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), or 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 are 378 IRQ7(default), 378 IRQ5, 278 IRQ7, 278 IRO5, 3BC IRQ7, and 3BC 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), or Disabled. When the Floppy disk controller field is set to Enabled, the computer’s operating system uses the default configuration for the controller.

Local Bus IDE adapter: Enables the integrated IDE local bus adapters. Options are Enabled (default) and Disabled.

Large Disk Access Mode: Enables your computer’s operating system to work with drives larger than 540 MB. Choose DOS (default) for Microsoft operating systems. Choose Other for any other operating systems.

Security Menu

Selecting Security from the menu bar displays the Security menu. Your computer’s advanced security system allows you to set two different passwords to prevent unauthorized access to system resources, data, and System Setup. From the Security menu, you can enable a boot password, disk access, a system backup reminder, and a virus check reminder.

Set User Password: Enables you to set a user password to control access to the system at boot. See ”Creating a Password” on page 60 for instructions on setting a password.The user password allows restricted access to the System Setup Security menu; the user has access only to changing his own password and to enabling or disabling Password on boot. A supervisor password must be set before a user password can be set

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