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Onboard Serial PortA / Onboard Serial PortB:

This item determines which I/O addresses the onboard Serial Port A & B controller will access.

•[Auto]: The system automatically select an I/O address for the onboard Serial Port A & B.

•[3F8/COM1, 2F8/COM2, 3E8/COM3, 2E8/COM4]: Allows you to manually select an I/O address for the onboard Serial Port A & B.

•[Disabled]: Disables the onboard Serial Port A and/or B.Serial PortB Mode:This item sets the operation mode for Serial Port B.IR Pin Select:This item selects the pin headers for IR device.

•[IRRX/IRTX]: Select this option when using an internal IR module connected to the onboard IR header.

•[SINB/SOUTB]: Select this option when connecting an IR adapter to COM B.Onboard Parallel Port:This item specifies the I/O address used by the parallel port.

•[Disabled]: This option prevents the parallel port from accessing any system resources. When the value of this option is set to Disabled, the printer port becomes unavailable.

•[378]: This option allows the parallel port to use 378 as its I/O port address. The majority of parallel ports on computer systems use IRQ7 and I/O Port 378H as the standard setting.

•[278]: This option allows the parallel port to use 278 as its I/O port address.

•[3BC]: This option allows the parallel port to use 3BC as its I/O port address.

Parallel Port Mode:This item specifies the parallel port mode.•[Normal]: Allows the standard parallel port mode to be used.

•[SPP]: (Standard Parallel Port) Allows bi-directional parallel port operation at normal speed.

•[EPP]: (Enhanced Parallel Port) Allows bi-directional parallel port operation at maximum speed.

•[ECP]: (Extended Capabilities Port) Allows bi-directional parallel port operation at a speed faster than the normal mode’s data transfer rate.

EPP Version:

This item selects the EPP version for the parallel port when the mode selected for the parallel port mode is EPP.

Parallel Port IRQ:This item specifies the IRQ used by the parallel port.•[5]: This option allows the serial port to use Interrupt 5.

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