Instruction Manual

EPI-LX800 Series
68 EPI-LX800 Series User’s Manual
you disable this BIOS feature, the BIOS will
disable DMA transfers for all IDE drives. They
will revert to PIO mode transfers. If you enable
this BIOS feature, the BIOS will enable DMA
transfers for all IDE drives. The proper DMA
mode will be detected at boot-up. If the drive
does not support DMA transfers, then it will use
PIO mode instead.
IDE HDD Block Mode
Enabled
Disabled
Block mode is also called block transfer,
multiple commands, or multiple sector
read/write. If the IDE hard drive supports block
mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for
automatic detection of the optimal number of
block read/writes per sector the drive can
support.
Onboard FDC Controller
Enabled
Disabled
Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk
controller (FDC) installed on the system board
and you wish to use it. If you are not going to
use FDC or the system has no floppy drive,
select Disabled in this field.
Onboard Serial Port 1
Onboard Serial Port 2
Disable
3F8/IRQ4
2F8/IRQ3
3E8/IRQ4
2E8/IRQ3
Auto
Select an address and corresponding interrupt
for the first and second serial ports.
Serial Port 1 Mode
232
422
485
UART Mode Select
IrDA
ASKIR
Normal
Select UART2 mode as standard serial port or
IR port.
Onboard Parallel Port
Disabled
378/IRQ7
278/IRQ5
3BC/IRQ7
FDD MODE
Select a matching address and interrupt for the
physical parallel (printer) port.
Parallel Port Mode
SPP
EPP
ECP
ECP+EPP
Normal
Select an operating mode for the onboard
parallel port. Select Compatible or Extended
unless you are certain both your hardware and
software support EPP or ECP mode.