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Award BIOS Setup Utility
Super IO Device
Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following fields
will appear.
Onboard FDC Controller
Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller.
Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller.
Onboard Serial Port 1 and Onboard Serial Port 2
Auto The system will automatically select an I/O address
for the onboard serial por t 1 and serial port 2.
3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3 Allows you to
manually select an I/O address for the onboard
serial port 1 and serial por t 2.
Disabled Disables the onboard serial port 1 and/or serial
port 2.
UART Mode Select
The mainboard supports IrDA function for wireless connectivity
between your computer and peripheral devices. You may not use
IrDA (J15) and the COM 2 (J4) serial por t at the same time. If
you are using the COM 2 serial port, make sure this field is set
to Normal.
To use the IrDA function, follow the steps below.
1. Connect your IrDA cable to connector J15 on the mainboard.
2. Set the “UART Mode Select” field to the type of IrDA
standard supported by your IrDA peripheral/device (IrDA or
ASKIR). For better transmission of data, your IrDA peripheral
device must be within a 30
o
angle and within a distance of 1
meter.
3. Set the “RxD TxD Active”, “IR Transmission Delay”, “UR2
Duplex Mode” and “Use IR Pins” fields appropriately.
RxD, TxD Active
The options are Hi, Lo; Lo, Hi; Lo, Lo; and Hi, Hi.