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4. BIOS SETUP
4. BIOS SETUP
I/O Device Config.
Reset Configuration Data [No]
The Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) contains information
about non-PnP devices and holds the complete record of how the system
was configured the last time it was booted. Set this field to [Yes] only when
you want to clear the ESCD. Configuration options: [No] [Yes]
Onboard PCI IDE Enable [Both]
You can select to enable the primary IDE channel, secondary IDE channel,
both, or disable both channels (for systems with only SCSI drives). Con-
figuration options: [Both] [Primary] [Secondary] [Disabled]
4.4.1 I/O Device Configuration
Serial Port A [3F8H/IRQ4], Serial Port B [2F8H/IRQ3]
These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connectors.
Serial Port A and Serial Port B must have different addresses. Configuration
options: [3F8H/IRQ4] [2F8H/IRQ3] [3E8H/IRQ4] [2E8H/IRQ3] [Disabled]
Parallel Port [378H/IRQ7]
This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector. If you
disable this field, Parallel Port Mode configuration will not be available.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [378H/IRQ7] [278H/IRQ5]
Parallel Port Mode [EPP1.9+SPP]
This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port. Configu-
ration options: [SPP] [EPP1.9+SPP] [ECP] [ECP+EPP1.9] [Mono-direc-
tional] [EPP1.7+SPP] [ECP+EPP1.7]