AWARD BIOS SETUP
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Master Drive PIO and Slave Drive PIO:
There are six options namely “Auto”, “Mode 0”,
“Mode 1”,“Mode 2”, “Mode 3” and “Mode 4”. The default setting is “Auto”. When it is set
to “Auto”, the BIOS will automatically set the mode to match the transfer rate of hard disk.
If the system won‘t boot up when set to “Auto,” set it manually to the lower mode (e.g.
From Mode 3 to Mode 2). All IDE drives should work with PIO mode 0.
IDE Primary Master UDMA, IDE Primary Slave UDMA:
Ultra DMA/33 implementation
is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes
a DMA driver (Windows 95, OSR2, or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard
drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/33, select Auto to enable BIOS
support.
Onboard FDC Controller:
Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller
(FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install an add-in FDC
or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.
Onboard Serial Port 1 / 2:
These options are used to assign the I/O addresses for the
two on-board serial ports. They can be assigned as follows:
Auto
[Default]
3F8 / IRQ4
2F8 / IRQ3
3E8 / IRQ4
2E8 / IRQ3
Disabled (Disable the onboard serial port)
Onboard Parallel Port :
This option is used to assign the I/O address for the onboard
parallel port. The options are “378/IRQ7” (defaults), “278/IRQ7”, “3BC/IRQ7” and
“Disabled” (disable the onboard parallel port). Note: Printer port always use IRQ7
when set to “378/IRQ7” or “278/IRQ7”, or from “3BE/IRQ7” to “Enabled”.
Parallel Port Mode:
There are four options “Normal” (default), “ECP”, “ECP/EPP” and
“EPP/SPP”. Change the mode from “Normal” to the enhanced mode only if your
peripheral device can support it. When it is set to ECP mode, the printer port always
uses DMA3.
