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Using the BIOS Setup Utility
Peripheral Setup
The Peripheral Setup menu displays the connection locations between the system and
the Input/Output (I/O) ports and lets you specify different port assignments as needed.
Peripheral Setup
Parameter Default Setting Alternate Setting(s)
USB Controller Disabled Enabled
Internal Hard Drive Enabled Disabled
Serial Port Auto Disabled/(PnP OS Setup
1
)
COM1,IRQ4/COM2,IRQ3
COM3,IRQ4/COM4,IRQ3
Parallel Port Auto Disabled/LPT1/LPT2
(PnP OS Setup
1
)
Parallel Mode Bi-Dir Uni-Dir/ECP/EPP
IR Serial Port Disabled Auto/(PnP OS Setup
1
)
COM2,IRQ3/COM3,IRQ4/
COM4,IRQ3
1
Appears only when configured by the Windows 98 device manager.
Peripheral Setup allows you to define the following functions.
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USB Controller — Enables or disables the USB controller.
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Internal Hard Drive — Enables or disables the internal hard drive.
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Serial Port — Disables the port or changes its address assignment.
!
Parallel Port/Parallel Mode — Disables or reassigns the parallel port and select a
parallel port mode.
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IR Serial Port — Enables, disables, or reassigns the IR serial port.