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BIOS Setup Information
Peripheral Setup
This section describes the I/O resources assignments for all onboard peripheral
devices.
Onboard FDC
If you want to install a different add-on super I/O card to connect floppy drives, set
this field to
Disabled
. Otherwise, set it to
Auto
to call BIOS to automatically
determine if the floppy controller should be enabled.
Onboard Serial Port A/Port B
These fields control the resource assignments of two onboard serial interfaces:
SIO1 and SIO2. The following list shows the options of onboard serial
port A/port B:
Auto
à
set serial I/O resources automatically
Disabled
à
indicates onboard COM port function is disabled
3F8h/COM1
à
assign I/O address 3F8h to COM1
2F8h/COM2
à
assign I/O address 2F8h to COM2
3E8h/COM3
à
assign I/O address 3E8h to COM3
2E8h/COM4
à
assign I/O address 2E8h to COM4
Onboard IR Port
This option controls the resource assignments of onboard serial port 3. The IR
Mode Select has three settings
IrDA
,
ASK IR
, and
FIR
.
