Chapter 2 AMIBIOS Setup
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Section 6
Peripheral Setup
Choose Peripheral Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu. All Peripheral
Setup options are described below.
Onboard FDC
Set this option to
Enabled
to enable the floppy drive controller (FDC) on the
motherboard. The settings are
Auto (AMIBIOS automatically determines if the
floppy controller should be enabled), Enabled,
or
Disabled.
The Optimal and
Fail-Safe default settings are
Auto
.
Onboard Serial PortA
This option specifies the base I/O port address of serial port 1. The
settings are
Auto (AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct base I/O port
address), Disabled, 3F8h/COM1, 2F8h/COM2, 3E8h/COM3,
or
2E8h/COM4.
The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are
Auto.
Onboard Serial PortB
This option specifies the base I/O port address of serial port 2. The
settings are
Auto (AMIBIOS automatically determines the correct base I/O port
address), Disabled, 3F8h/COM1, 2F8h/COM2, 3E8h/COM3,
or
2E8h/COM4.
The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are
Auto.
Serial PortB Mode
This option specifies the operating mode for serial port 2.This option appears
only if the
Onboard Serial PortB
option is not set to
Auto
or
Disabled.
The
settings are
IrDA, ASK IR,
or
Normal.
The Optimal and Fail-Safe default
settings are
Normal
.
IR Duplex Mode
This option specifies the infrared transmission method. This option appears
only if the
Onboard Serial PortB
option is not set to
Auto
or
Disabled.
The
settings are
Full
or
Half
. There are no default settings.
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