
L i f e B o o k C S e r i e s B I O S
Table 5: Fields, Options and Defaults for the
Port Configuration Submenu of the Advanced Menu
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| Infrared Port: | ■ | Disabled | [Enabled] | Configures the infrared port using either no configuration | 
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 | ■ | Enabled | 
 | (Disabled), a user defined configuration (Enabled), or by | 
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 | ■ | Auto | 
 | allowing the BIOS or OS to choose the configuration (Auto). | 
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| Mode: | ■ | IrDA | [FIR] | When the infrared port is enabled this option is available allowing | 
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 | ■ | FIR | 
 | the user to set the mode for the infrared port. | 
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| I/O Address: | ■ | 3F8 - 3FF | [2E8 - 2EF] | Allows user to set the infrared port I/O address when the | 
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 | ■ | 2F8 - 2FF | 
 | infrared port is Enabled. | 
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 | ■ | 3E8 - 3EF | 
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 | ■ | 2E8 - 2EF | 
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| Interrupt: | ■ | IRQ 3 | [IRQ 3] | Allows user to set the infrared port interrupt when the infrared | 
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 | ■ | IRQ 4 | 
 | port is Enabled. | 
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 | ■ | IRQ 5 | 
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| I/O address: | ■ | 100 - 107 | [118 - 11F] | Allows user to set the infrared port I/O address when the | 
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 | ■ | 108 - 10F | 
 | infrared port is Enabled. | 
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 | ■ | 110 - 117 | 
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 | ■ | 118 - 11F | 
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| DMA Channel: | ■ | DMA 1 | [DMA 3] | Allows user to set the infrared port DMA Channel when the | 
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 | ■ | DMA 3 | 
 | infrared port is Enabled. | 
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| Parallel Port: | ■ | Disabled | [Enabled] | Configures the parallel port using either no configuration | 
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 | ■ | Enabled | 
 | (Disabled), a user defined configuration (Enabled), or by | 
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 | ■ | Auto | 
 | allowing the BIOS or OS to choose the configuration (Auto). | 
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| Mode: | ■ | Output Only | When the parallel port is enabled this option is available allowing | |
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 | the user to set the mode for the parallel port.  | |
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 | ■ | ECP | 
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 | connected parallel device. Output Only (Half Duplex) allows | 
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 | information to be transferred in only one direction, from your | 
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 | notebook to the printer or similar device. ECP Mode allows | 
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 | communication with the ECP class of parallel I/O devices. | 
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| I/O address: | ■ | 378 - 37F | [378 - 37F] | Allows user to set the parallel port base I/O address when the | 
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 | ■ | 278 - 27F | 
 | parallel port is Enabled. | 
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 | ■ | 3BC - 3BF | 
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| Interrupt: | ■ | IRQ 5 | [IRQ 7] | Allows user to set the parallel port interrupt when the parallel | 
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 | ■ | IRQ 7 | 
 | port is Enabled. | 
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