Acer 270 Laptop User Manual


 
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System Devices
The System Devices screen contains parameters involving your hardware devices. It also provides advanced
settings of the system.
The table below describes the parameters in the screen. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested
parameter settings.
Parameter Description Options
PS/2 Pointing Device Determines whether or not to disable the internal
touchpad of a PS/2 pointing device is connected.
Both or Auto-Selected
Serial Port Enables, disables or auto detects the serial port.
Enabled/Disabled/Auto
Base I/O address Sets the I/O address of the serial port.
3F8h/2F8h/3E8h/2E8h
Interrupt Sets the interrupt request of the serial port.
IRQ4/ IRQ3
Parallel Port Enables, disables or auto detects the parallel port.
Enabled/Disabled/Auto
Mode Sets the operation mode of the parallel port.
ECP, EPP, Normal or Bi-directional
Base I/O address Sets the I/O address of the parallel port. This
parameter is enabled only if Mode is set to ECP or
Bi-directional.
378h, 278h or 3BCh
Interrupt Sets the interrupt request of the parallel port.
IRQ 7 or IRQ5
Mode Sets the operation mode of the parallel port.
ECP, EPP or Bi-directional
ECP DMA Channel Sets a DMA channel for the printer to operate in
ECP mode. This parameter is enabled only if Mode
is set to ECP.
DMA3 or DMA1
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility
Main
System Devices Security Boot Info. Ex
it
Item specific Help
PS/2 Pointing Device [Both]
Serial Port: [Enabled]
Base I/O address [3F8h]
Interrupt [IRQ4]
Parallel Port: [Enabled]
Mode: [ECP]
Base I/O address: [378h]
Interrupt [IRQ7]
ECP DMA channel: [DMA1]
Intel® SpeedStep™ Technology [ Automatic]
F1 Help
↑↓
Select Item F5/F6 Change Values F9 Setup defaults
Esc Exit
←→
Select Menu Enter Select Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit