parallel

Port

3BC/IRQ7

378/IRQ7

278/IRQ7

Disabled

This item controls the onboard parallel port address

and interrupt.

Note: If you are using an I/O card with a

parallel port, make sure that the addresses

and IRQ do not conflict.

Integrated Peripherals Æ Parallel Port Mode

Parallel Port Mode

Normal

SPP

EPP 1.7 + SPP

EPP 1.9 + SPP

ECP

EPP 1.7 + ECP

EPP 1.9 + ECP

This item lets you set the parallel port mode. The

mode options are Normal (Standard and Bidirection

Parallel Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) and ECP

(Extended Parallel Port). Normal is the IBM AT and

PS/2 compatible mode. EPP enhances the parallel

port throughput by directly writing/reading data to/from

parallel port without latch. ECP supports DMA and

RLE (Run Length Encoded) compression and

decompression. EPP1.7 and EPP1.9 are protocol

difference.

Integrated Peripherals Æ ECP Mode Use DMA

ECP Mode Use DMA

This item lets you set the DMA channel of ECP mode.