The following table describes the parameters found in this menu.

Parameter

Description

Options

Onboard FDC

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy

[Enabled]. [Disabled]

Controller

disk controller (FDC) installed on the system

 

 

board and you wish to use it. If you install an

 

 

add-in FDC or the system has no floppy

 

 

drive, select Disabled in this field.

 

 

 

 

Onboard

Select a logical COM port name and

 

Serial Port 1

matching address for the serial port. Select

 

 

an address and corresponding interrupt for

 

 

the serial port.

 

 

 

 

UR2 Duplex

In an infrared port mode, this field appears.

 

Mode

Full-duplex mode permits simultaneous

 

 

tow-direction transmission. Half-duplex

 

 

mode permits transmission in one direction

 

 

only at a time. Select the value required by

 

 

the IR device connected to the IR port.

 

 

 

 

Onboard

Select a logical LPI port address and

[xxx+IRQx]

Parallel Port

corresponding interrupt for the physical

 

 

parallel port.

 

 

 

 

Parallel Port

Select an operating mode for the onboard

[Normal], [EPP],

Mode

parallel (printer) port.

[EPP], [EPP+ECP]

 

 

 

ECP Mode

This item allows users to manually set the

 

used DMA

DMA channel for ECP mode

 

 

 

 

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Acer M1640, M5640 manual Epp, Epp+Ecp

M1640, M5640 specifications

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