Acer C110 manual Device Configuration, Enabled

I/O Device Configuration

The parameters in this screen are for advanced users only. You do not need to change the values in this screen because these values are already optimized.

The I/O Device Configuration screen assigns resources to basic computer communication hardware.

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

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I/O Device Configuration			Item Specific Help
			Configure serial port
Serial port:		[Enabled]	using options:
			[Disabled]
Mode:		[FIR]
			No configuration
Base I/O Address:		[2F8]
			[Enabled]
Interrupt:		[IRQ 3]
			User Configuration
DMA channel:		[DMA 3]
			[Auto]
Parallel port:		[Enabled]	BIOS or OS chooses
			configuration
Mode:		[Bi-directional]	(OS Cintrolled)
Base I/O address:		[378]	Displayed when Controlled
Interrupt:		[IRQ7]	by OS
F1 Help	Select Item	F5/F6 Change Values	F9 Setup Defaults
Esc Exit	Select Menu	Enter Select > Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit

NOTE: When the device is disabled, all the sub-items will be showed as [--].

The following table describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested parameter settings

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Parameter	Description	Options
Serial Port A	Enables or disables the serial port.	Disabled
	The serial port is a PnP device. Enabled/Disabled	Enabled
	setting won’t affect the setting of the serial port in	Auto
	device manager of Windows.
	When enabled, you can set the base I/O address and
	interrupt request (IRQ) of the serial port.
	Help: [Disabled] : No configuration
	[Enabled] : User configuration
	[Auto] : BIOS or OS chooses configuration
Mode	Sets speration mode of the serial port.	COM Port
	Only set the serial post operation mode in BIOS	FIR
	Setup.
	Help: Set the mode for the serial port using
Base I/O Address	Sets the I/O address of the com operation.	3F8, 2F8, 3E8 or 2E8
	Help: Set the base I/O address for serial port.

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