Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
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VGA Priority
Use this item to select the graphics device to be used as the primary video display
for system boot. The options are
Onboard
and Offboard.
Network Stack
Select Enabled to enable PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) or UEFI (Uni-
fied Extensible Firmware Interface) for network stack support. The options are
Enabled and
Disabled
.
Super IO Configuration
Super IO Chip AST2400
Serial Port 1 Configuration/Serial Port 2 Configuration
Serial Port 1/Serial Port 2
Select Enabled to enable the onboard serial port specified by the user. The options
are
Enabled
and Disabled.
Device Settings
This item displays the base I/O port address and the Interrupt Request address of
a serial port specified by the user.
Change Port 1 Settings/Change Port 2 Settings
This feature specifies the base I/O port address and the Interrupt Request address
of Serial Port 1 or Serial Port 2. Select
Auto
for the BIOS to automatically assign
the base I/O and IRQ address to a serial port specified.
The options for Serial Port 1 are
Auto
, (IO=3F8h; IRQ=4), (IO=3F8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12), (IO=2F8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12); (IO=3E8h; IRQ=3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12), and (IO=2E8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12).
The options for Serial Port 2 are
Auto
, (IO=3F8h; IRQ=4), (IO=3F8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12), (IO=2F8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12); (IO=3E8h; IRQ=3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12), and (IO=2E8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12).
Serial Port 2 Attribute
Select SOL to use COM Port 2 as a Serial_Over_LAN (SOL) port for console redi-
rection. The options are COM and
SOL
.
