SE440BX Motherboard Product Guide

Peripheral Configuration Submenu

This submenu is for the configuring the computer peripherals.

Table 7.

Peripheral Configuration Submenu

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature

 

Options

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Serial port A

 

Disabled

 

Configures serial port A.

 

 

Enabled

 

Auto assigns the first free COM port, normally COM1, the

 

 

Auto (default)

 

 

 

 

address 3F8h and the interrupt IRQ4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An * (asterisk) displayed next to an address indicates a

 

 

 

 

 

conflict with another device.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base I/O

 

3F8

 

Specifies the base I/O address for serial port A.

address

 

2F8

 

 

 

 

 

3E8

 

 

 

 

 

2E8

 

 

 

Interrupt

 

IRQ 3

 

Specifies the interrupt for serial port A.

 

 

IRQ 4 (default)

 

 

 

Serial port B

 

Disabled

 

Configures serial port B.

 

 

Enabled

 

Auto assigns the first free COM port, normally COM2, the

 

 

Auto (default)

 

 

 

 

address 2F8h and the interrupt IRQ3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An * (asterisk) displayed next to an address indicates a

 

 

 

 

 

conflict with another device.

 

 

 

 

 

If either serial port address is set, that address will not

 

 

 

 

 

appear in the list of options for the other serial port.

 

 

 

 

 

If an ATI mach32or an ATI mach64video controller is

 

 

 

 

 

active as an add-in card, the COM4, 2E8h address will

 

 

 

 

 

not appear in the list of options for either serial port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mode

 

Normal (default)

 

Specifies the mode for serial port B for normal (COM 2)

 

 

IrDA

 

or infrared applications.

 

 

ASK-IR

 

 

 

Base I/O

 

3F8

 

Specifies the base I/O address for serial port B.

address

 

2F8 (default)

 

 

 

 

 

3E8

 

 

 

 

 

2E8

 

 

 

Interrupt

 

IRQ 3 (default)

 

Specifies the interrupt for serial port B.

 

 

IRQ 4

 

 

 

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Intel SE400BX, Motherboard manual Peripheral Configuration Submenu

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