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I/O Device Configuration

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4. BIOS SETUP 4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration 4. BIOS SETUP I/O Device Config Onboard FDC Swap A & B [No Swap] This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives. Configuration options: [No Swap] [Swap AB] Floppy Disk Access Control [R/W] When set to [Read Only], this field protects files from being copied to floppy disks by allowing reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes. The setup default [R/W] allows both reads and writes. Configuration options: [R/W] [Read Only] Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8H/IRQ4] Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8H/IRQ3] These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connectors. Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses. Configuration options: [3F8H/IRQ4] [2F8H/IRQ3] [3E8H/IRQ4] [2E8H/IRQ10] [Disabled] UART2 Use Infrared [Disabled] When enabled, this field activates the onboard standard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard. If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM2 connector, it will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature. See Standard and Consumer Infrared Module Connector in 3.8 External Connectors. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 64 ASUS A7V User's Manual

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ASUS A7V User’s Manual
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4. BIOS SETUP
4. BIOS SETUP
Onboard FDC Swap A & B [No Swap]
This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of
your floppy disk drives. Configuration options: [No Swap] [Swap AB]
Floppy Disk Access Control [R/W]
When set to [Read Only], this field protects files from being copied to floppy
disks by allowing reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes. The setup
default [R/W] allows both reads and writes. Configuration options: [R/W]
[Read Only]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8H/IRQ4]
Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8H/IRQ3]
These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connec-
tors. Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses. Configu-
ration options: [3F8H/IRQ4] [2F8H/IRQ3] [3E8H/IRQ4] [2E8H/IRQ10]
[Disabled]
UART2 Use Infrared [Disabled]
When enabled, this field activates the onboard standard infrared feature and sets the
second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard. If
your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM2 connec-
tor, it will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature. See
Standard and Con-
sumer Infrared Module Connector
in
3.8 External Connectors
.
Configuration op-
tions: [Disabled] [Enabled]
4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration
I/O Device Config