Serial￿port￿A:￿Configures￿serial￿port￿A.￿The￿options￿for￿this￿ field￿are￿Enabled￿(default)￿and￿Disabled.￿If￿you￿set￿this￿field￿to￿

Enabled,￿you￿can￿set￿the￿Base￿I/O￿Address￿field￿to￿3F8￿IRQ4￿

(default),￿2F8￿IRQ3,￿3E8￿IRQ4,￿or￿2E8￿IRQ3.￿When￿the￿field￿is￿ set￿to￿Enabled,￿the￿computer’s￿operating￿system￿uses￿the￿ default￿configuration￿or￿the￿configuration￿you￿choose.￿If￿you￿ select￿Disabled,￿you￿free￿up￿an￿IRQ￿for￿use￿by￿another￿device.

Infrared￿port:￿Configures￿the￿infrared￿port.￿The￿options￿for￿ this￿field￿are￿Enabled￿and￿Disabled￿(default).￿If￿you￿set￿this￿ field￿to￿Enabled,￿you￿can￿set￿the￿Base￿I/O￿Address￿field￿and￿the￿ Mode￿field.￿Settings￿for￿the￿Base￿I/O￿Address￿are￿3F8￿IRQ4,￿ 2F8￿IRQ3￿(default),￿3E8￿IRQ4,￿or￿2E8￿IRQ3.￿The￿mode￿is￿ fixed￿to￿FIR￿(fast￿infrared).￿FIR￿enables￿you￿to￿set￿the￿DMA￿ channel￿to￿3￿or￿1.

When￿the￿Infrared￿port￿field￿is￿set￿to￿Enabled,￿the￿computer’s￿ operating￿system￿uses￿the￿default￿configuration￿or￿the￿ configuration￿you￿choose.￿If￿you￿select￿Disabled,￿you￿free￿up￿ an￿IRQ￿for￿use￿by￿another￿device.

Parallel￿port:￿Configures￿the￿parallel￿port.￿The￿options￿for￿this￿ field￿are￿Enabled￿(default)￿and￿Disabled.￿If￿you￿set￿this￿field￿to￿ Enabled,￿you￿can￿set￿the￿Mode￿field￿and￿the￿Base￿I/O￿Address￿ field.￿Settings￿for￿the￿Base￿I/O￿Address￿field￿are￿378￿IRQ7￿ (default),￿378￿IRQ5,￿278￿IRQ7￿and￿278￿IRQ5.￿Settings￿for￿the￿ Mode￿are￿Output￿only,￿Bi-directional,￿EPP￿(enhanced￿parallel￿port),￿and￿ECP￿(extended￿capabilities￿port).￿Selecting￿the￿ECP￿ setting￿enables￿you￿to￿set￿the￿DMA￿Channel￿to￿1,￿2,￿or￿3.

When￿the￿Parallel￿port￿field￿is￿set￿to￿Enabled,￿the￿computer’s￿ operating￿system￿uses￿the￿default￿configuration￿or￿the￿ configuration￿you￿choose.￿If￿you￿select￿Disabled,￿you￿free￿up￿ an￿IRQ￿for￿use￿by￿another￿device.

Floppy￿disk￿controller:￿Configures￿the￿floppy￿disk￿controller.￿ The￿options￿for￿this￿field￿are￿Enabled￿(default),￿Auto,￿and￿

Disabled.￿When￿the￿Floppy￿disk￿controller￿field￿is￿set￿to￿

Enabled,￿the￿computer’s￿operating￿system￿uses￿the￿default￿ configuration￿for￿the￿controller.￿Selecting￿Auto￿enables￿the￿ operating￿system￿or￿the￿BIOS￿to￿configure￿the￿port.￿

Memory￿Cache:￿Opens￿a￿submenu￿that￿enables￿or￿disables￿external￿ cache￿memory.￿Cache￿memory￿improves￿system￿performance￿by￿ keeping￿frequently￿used￿computer￿instructions￿in￿memory￿with￿a￿faster￿ access￿time￿than￿DRAM.￿

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