BIOS Setup Utility

 

 

SY- P4I865PE Plus DRAGON 2

 

Onboard Serial Ports

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setting

Description

Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UART Mode

 

Normal

The second serial port offers

Default

 

 

Select

 

IrDA

several special modes. It can

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

either work as an infrared device

 

 

 

 

 

ASKIR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(IrDA, ASKIR) or as a Smart

 

 

 

 

 

SCR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Card reader (SCR), or as a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

normal serial port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If [UART Mode Select] is set to [IrDA]/[ASKIR]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UR2 Duplex

 

Half

Choose [Half] or [Duplex] to set

Default

 

 

Mode

 

Full

UR2 in half duplex mode or full

 

 

 

 

 

 

duplex mode respectively. Refer

 

 

 

 

 

 

to your IR device specifications

 

 

 

 

 

 

to select the suitable mode.

 

 

Onboard Parallel Ports

 

 

 

Setting

Description

Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Onboard Parallel

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disabled

Choose the printer I/O

 

 

Port

 

378/IRQ7

address.

Default

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3BC/IRQ7

 

 

 

 

 

278/IRQ5

 

 

 

Parallel Port Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPP

The mode depends on your

Default

 

 

 

EPP

external device that

 

 

 

 

 

connects to this port.

 

 

 

 

ECP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ECP+EPP

 

 

 

If [Parallel Port Mode] is set to [ECP] mode

 

 

ECP Mode use

 

3

Choose DMA3

Default

 

DMA

 

1

Choose DMA1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AB Soft ATX 12V user manual Onboard Serial Ports, Onboard Parallel Ports, Dma

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