PCI Devices Submenu

This submenu provides three fields that allow you to control certain characteristics of the PCI expansion slots. Table 15 lists the fields and options.

Table 15: PCI Devices Submenu

Field

Options

Description

Option ROM Scan

Enabled

Enables the option ROM scan of all

 

Disabled

devices other than the onboard SCSI

 

 

controllers.

 

 

 

Enable Master

Disabled

Enables all devices, other than the

 

Enabled

onboard SCSI controllers, as PCI bus

 

 

masters.

 

 

 

Latency Timer

Default

Defines the minimum guaranteed time, in

 

0020h

units of PCI bus clocks, that a device can

 

0040h

be master on a PCI bus. Typically, option

 

0060h

ROM code overwrites the value set by the

 

0080h

BIOS.

 

00A0h

 

 

00C0h

 

 

00E0h

 

 

 

 

I/O Device Configuration Submenu

This submenu contains fields to control the I/O ports on the back panel of the system. Table 16 lists the fields and the options available for each.

Table 16: I/O Device Configuration Submenu

Field

Options

Description

Serial Port A

Disabled

Auto forces the BIOS to configure the port.

 

Enabled

OS Controlled is shown when the operating

 

Auto

system controls the port.

 

OS Controlled

 

 

 

 

Base I/O Address

3F8

Selects the base I/O address for COM port

 

2F8

A.

 

3E8

 

 

2E8

 

 

 

 

Interrupt

IRQ 4

Selects the IRQ for COM port A.

 

IRQ 3

 

 

 

 

Serial Port B

Disabled

Auto forces the BIOS to configure the port.

 

Enabled

OS Controlled is shown when the operating

 

Auto

system controls the port.

 

OS Controlled

 

 

 

 

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