I/O address (hex)

System function (shipping configuration)

 

 

 

220

- 22F

Entertainment audio

 

 

 

230

- 26D

Unused

 

 

26E - 26

Unused

 

 

 

278

- 27F

Unused

 

 

 

280

- 2AB

Unused

 

 

2A0 - 2A7

Unused

 

 

2A8 - 2E7

Unused

 

 

2E8 - 2EF

Reserved serial port

 

 

2F0 - 2F7

Unused

 

 

2F8 - 2FF

Infrared port

 

 

 

300

- 31F

Unused

 

 

 

320

- 36F

Unused

 

 

 

370

- 377

Secondary diskette drive controller

 

 

 

378

- 37F

Parallel port (LPT1/default)

 

 

 

380

- 387

Unused

 

 

 

388

- 38B

FM synthesizer—OPL3

 

 

38C - 3AF

Unused

 

 

3B0 - 3BB

VGA

 

 

3BC - 3BF

Reserved (parallel port/no EPP support)

 

 

3C0 - 3DF

VGA

 

 

3E0 - 3E1

PC Card controller in CPU

 

 

3E2 - 3E3

Unused

 

 

3E8 - 3EF

Internal modem

 

 

3F0 - 3F7

“A” diskette controller

 

 

3F8 - 3FF

Serial port (COM1/default)

 

 

CF8 - CFB

PCI configuration index register (PCIDIVO-1)

 

 

CFC - CFF

PCI configuration data register (PCIDIVO-1)

 

 

 

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HP 8530W manual System I/O address specifications

8530W specifications

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