Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup 47
Init Display First
User can choose display priority on either peripheral PCI slot or on
board VGA chip. There are 2 options: PCI slot (Default) and On board.
IDE HDD Block Mode
Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or
multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode
(most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the
optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support.
The settings are: Enabled (Default), Disabled.
Onboard FDC Controller
Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDD)
installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install
add-on FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this
field. The settings are: Enabled (Default) and Disabled.
Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second
serial ports. The Serial Port 1 settings are: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default), 2E8/
IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/ IRQ3, Disabled, Auto.The Serial Port 2 settings
are: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3 (Default), Disabled,
Auto.
Onboard Parallel Port
There is a built-in parallel port on the onboard Super I/O chipset that
provides Standard, ECP, and EPP features. It has the following options:
Disabled, 3BCH/IRQ7 (Default), 278H/IRQ5 , 378H/IRQ7 and Disable