MSI Comprehensive Guide to H55M Motherboard Features and Settings

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▶PCI IDE BusMaster

This item allows you to enable/ disable BIOS to used PCI busmastering for reading/ writing to IDE drives.

▶On-Chip SATA Controller

This item allows users to enable or disable the on-chip SATA controller. ▶RAID Mode

This item is used to select mode for on-chip SATA connectors. ▶I/O Devices

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:

▶COM Port 1

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the serial port.

▶Parallel Port

There is a built-in parallel port on the on-board Super I/O chipset that provides Standard, ECP, and EPP features. It has the following options:

[Disabled]

[3BC] Line Printer port 0

[278]Line Printer port 2

[378]Line Printer port 1

▶Parallel Port Mode

[Normal]	Standard Parallel Port
[EPP]	Enhanced Parallel Port
[ECP]	Extended Capability Port
[ECP + EPP]	Extended Capability Port + Enhanced Parallel Port
[Bi-Directional]

To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only, choose [Normal]. To operate the onboard parallel port in the EPP mode simultaneously, choose [EPP]. By choosing [ECP], the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only. Choosing [ECP + EPP] will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously.

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