4.8Peripheral Setup

The IDE hard drive controllers can support up to two separate hard drives. These drives have a master/slave relationship that is determined by the cabling configuration used to attach them to the controller. Your system supports two IDE controllers--a primary and a secondary--so you can install up to four separate hard disks.

PIO means Programmed Input/Output. Rather than having the BIOS issue a series of commands to affect the transfer to or from the disk drive, PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perform the complete task by them. This is much simpler and more efficient (also faster).

AMIBIOS SETUP – PERIPHERAL SETUP

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OnBoard IDE

Primary

Available Options:

OnBoard FDC

Auto

` Disabled

 

OnBoard Serial Port 1

Auto

Primary

 

OnBoard Serial Port 2

Auto

Secondary

 

Serial Port2 Mode

Normal

Both

 

Receiver Polarity

Non-Inverted

 

 

Transmitter Polarity

Non-Inverted

 

 

OnBoard Serial Port3

Audo

 

 

Serial Port3 IRQ

Auto

 

 

OnBoard Serial Port4

Auto

 

 

Serial Port4 Mode

Normal

 

 

Serial Port4 IRQ

Auto

 

 

Receiver Polarity

Non-Inverted

 

 

Transmitter Polarity

Non-Inverted

 

 

OnBoard Prarllel Port

Auto

 

 

Parallel Port Mode

ECP

 

 

EPP Version

N/A

 

 

Parallel Port IRQ

Auto

 

 

Parallel Port DMA Channel

Auto

ESC:Exit

:Sel

 

 

PgUp/PgDn: Modify

 

 

F1:Help

F2/F3:Color

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