Notebook User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- BIOS SETUP UTILITY
- MAIN MENU - SETTING STANDARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS
- ADVANCED MENU - SETTING DEVICE FEATURE CONTROLS
- Serial/Parallel Port Configuration Submenu of the Advanced Menu
- Keyboard/Mouse Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu
- Video Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu
- Internal Device Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu
- CPU Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu
- USB Features Submenu of the Advanced Menu
- Miscellaneous Configurations Submenu of the Advanced Menu
- Event Logging Submenu of the Advanced Menu
- SECURITY MENU - SETTING THE SECURITY FEATURES
- BOOT MENU - SELECTING THE OPERATING SYSTEM SOURCE
- INFO MENU - DISPLAYS BASIC SYSTEM INFORMATION
- EXIT MENU - LEAVING THE SETUP UTILITY

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Table 5: Fields, Options and Defaults for Serial/Parallel Port Configuration Submenu of Advanced Menu
Menu Field Options Default Description
Serial Port:
■
Disabled
■
Enabled
■
Auto
[Enabled] Configures the serial port using either no configuration (Disabled), a user
defined configuration (Enabled), or by allowing the BIOS or OS to choose
the configuration (Auto).
I/O Address:
■
3F8 - 3FF
■
2F8 - 2FF
■
3E8 - 3EF
■
2E8 - 2EF
[3F8 - 3FF] Allows user to set the serial port base I/O address when serial port is
Enabled.
Interrupt:
■
IRQ 3
■
IRQ 4
■
IRQ 10
■
IRQ 11
[IRQ 4] Allows user to set the serial port interrupt when serial port is Enabled.
Infrared Port:
■
Disabled
■
Enabled
■
Auto
[Enabled] Configures the infrared port using either no configuration (Disabled), a
user defined configuration (Enabled), or by allowing the BIOS or OS to
choose the configuration (Auto).
Mode:
■
IrDA
■
FIR
[FIR] When the infrared port is enabled this option is available allowing the user
to set the mode for the infrared port. Standard IrDA (IrDA 1.0) transmits
data at up to 115.2 Kbps; FIR (IrDA 1.1) transmits at up to 4Mbps.
I/O Address:
■
3F8 - 3FF
■
2F8 - 2FF
■
3E8 - 3EF
■
2E8 - 2EF
[2E8 - 2EF] Allows user to set the infrared port I/O address when the infrared port is
Enabled.
Interrupt:
■
IRQ 3
■
IRQ 4
■
IRQ 10
■
IRQ 11
[IRQ 3] Allows user to set the infrared port interrupt when the infrared port is
Enabled.
I/O Address:
■
400-43F
■
480-4BF
■
500-53F
■
580-5BF
400-43F Allows user to set the FIR port I/O address when the infrared port is
Enabled.
DMA Channel:
■
DMA 1
■
DMA 3
[DMA 3] Allows user to set the infrared port DMA Channel when the infrared port
mode is set to FIR.
Parallel Port:
■
Disabled
■
Enabled
■
Auto
[Enabled] Configures the parallel port using either no configuration (Disabled), a
user defined configuration (Enabled), or by allowing the BIOS or OS to
choose the configuration (Auto).
Mode:
■
Output Only
■
Bi-directional
■
ECP
[Bi-directional] When the parallel port is enabled this option is available allowing the user
to set the mode for the parallel port. Bi-directional allows two-way
transfer of information between your notebook and a parallel device.
Output Only (Half Duplex) allows information to be transferred in only
one direction, from your notebook to the printer or similar device. ECP
Mode allows communication with the ECP class of parallel I/O devices.
I/O Address:
■
378 - 37F
■
278 - 27F
■
3BC - 3BF
[378 - 37F] Allows user to set the parallel port base I/O address when the parallel port
is Enabled.
Interrupt:
■
IRQ 5
■
IRQ 7
[IRQ 7] Allows user to set the parallel port interrupt when the parallel port is
Enabled.
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