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Bios Settings
Chapter 4
Network Application Platforms
Option
Description
3E8/IRQ4
Set this value to allow the serial port to use 3E8
as its I/O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt
address. If the system will not use a serial device,
it is best to set this port to Disabled.
2E8/IRQ3
Set this value to allow the serial port to use 2E8
as its I/O port address and IRQ 3 for the interrupt
address. If the system will not use a serial device,
it is best to set this port to Disabled.
Parallel Port Address
This option specifies the I/O address used by the parallel
port. The Optimal setting is 378. The Fail-Safe setting is
Disabled.
Option
Description
Disabled
Set this value to prevent the parallel port from
accessing any system resources. When the value
of this option is set to Disabled, the printer port
becomes unavailable.
378
Set this value to allow the parallel port to use 378
as its I/O port address. This is the default setting.
The majority of parallel ports on computer
systems use IRQ7 and I/O Port 378H as the
standard setting.
278
Set this value to allow the parallel port to use 278
as its I/O port address.
3BC
Set this value to allow the parallel port to use 3BC
as its I/O port address.
Parallel Port Mode
This option specifies the parallel port mode. The Optimal
setting is Normal. The Fail- Safe setting is Disabled
Option
Description
Normal
Set this value to allow the standard parallel port
mode to be used. This is the default setting.
Bi-
Directional
Set this value to allow data to be sent to and
received from the parallel port.