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2.3.3 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.
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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
