Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
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Native AER
Select Enabled to enable Native Advanced Error Reporting support which will ex-
pand error-reporting capability. The options are
Enabled
and Disabled.
Super IO Configuration
AST2400 Super IO Chip AST2400
COM1 Configuration/COM2 Configuration
Serial Port
Select Enabled to enable the onboard serial port specified by the user. The op
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tions are
Enabled
and Disabled. If the serial port selected by the user is enabled,
the following items will be displayed.
Device Settings (For Serial Port 1 / Serial Port 2)
This item displays the device setting for a serial port selected by the user.
Change Settings (For Serial Port 1 / Serial Port 2)
This option specifies the base I/O port address and the Interrupt Request ad
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dress of Serial Port 1 and 2. Select
Auto to let the BIOS automatically assign
the base I/O and IRQ address.
The options for Serial Port 1 are
Auto
, (IO=3F8h; IRQ=4), (IO=3F8h; IRQ=3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12), (IO=2F8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12), (IO=3E8h; IRQ=3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12) and (IO=2E8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12).
The options for Serial Port 2 are
Auto
, (IO=2F8h; IRQ=3), (IO=3F8h; IRQ=3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12), (IO=2F8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12), (IO=3E8h; IRQ=3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12) and (IO=2E8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12).
Serial Port 2 Attribute
Use this feature to select the attribute for serial port 2. The options are
SOL
(Serial On LAN), and COM.
Serial Port Console Redirection
COM1/COM2
Use this feature to enable console redirection for COM1 and COM2 ports. The op-
tions are Enabled and Disabled. The default setting for COM1 is
Disabled
and the
default for COM2 is Enabled. When the console redirection support for a selected
COM port is enabled, the following items will be displayed.
