Acer TravelMate 280 TravelMate 230/280 Service Guide - Page 52

I/O Device Configuration The parameters in this screen are for advanced users only. You do not need to change the values in this screen because these values are already optimized. The I/O Device Configuration screen assigns resources to basic computer communication hardware. PhoenixBIO S Setup Utility Advanced I/O Device Configuration Item Specific H elp Parallel Port: Mode: Base I/O address: Interrupt: [E n a b le d ] [B i-d ire c tio n ] [378] [IRQ 7] C onfigure parallel port U sing options: [D isabled] N o configuration [E n a b le d ] U ser C onfiguration [A u to ] BIO S or O S chooses configuration (O S C ontrolled) D isplayed when C ontrolled by O S F1 Help Esc Exit Select Item Select M enu F5/F6 C hange Values Enter Select > Sub-M enu F9 Setup D efaults F10 Save and Exit The following table describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested parameter settings. Parameter Parallel Port Description Enables or disable the parallel port. The parallel port is a PnP device. Enabled/Disabled setting won't affect the Windows Device Manager setting of the parallel port. Help: [Enable]: User configuration [Disable]: No configuration Options Enabled or Disabled Mode: Sets operation mode of the parallel port. Only set the parallel post operation mode in BIOS setup. If set to be ECP mode, the Windows will assume the parallel port as the ECP port. Bi-directional, Output only, EPP, ECP Base I/O address: If operation mode is set to Base I/O address, sets the base I/O address of the parallel port. 378, 3BC, 278 Interrupt: If operation mode is set to interrupt, sets the interrupt request of the parallel port. IRQ7, IQ5 NOTE: When the device is disabled, all the sub-items will be hidden. 44 TravelMate 230/ 280