
A d v a n c e d M e n u
Table 6: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Serial/Parallel Port Configuration Submenu of Advanced Menu
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| Serial Port: | ■ | Disabled | [Enabled] | Configures the serial port using either no configuration (Disabled), | 
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 | ■ | Enabled | 
 | a user defined configuration (Enabled), or by allowing the BIOS or | 
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 | ■ | Auto | 
 | OS to choose the configuration (Auto). | 
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| Base I/O Address/IRQ: | ■ | 3F8/IRQ 4 | [3F8/IRQ 4] | Allows user to set the serial port base I/O address and interrupt | 
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 | ■ | 2F8/IRQ 3 | 
 | request when serial port is Enabled. | 
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 | ■ | 3E8/IRQ 4 | 
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 | ■ | 2E8/IRQ 3 | 
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| Parallel Port: | ■ | Disabled | [Enabled] | Configures the parallel port using either no configuration (Dis- | 
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 | ■ | Enabled | 
 | abled), a user defined configuration (Enabled), or by allowing the | 
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 | ■ | Auto | 
 | BIOS or OS to choose the configuration (Auto). | 
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| Mode: | ■ | Output Only | When the parallel port is enabled this option is available allowing | |
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 | the user to set the parallel port mode.  | |
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 | ■ | ECP | 
 | way transfer of information between your notebook and a con- | 
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 | nected parallel device. Output Only (Half Duplex) allows informa- | 
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 | tion to be transferred in only one direction, from your notebook to | 
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 | the printer or similar device. ECP Mode allows communication | 
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 | with the ECP class of parallel I/O devices. | 
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| Base I/O address: | ■ | 378 | [378 | Allows user to set the parallel port base I/O address when the par- | 
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 | ■ | 278 | 
 | allel port is Enabled. | 
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| Interrupt: | ■ | IRQ 5 | [IRQ 7] | Allows user to set the parallel port interrupt when the parallel port | 
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 | ■ | IRQ 7 | 
 | is Enabled. | 
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