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APC-3228 User Manual

Super I/O Configuration

You can use this screen to select options for the Super I/O settings. Use the up and down

<Arrow> keys to select an item. Use the <Plus> and <Minus> keys to change the value of the selected

option. The settings are described on the following pages. The screen is shown below.

 Serial Port1 Address

This option specifies the base I/O port address and Interrupt Request address of serial port 1. The

Optimal setting is 3F8/IRQ4.

Option Description

Disabled Set this value to prevent the serial port from accessing any system resources.

When this option is set to Disabled, the serial port physically becomes

unavailable.

3F8/IRQ4 Set this value to allow the serial port to use 3F8 as its I/O port address and

IRQ4 for the interrupt address. This is the default setting. The majority of serial

port 1 or COM1 ports on computer systems use IRQ4 and I/O Port 3F8 as the

standard setting. The most common serial device connected to this port is a

mouse. If the system will not use a serial device, it is best to set this port to