Onboard Device Configuration - Acer TravelMate 730 Service Manual

Setting the Boot Drive Sequence
The Boot Drive Sequence section lists boot priorities (1st, 2nd and 3rd) for bootable drives in your computer.
For example, the default value (1st:Hard Disk, 2nd:Floppy Disk, and 3rd:CD-ROM, DVD-ROM) tells the
computer to first search for a hard disk. If it finds one present, it boots up from that hard disk. If not, the
computer continues to search for a bootable floppy disk in the floppy drive. If it cannot boot up from the floppy
disk drive, it continues to search for a bootable CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive or a bootable DVD-ROM in the
DVD-ROM drive.
To set the boot drive sequence, use the cursor up/down
then use the cursor left/right (

Onboard Device Configuration

The parameters in this screen are for advanced users only. You do not need to change the values in this
screen because these values are already optimized.
The Onboard Devices Configuration sub-menu assigns resources to basic computer communication
hardware.
Serial Port ..................... [ Enabled ] / [Disabled]
Base Address ................ [ 3F8h ] / [3E8h] / [2E8h]
IRQ ......................... [4] / [11]
Infrared Port ................... [ Disabled ] / [Enabled]
Base Address ................ [2F8h] / [3F8h] / [3E8h]
IRQ ......................... [3] / [10] / [11]
DMA Channel ................. [ 3 ] / [0]
Parallel Port ................... [Enabled] / [Disabled]
Base Address ................ [378h] / [278h] / [3BCh]
IRQ ......................... [ 7 ] / [5]
Operation Mode .............. [ECP] / [EPP] / [Bi-directional] /
ECP DMA Channel ............. [ 1 ] *Note 1
= Move highlight bar,
NOTE: 1. This option item is set to 1 if user chooses ECP.
2. This option item should be [---] if user chooses EPP, Bi-directional and Standard mode.
3. When the device is disabled, all the sub-item will be showed with [---].
The following table describes the parameters in this sub-menu. Settings in boldface are the default and
suggested parameter settings.
Parameter
Serial Port Enables or disables the serial port.
When enabled, you can set the base I/O address and
interrupt request (IRQ) of the serial port.
IrDA Port Enables or disables the infrared port.
When enabled, you can set the base I/O address,
interrupt request (IRQ) and direct memory access (DMA)
channel of the infrared port.
Chapter 2
keys to select the device for that priority level.
Onboard Device Configuration
[Standard]
= Change Setting,
Description
keys to select a priority level (1st, 2nd, or 3rd);
F1 = Help
Options
Enabled or Disabled
3F8h, 3E8h or 2E8h
4 or 11
Disabled or Enabled
2F8h, 3E8h or 3F8h
3, 10 or 11
3 or 0
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