Onboard Peripherals - Acer Veriton 5100 Service Manual

Onboard Peripherals

The Onboard Peripherals menu allows you to configure the onboard devices. Selecting this option from the
main menu displays the following screen:
Serial Port 1 ....................... [Enabled]
Base Address ....................... [3F8h]
IRQ ................................ [4]
Serial Port 2 ........................ [Disabled]
Base Address ....................... [---]
IRQ ................................ [---]
Parallel Port ....................... [Enabled]
Base Address ....................... [378h]
IRQ ................................ [7]
Operation Mode ..................... [EPP]
Floppy Disk Controller .............. [Enabled]
IDE Controller ...................... [Both]
PS/2 Mouse Controller ............... [Enabled]
USB Host Controller ................. [Enabled]
USB Legacy Mode .................... [Enabled]
Onboard Audio Chip .................. [Enabled]
Game Port Address ................... [201]
Midi Port Address ................... [330]
Midi Port IRQ ....................... [5]
The following table describes the parameters found in this menu.
Parameter
Serial Port 1
Serial Port 2
Base Address
IRQ
Parallel Port
Base Address
IRQ
Operation Mode
ECP DMA Channel
Chapter 2
Onboard Peripherals
ECP DMA Channel .................. [-]
Description
Lets you enable or disable the serial port 1.
Lets you enable or disable the serial port 2.
Lets you set a logical base address for each
serial port. This parameter is configurable
only if the Serial Port parameter is enabled.
Lets you assign an interrupt for each serial
port. This parameter is configurable only if
the Serial Port parameter is enabled.
Lets you enable or disable the parallel port.
Lets you set a logical base address for the
parallel port. This parameter is configurable
only if the Parallel Port parameter is enabled.
Lets you assign an interrupt for the parallel
port. This parameter is configurable only if
the Parallel Port parameter is enabled.
Lets you set your parallel port's operation
mode. This parameter is configurable only if
the Parallel Port parameter is enabled.
Allows you to assign a DMA channel for the
ECP parallel port function. This parameter is
configurable only if you select the Extended
Capabilities Port (ECP) as the operation
mode.
Options
Enabled or Disabled
Disabled or Enabled
3F8h (for serial port 1), 2F8h (for
serial port 2), 3E8h, 2E8h
4 or 11(for serial port 1), 3 or 10 (for
serial port 2)
Enabled or Disabled
3BCh, 378h, 278h
7 or 5
Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP)
Bidirectional
Standard Parallel Port (SPP)
Extended Capabilities Port (ECP)
1 or 3
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