NEC POWERMATE 8100 Series, Service And Reference Manual

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2-14 System Configuration
Peripheral Configuration Parameters
Menu Item Settings and Description
Serial Port B Settings: Enabled, Auto, Disabled (default), IrDA
The default setting for Serial Port B supports the hardware
shipped with the system. For example, if the system shipped
with a fax/modem board, Serial Port B defaults to Disabled.
Auto enables the device but the BIOS does not place its
resources unless the Plug and Play OS option in the BIOS is
set to No.
Selecting Disabled enables Base I/O Address and Interrupt.
Base I/O Address Settings: 3F8, 2F8 (default), 3E8, 2E8.
An asterisk (*) displayed next to an address indicates a
conflict with another device.
This option only appears if Serial Port A is set to Enabled.
Interrupt Settings: IRQ3 (default), IRQ4.
An asterisk (*) displayed next to an address indicates a
conflict with another device.
This option only appears if Serial Port A is set to Enabled.
Parallel Port Settings: Disabled, Enabled (default), Auto
The parallel port device can be auto detected when Auto is
selected. With Auto, the first free LPT port is assigned. Auto
enables the device but the BIOS does not place its
resources unless the Plug and Play OS field is set to No.
Selecting Enabled enables Mode, Base I/O Address,
Interrupt, and DMA Channel.
Mode Settings: Output Only, Bi-directional (default), EPP, ECP.
This option only appears if Parallel Port is set to Enabled.
Base I/O Address Settings: 278, 378 (default), 228.
An asterisk (*) displayed next to an address indicates a
conflict with another device.
This option only appears if Parallel Port is set to Enabled.
Interrupt
Settings: IRQ7 (default), IRQ5.
An asterisk (*) displayed next to an address indicates a
conflict with another device.
This option only appears if Parallel Port is set to Enabled.
An interrupt set to IRQ5 in a multimedia system might
conflict with the audio subsystem settings.