Changing the Jumper Settings

The jumpers on the main system board control certain functions and are preset at the factory to default positions; however, you can use the information in the following tables to change their settings, if necessary.

Jumpersettings

Jumper

Jumper

 

 

 

 

 

number

setting

Function

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J3

1-2

Enables VGA IRQ

 

 

OFF*

Disables VGA IRQ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J6

1-2 *

Enables COM1

 

 

 

 

2-3

Disables COM1

 

 

 

 

 

 

J7

1-2*

Assigns COM1 serial port as COM1 (3F8H-3FFH)**

 

2-3

Assigns COM1 serial port as COM3 (3E8H-3EFH)**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J8

1-2 *

Enables

COM2

 

 

 

 

2-3

Disables

COM2

 

 

 

 

 

J9

1-2*

Assigns COM2 serial port as COM2 (2F8H-2FFH)**

 

2-3

Assigns COM2 seriaI port as COM4 (2E8H-2EFH)**

 

 

 

 

 

 

J10

1-2 *

Enables

parallel

port

 

 

2-3

Disablesparallel

port

 

 

 

 

J11

1-2*

Assigns parallel port as LPT1 (378H-37FH)**

 

2-3

Assigns parallel port as LPT2 (278H-27FH)**

 

 

 

 

 

J12

1-2

Enablesgame

port

 

 

2-3*

Disablesgame

port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J13

1-2 *

Enables

diskette

drive

controller

 

2-3

Disables

diskette

drive

controller

 

 

 

J14

1-2 *

Enables the IDE hard disk drive controller

 

2-3

Disablesthe IDE hard disk drive controller

 

 

 

 

 

J15

1-4

Selectsexternal

 

battery

 

2-3 *

Selects the system board battery

 

3-4

Discharges CMOS memory (this resets the SETUP

 

 

values to

their

factory

defaults)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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