VIA Technologies A7F129 Manual page 52

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IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA: When set to Auto
the BIOS will automatically load the Ultra DMA 33 driver to match
the transfer rate of IDE hard disk drives that support Ultra DMA 33
mode. The options are Auto (default) and Disabled.
Init Display First: This item sets whether the PCI Slot or AGP is ac-
tivated first. The options are PCI Slot (default) and AGP.
IDE HDD Block Mode: Enable this field if your IDE hard drive
supports block mode. Block mode enables BIOS to automatically de-
tect the optimal number of block read and writes per sector that the
drive can support. The default setting is Enabled.
Onboard FDD Controller: This option enables the onboard floppy
disk drive controller. The default setting is Enabled.
Onboard Serial Port 1/2: These options are used to assign the I/O
addresses for the two onboard serial ports. They can be assigned as
follows:
UART 2 Mode Select: Enables you to select the infrared communi-
cation protocol—Standard (default), HPSIR, or ASKIR. HPSIR is
Hewlett Packard's infrared communication protocol with a maximum
baud rate up to 115.2K bps. ASKIR is Sharp's infrared communica-
tion protocol with a maximum baud rate up to 57.6K bps.
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Auto (default)
Mode 0
Mode 1
Mode 2
Mode 3
Mode 4
Disabled (disables the onboard serial port)
3F8/ IRQ4
2F8/ IRQ3
3E8/ IRQ4
2E8/ IRQ3
Auto (default)
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