Peripheral Setup; Other Bios Setup Options - NEC Versa LXi Series Service And Reference Manual

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.
Parameter
USB Controller
Internal Hard Drive
Serial Port
Parallel Port
Parallel Mode
IR Serial Port
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Appears only when configured by the Windows 98 or Windows 95 device manager.
Note
If you disable a device in Peripheral Setup, you cannot enable or assign it using the
Windows 98 or Windows 95 device manager. The device will not be listed in the Windows device
list. To control the device using the Windows device manager, select any setting other than
Disabled in Peripheral Setup.
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 — Selects which IDE controller is enabled.
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Serial Port — Disables the port or changes its IRQ address assignment.
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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.

Other BIOS Setup Options

BIOS Setup offers other options, including the following:
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Change Language Setting — Controls the BIOS setup language display. English,
Japanese, and French are the available options.
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Refresh Battery — Launches the Refresh Battery utility. Once launched, the utility fully
discharges your battery to eliminate any residual memory effect. Once refreshed, your
battery is conditioned to recharge to its full capacity. To recharge the battery, connect
your NEC Versa to AC power. This process may take up to four hours to complete.
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Auto Configuration with Defaults — Loads default settings.
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Save Settings and Exit — Accepts changes made to current settings, saves to CMOS,
and exits BIOS Setup.
2-20 System Configuration and Setup
Peripheral Setup
Default Setting
Disabled
Both
Auto
Auto
Bi-Dir
Disabled
Alternate Setting(s)
Enabled
Enabled/Disabled
Primary/Secondary
Disabled/(PnP OS Setup
COM1,IRQ4/COM2,IRQ3
COM3,IRQ4/COM4,IRQ3
Disabled/LPT1/LPT2
1
(PnP OS Setup )
Uni-Directional/ECP/EPP
1
Auto/(PnP OS Setup )
COM2,IRQ3/COM3,IRQ4/
COM4,IRQ3
1
)