First International Computer AN11, Manual

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BIOS Setup
Onboard FDC Controller
When enabled, the floppy diskette drive (FDD) controller is activated.
The options are: Enabled, Disabled.
Onboard Serial Port 1
If the serial port 1 uses the onboard I/O controller, you can modify your
serial port parameters. If an I/O card needs to be installed, COM3 and
COM4 may be needed. The options are: 3F8/IRQ4, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3,
2E8/IRQ3, Disabled.
Onboard Serial Port 2
If the serial port 2 uses the onboard I/O controller, you can modify your
serial port parameters. If an I/O card needs to be installed, COM3 and
COM4 may be needed. The options are: 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3,
3F8/IRQ4, Disabled.
UART Mode Select
Allows you to select the IR modes if the serial port 2 is used as an IR port.
Set at Standard, if you use COM2 as the serial port as the serial port,
instead as an IR port. The options are: IrDA, ASKIR, Normal.
RxD , TxD Active
This feature is available only if the item, UART 2 Mode, is set at ASKIR or
HPSIR. The feature allows you to select the active signals of the reception
end and the transmission end. This is for technician use only.
The options are: Hi, Lo; Hi, Hi; Lo, Hi; Lo, Lo.
OnChip LAN Boot Rom
It allows users to decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard
LAN chip. The options are: Enabled, Disabled.
SuperIO PCI Device
IR Transmission Delay
When Enabled, the transmission delays 4 characters-time (40 bit-time) if
SIR is changed from RX mode to TX mode. When Disabled, no transmis-
sion delay if SIR is changed from RX mode to TX mode.
The options are: Enabled, Disabled.