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Table 5: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Serial/Parallel Port Configuration Submenu of Advanced Menu
Menu Field | Options  | Default  | Description  | |
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Serial Port: | ■  | Disabled | [Enabled] | Configures the serial port using either no configuration (Disabled),  | 
  | ■  | Enabled  | 
  | a user defined configuration (Enabled), or by allowing the BIOS or  | 
  | ■  | 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  | 
  | ■  | 2F8/IRQ 3  | 
  | request when serial port is Enabled.  | 
  | ■  | 3E8/IRQ 4  | 
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  | ■  | 2E8/IRQ 3  | 
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Infrared Port:  | ■  | Disabled  | [Enabled]  | Configures the infrared port using either no configuration (Dis-  | 
  | ■  | Enabled  | 
  | abled), a user defined configuration (Enabled), or by allowing the  | 
  | ■  | Auto  | 
  | BIOS or OS to choose the configuration (Auto).  | 
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Mode:  | ■  | IrDA  | [FIR]  | When the infrared port is enabled this option is available allowing  | 
  | ■  | FIR  | 
  | the user to set the mode for the infrared port. | 
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Base I/O Address/IRQ:  | ■  | 3F8/IRQ 4  | [2E8/IRQ 3]  | Allows user to set the infrared port I/O address and interrupt  | 
  | ■  | 2F8/IRQ 3  | 
  | request when the infrared port is Enabled.  | 
  | ■  | 3E8/IRQ 4  | 
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  | ■  | 2E8/IRQ 3  | 
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DMA Channel:  | ■  | DMA 1  | [DMA 3]  | Allows user to set the infrared port DMA Channel when the infra-  | 
  | ■  | DMA 3  | 
  | red port is Enabled. | 
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Parallel Port:  | ■  | Disabled  | [Enabled]  | Configures the parallel port using either no configuration (Dis-  | 
  | ■  | Enabled  | 
  | abled), a user defined configuration (Enabled), or by allowing the  | 
  | ■  | 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.   | |
  | ■  | 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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  | allel port is Enabled. | 
  | ■  | 3BC  | 
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Interrupt: | ■  | IRQ 5  | [IRQ 7]  | Allows user to set the parallel port interrupt when the parallel port  | 
  | ■  | IRQ 7  | 
  | is Enabled. | 
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