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● Serial/Parallel Port Configurations
This item sets the I/O address of the serial and parallel ports and has submenus.
Move the cursor to this item and press the Enter key to display a submenu as shown below.
– Serial Port 1
This item sets the I/O port address and interrupt number of serial port 1.
- Disabled
The serial port is disabled and resources are freed.
- Enabled (Initial value)
Set the I/O port address and the interrupt number of the serial port.
- Auto
The personal computer automatically assigns an I/O port address and an interrupt
number.
- When ‘Serial Port 1’ is [Disabled], the port is not transparent to devices controlled by the
Windows 95/98 APM device manager.
- To disable the serial port on Windows 98 ACPI, use the Windows 98 ACPI device
manager.
I/O Address
This item appears when ‘Serial Port 1’ is [Enabled]. Set the I/O address of serial port 1.
- 3F8 to 3FF, 2F8 to 2FF,3E8 to 3EF, and 2E8 to 2EF (Initial value: 3F8 to 3FF)
Interrupt
This item appears when ‘Serial Port 1’ is [Enabled]. Set the interrupt number of serial
port 1.
- IRQ3, IRQ4, IRQ10, IRQ11 (Initial value: IRQ4)
Point
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Serial/Parallel Port Configurations
Serial port 1: [Enable]
I/O address: [3F8-3FF]
Interrupt: [IRQ 4]
Serial port 2: [Enabled]
Mode: [Serial Connector]
I/O address: [2E8-2EF]
Interrupt: [IRQ 3]
Parallel port: [Enabled]
Mode: [Bi-directional]
I/O address: [378-37F]
Interrupt: [IRQ 7]
Item Specific Help
[Enabled]
The port is enabled
with user
configuration.
[Auto]
A Plug & Play OS an
ACPI OS will
configure the port.
[Disabled]
The port is
disabled.