Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup
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Prox-1230 USER
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S MANUAL
IDE HDD BLOCK MODE:
Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple
sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new
drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of
block read/writes per sector the drive can support.
ONBOARD FDC CONTROLLER:
Select Enabled if the system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on
the system board and you wish to use it. If you install and-in FDC or the
system has no floppy drive, select Disabled.
ONBOARD SERIAL PORT 1:
ONBOARD SERIAL PORT 2:
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the 1
st
, 2
nd
, 3
rd
and forth
serial ports.
UART 2 MODE:
This item allows you to select which mode for the Onboard Serial Port 2.
IR FUNCTION DUPLEX:
This item allows you to select the IR half/full duplex function.
TX, RX INVERTING ENABLE:
This item allows you to enable TX, RX inverting which depends on
different H/W requirement. This field is not recommended to change its
default setting for avoiding any error in your system.
ONBOARD PARALLEL PORT:
This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with
which I/O address.
ONBOARD PARALLEL MODE:
Select an operating mode for the onboard (printer) port. Select
Normal
unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the
other available modes.
ECP MODE USE DMA:
Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode.