MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP
P6F40-B5 User’s Manual
P6F40-B5 User’s Manual
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Onboard Primary PCI IDE -
Enables or Disables the primary controller. Situations where
this controller would be disabled are:
a) You are not using any IDE Drives
or
b) You are
using an add-on IDE controller in a PCI Slot
.
Enabled
Primary onboard HDD controller used -- (Default)
Disabled
Primary onboard HDD controller not used.
Onboard Secondary PCI IDE
- Enables or Disables the secondary controller. Situations
where this controller would be disabled are:
a) You are not using any IDE Drives
or
b) You
are using IDE Drives ONLY on the primary controller
or
c) You are using an add-on IDE
controller in a PCI Slot
.
Enabled
Secondary onboard HDD controller used
Disabled
Secondary onboard HDD controller not used.
PCI Slot IDE 2nd Channel
- Allows you designate an IDE controller board inserted into
one of the PCI slots as your secondary IDE controller. *
Disabled
(Default).
USB Controller
- Enables or Disables the on-board USB (Universal Serial Bus) controller.
Onboard FDC Controller
- Enables or Disables the on-board Floppy Disk Controller.
Onboard Serial Port 1
- With this option, the on-board Serial Port 1 can be Disabled, or
set to COM1/3F8 (Default), COM2/2F8, COM3/3E8 or COM4/2E8.
Onboard Serial Port 2
- With this option, the on-board Serial Port 2 can be Disabled, or
set to COM2/2F8 (Default), COM1/3F8, COM3/3E8 or COM4/2E8.
InfraRed /COM2 Selected
- By default, this field is set to
UART COM2
, which directs
the second serial port UART to support the COM2 serial port. Choosing
IrDA SIR
or
SHARP IR
will activate the on-board infrared feature and redirect the second serial port
UART to support the infrared module connector on the mainboard.
Onboard Parallel Port
- With this option, the on-board Parallel Port can be Disabled, or
set to 378/IRQ7 (Default), 3BC/IRQ7 or 278/IRQ5.
Onboard Parallel Mode
- Sets the operating mode of the parallel port. Options are:
Normal, EPP/Normal, ECP
and
ECP/EPP.
ECP Mode Use DMA
- Options are 1 and 3. This field is available only when one of the
two following options in
Parallel Port Mode
is selected: ECP or ECP/EPP.
EPP Version
- Options are 1.7 (Default) and 1.9 (IEEE 1284 compliant).