Acer TravelMate 7300 manual Onboard Communication Ports

System Utilities

qMultiple Sectors Read/Write. This parameter enhances hard disk performance by reading/writing more data at once. The available values are: Auto or Disabled. The default Auto setting allows the system to adjust itself to the optimum read/write setting.

qAdvanced PIO Mode. Advanced PIO (Programmed Input/Output) Mode enhances drive performance by optimizing the hard disk timing. The available values are: Auto and Mode 0. The default setting is Auto.

qHard Disk 32 Bit Access. This parameter allows your hard disk to use 32-bit access. The available values are: Auto and Disabled. The default setting is Auto.

Tip: We suggest you set all of these parameters to Auto whenever that choice is available. This allows the computer to use the hard drive at the highest possible performance level.

Onboard Communication Ports

The Onboard Communication Ports section allows you to set addresses and interrupts for the computer’s serial and parallel ports.

qSerial Port. The Serial Port parameter can be set to Enabled or Disabled. The Base Address parameter accepts the following values: 3F8h, 2F8h, 3E8h or 2E8h. The IRQ parameter accepts 4 or 11.

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