2.5.2 I/O Device Configuration

I/O Device Configuration

Swap Floppy Drive

 

[Disabled]

 

Onboard FDC Controller

[Enabled]

Onboard Serial Port 1

[3F8/IRQ4]

Onboard Parallel Port

[378/IRQ7]

Parallel Port Mode

[ECP+EPP]

ECP Mode USE DMA

[3]

 

EPP Mode Select

[EPP1.7]

VIA-3058 AC97 Audio

[Auto]

VIA-3043 OnChip LAN

[Auto]

Onboard LAN Boot ROM

[Disabled]

Game Port Address

[201]

 

MIDI Port Address

[330]

 

MIDI Port IRQ

[10]

 

If the system has two floppy drives, choose [Enable] to assign physical drive B to logical drive A and vice-versa.

Swap Floppy Drive [Disabled]

Enable this option to assign physical drive B to logical drive A, and vice-versa. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Onboard FDC Controller [Enabled]

This field allow you to enable the onboard FDC controller.

Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4]

These fields allow you to set the address for the onboard serial connector. Configuration options: [3F8/IRQ4] [2F8/1RQ3] [3E8/IRQ4] [2E8/IRQ3] [Auto] [Disabled]

Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7]

This field allows you to set the address of the onboard parallel port connector. Configuration options: [378/IRQ7] [278/IRQ5] [3BC/1RQ7]

Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP]

This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port. [SPP] allows normal-speed operation but in one direction only; [EPP] allows bidirectional parallel port operation; [ECP] allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional DMA mode; [ECP+EPP] allows normal speed operation in a two-way mode.

Configuration options: [ECP+EPP] [EPP] [ECP] [SPP]

ECP Mode USE DMA [3]

This field sets the parallel port DMA channel for the selected ECP mode. The default setting is 3. This selection is available only if you select [ECP] or [ECP+EPP] in the Parallel Port Mode item. Configuration options: [3] [1]

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