A d v a n c e d M e n u
Table 4: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Serial/Parallel Port Configurations Submenu of Advanced Menu
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Serial Port:  | • Disabled  | [Enabled]  | Configures the serial port using either no configuration (Dis-  | |
  | • Enabled  | 
  | abled), a user defined configuration (Enabled), or by allowing  | |
  | • Auto  | 
  | the BIOS or OS to choose the configuration (Auto).  | |
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I/O  | • 3F8 - 3FF  | [3F8 - 3FF]  | Allows user to set the serial port base I/O address when serial  | |
Address:  | • 2F8 - 2FF  | 
  | port is Enabled.  | |
  | • 3E8 - 3EF  | 
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  | • 2E8 - 2EF  | 
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Interrupt:  | • IRQ 3  | [IRQ 4]  | Allows user to set the serial port interrupt when serial port is  | |
  | • IRQ 4  | 
  | Enabled.  | |
  | • IRQ 10  | 
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  | • IRQ 11  | 
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Touch  | • Disabled  | [Enabled]  | Enables or disables the Touch Panel, or allows the Plug & Play  | |
Panel:  | • Enabled  | 
  | operating system to choose the configuration (Auto).  | |
  | • Auto  | 
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I/O  | •   | [2E8 - 2EF]  | Allows user to set the touch panel I/O address when the  | |
Address:  | •   | 
  | touch panel is Enabled.  | |
  | • 3E8 - 3EF  | 
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  | • 2E8 - 2EF  | 
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Interrupt:  | • IRQ 3  | [IRQ 3]  | Allows user to set the touch panel interrupt when the touch  | |
  | • IRQ 4  | 
  | panel is Enabled.  | |
  | • IRQ 10  | 
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  | • IRQ 11  | 
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Parallel  | • Disabled  | [Enabled]  | Configures the parallel port using either no configuration  | |
Port:  | • Enabled  | 
  | (Disabled), a user defined configuration (Enabled), or by  | |
  | • 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  | ||
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  | allowing the user to set the mode for the parallel port.  | |
  | • ECP | 
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  | between your notebook and a connected parallel device.  | |
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  | Output Only (Half Duplex) allows information to be  | |
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  | transferred in only one direction, from your notebook to the  | |
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  | printer or similar device. ECP Mode allows communication  | |
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  | with the ECP class of parallel I/O devices.  | |
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I/O  | • 378 - 37F  | [378 - 37F]  | Allows user to set the parallel port base I/O address when the  | |
address:  | • 278 - 27F  | 
  | parallel port is Enabled.  | |
  | • 3BC - 3BF  | 
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Interrupt:  | • IRQ 5  | [IRQ 7]  | Allows user to set the parallel port interrupt when the parallel  | |
  | • IRQ 7  | 
  | port is Enabled.  | |
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