Dell Inspiron 8200 - Manual (Page 44)

l To enable or disable a device, highlight the item and press . Enabled items appear as white and display a small triangle to the left;
disabled items appear blue or dimmed without a triangle.
Changing Printer Modes
Set the Parallel Mode option according to the type of printer or device connected to the parallel connector. To determine the correct mode to use, see the
documentation that came with the device.
Setting Parallel Mode to Disabled disables the parallel port and the port's LPT address, freeing its interrupt for another device to use.
Changing COM Ports
Serial Port allows you to map the serial port COM address or disable the serial port and its address, freeing that interrupt for another device to use.
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