Serial Port Address, Infrared Port Address

3.4.6 Super IO Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
Configure Super IO Chipset
Serial Port Address	[3F8 / IRQ4]
Infrared Port Address	[Disabled]
Parallel Port Address	[378]
Parallel Port Mode	[ECP + EPP]
EPP Version	[1.9]
ECP Mode DMA Channel	[DMA3]
Parallel Port IRQ	[IRQ7]
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Serial Port Address

Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port or disable it. Configuration options: [Disabled], [3F8 / IRQ4], [2F8 / IRQ3], [3E8 / IRQ4] and [2E8 / IRQ3].

Infrared Port Address

Use this item to set the address for the onboard infrared port or disable it. Configuration options: [Disabled], [3F8 / IRQ4], [2F8 / IRQ3], [3E8 / IRQ4] and [2E8 / IRQ3].

Parallel Port Address

Use this item to set the address for the onboard parallel port or disable it. Configuration options: [Disabled], [378] and [278].

Parallel Port Mode

Use this item to set the operation mode of the parallel port. The default value is [ECP+EPP]. If this option is set to [ECP+EPP], it will show the EPP version in the following item, “EPP Version”. Configuration options: [Normal], [Bi-Directional] and [ECP+EPP].

EPP Version

Use this item to set the EPP version. Configuration options: [1.9] and [1.7].

ECP Mode DMA Channel

Use this item to set the ECP mode DMA channel. Configuration options: [DMA0], [DMA1] and [DMA3].

Parallel Port IRQ

Use this item to set the IRQ for the parallel port. Configuration options: [IRQ5] and [IRQ7].

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3.4.6 Super IO Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

[ECP + EPP]