Acer 3400 Series manual Advanced, Parameter Description Options, IRQ7/IRQ5, DMA3/DMA1

Advanced

The Advanced menu screen contains parameters involving your hardware devices. It also provides advanced settings of the system.

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Info.	Main	Advanced		Security	Boot	Exit
					Item Specific Help
Serial port A:		[Enabled]
Base I/O address:		[3F8]
Interrupt:		[IRQ 4]			Configure Infrared Port
					using options:
Infrared Port:		[Enabled]			[Disable]
Base I/O address:		[2F8]			No configuration
Interrupt:		[IRQ 3]
DMA channel		[DMA1]			[Enabled]
					User configuration
Parallel port:		[Enabled]
Mode:		[ECP]			[Auto]
Base I/O address:		[378]			BIOS or OS chooses
Interrupt:		[IRQ 7]			configuration
DMA channel		[DMA3]			(OS Controlled)
					Displayed when controlled
					by OS
F1 Help	↑ ↓ Select Item		F5/F6 Change Values			F9 Setup Defaults
Esc Exit	← → Select Menu		Enter Select 4Sub-Menu			F10 Save and Exit

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

Parameter	Description	Options
Infrared Port (FIR)	Enables, disables or auto detects the infrared port.	Disabled/EnabledDisabled/Auto
Parallel Port	Enables, disables or auto detects the parallel port.	Enabled/Disabled/Auto
Mode	Sets the operation mode of the parallel port.	ECP, EPP, Normal or Bi-directional
Base I/O address	Sets the I/O address of the parallel port. This	378h/278h/3BCH
	parameter is enabled only if Mode is set to ECP or
	Bi-directional. This parameter is enabled only if
	Mode is set to ECP.
Interrupt	Sets the interrupt request of the parallel port.	IRQ7/IRQ5
DMA channel	Sets a DMA channel for the printer to operate in	DMA3/DMA1
	ECP mode. This parameter is enabled only if Mode
	is set to ECP.

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