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Parameter

Description

Option

 

 

 

Serial Port 2

Enables or disables serial port 2

Enabled

 

 

Disabled

 

 

 

Base Address

Sets the serial port 2 I/O base address

2F8h

 

 

3E8h

 

 

2E8h

 

 

 

IRQ

Sets the IRQ channel of serial port 2

3

 

 

10

 

 

 

Parallel Port

Enables or disables the parallel port

Enabled

 

 

Disabled

 

 

 

Base Address

Sets a logical base address for the

378h

 

parallel port. This parameter is

278h

 

configurable only if the Parallel Port

 

 

parameter is enabled.

 

 

 

 

IRQ

Assigns an interrupt for the parallel

7

 

port. This parameter is configurable

5

 

only if the Parallel Port parameter is

 

 

enabled.

 

 

If you install an add-on card that has

 

 

a parallel port whose address conflicts

 

 

with the onboard parallel port, a

 

 

warning appears on the screen.

 

 

Check the parallel port address of the

 

 

add-on card and change the address

 

 

to one that does not conflict.

 

 

 

 

Operation

Sets your parallel port’s operation

Extended

Mode

mode. This parameter is configurable

Capabilities Port

 

only if the Parallel Port parameter is

(ECP)

 

enabled.

Enhanced Parallel

 

 

Port (EPP)

 

 

Bi-directional

 

 

Standard Parallel

 

 

Port (SPP)

 

 

 

ECP DMA

Assigns a DMA channel for the ECP

 

Channel

parallel port function. This

 

 

parameter is configurable only if you

 

 

select the Extended Capabilities Port

 

 

(ECP) as the operation mode.

 

 

 

 

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