Peripheral Submenu - NEC POWERMATE P - SERVICE MANUAL 1995 Service And Reference Manual

Peripheral Configuration
When the cursor is placed in the Peripheral Configuration field, you can select it by pressing
Enter. The "Peripheral Submenu" appears for setting parameters which affect the IDE
devices, diskette drive, serial ports, and parallel port.

Peripheral Submenu

The Peripheral Submenu lets you check or change the following peripheral parameters.
Peripheral Configuration Mode
The Peripheral Configuration Mode fields control whether the onboard resources are
manually or automatically setup. The options are as follows.
n
Auto (default)
ports, and parallel port during power up.
n
Manual provides the following options. This selection allowing the you to
customize the peripheral ports.
PCI IDE Interface
The PCI IDE Interface field enables the PCI interface connector on the system board. This
field can be either "Enabled" or "Disabled." The default is "Enabled."
Floppy Interface
The Floppy Interface field enables the diskette drive interface connector on the system
board. This field can be either "Enabled" or "Disabled." The default is "Enabled."
Serial Port (1 and 2) Address
The serial ports 1 and 2 may be "Disabled." When "Enabled" is not selected, you must
choose an address.
The serial COM port and addresses are as follows. When an option is selected for one serial
port the selection is not available for the second port.
n
Disabled
n
COM1, 3F8h (port 1 default)
n
COM2, 2F8h (port 2 default)
n
COM3, 3E8h
n
COM4, 2E8h
Serial Port 2 IR Mode
The Serial Port 2 IR Mode field allows you to dedicate Serial Port 2 for Infra-red
applications. This field can be either "Enabled" or "Disabled." The default is "Enabled."
automatically configures the IDE devices, diskette drive, serial
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