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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial Port

 

[Auto]

 

 

Item Specific Help

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parallel port:

 

[Auto]

 

 

Configure Infrared Port

 

 

Mode:

 

[ECP]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

using options:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal Touchpad:

[Both]

 

 

[Disable]

 

 

 

 

 

No configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Infrared Port (FIR):

[Enabled]

 

 

[Enabled]

 

 

 

 

 

User configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Auto]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS or OS chooses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(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

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

Internal Touchpad

Determines whether or not to disable the internal

Both or Auto

 

pointing device as the PS/2 mouse is connected.

 

Infrared Port (FIR)

Enables, disables or auto detects the infrared port.

Disabled/EnabledDisabled/Auto

 

 

 

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Acer 3200 Series manual Advanced, Parameter Description Options

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