Serial/Parallel Port Configurations

This item sets the I/O address of the serial and parallel ports and has submenus.

Move the cursor to this item and press the Enter key to display a submenu as shown below.

 

 

 

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Serial/Parallel Port Configurations

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Serial port 1:

[Enable

]

[Enabled]

 

 

I/O address:

[3F8-3FF]

The port is enabled

 

Interrupt:

[IRQ 4]

 

with user

 

 

Serial port 2:

[Enabled]

configuration.

 

Mode:

 

 

[Serial Connector]

 

 

 

I/O address:

[2E8-2EF]

[Auto]

 

 

Interrupt:

[IRQ 3]

 

A Plug & Play OS an

 

Parallel port:

[Enabled]

ACPI OS will

 

Mode:

 

 

[Bi-directional]

configure the port.

 

I/O address:

[378-37F]

 

 

 

Interrupt:

[IRQ 7]

 

[Disabled]

 

 

 

 

 

 

The port is

 

 

 

 

 

 

disabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Serial Port 1

This item sets the I/O port address and interrupt number of serial port 1.

-Disabled

The serial port is disabled and resources are freed.

-Enabled (Initial value)

Set the I/O port address and the interrupt number of the serial port.

-Auto

The personal computer automatically assigns an I/O port address and an interrupt number.

Point

-When ‘Serial Port 1’ is [Disabled], the port is not transparent to devices controlled by the Windows 95/98 APM device manager.

-To disable the serial port on Windows 98 ACPI, use the Windows 98 ACPI device manager.

I/O Address

This item appears when ‘Serial Port 1’ is [Enabled]. Set the I/O address of serial port 1. - 3F8 to 3FF, 2F8 to 2FF,3E8 to 3EF, and 2E8 to 2EF (Initial value: 3F8 to 3FF)

Interrupt

This item appears when ‘Serial Port 1’ is [Enabled]. Set the interrupt number of serial port 1.

- IRQ3, IRQ4, IRQ10, IRQ11 (Initial value: IRQ4)

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