Asus SP97-XV User Manual - Page 43

IDE 0 Master/Slave PIO/DMA Mode, IDE 1 Master/Slave PIO/DMA Mode Auto

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(Chipset Features) (Chipset Features) IV. BIOS IV. BIOS SOFTWARE Onboard FDC Swap A: B: (No Swap) This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives. Two options are available: No Swap and Swap AB. If you want to switch drive letter assignments through the onboard chipset, set this field to Swap AB. Onboard Serial Port 1 (3F8H/IRQ4) Settings are 3F8H/IRQ4 (default), 2F8H/IRQ3, 3E8H/IRQ4, 2E8H/IRQ10, and Disabled for the onboard serial connector. Onboard Serial Port 2 (2F8H/IRQ3) Settings are 3F8H/IRQ4, 2F8H/IRQ3 (default), 3E8H/IRQ4, 2E8H/IRQ10, and Disabled for the onboard serial connector. Onboard Parallel Port (378H/IRQ7) This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector. You can select either 3BCH/IRQ 7, 378H/IRQ 7 (default), 278H/IRQ 5, or Disabled. If you install an I/O card with a parallel port, ensure that there is no conflict in the address assignments. The PC can support up to three parallel ports as long as there are no conflicts for each port. Parallel Port Mode (ECP+EPP) This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port. The setting Normal, allows normal-speed operation but in one direction only; EPP allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed; ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the maximum data transfer rate; ECP+EPP (default) allows normal speed operation in a two-way mode. ECP DMA Select (3) This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP+EPP in the Parallel Port Mode. Select either DMA Channel 1, 3 (default), or Disable. UART2 Use Infrared (Disabled) When enabled, this field activates the onboard 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. By default, this field is set to Disabled, which leaves the second serial port UART to support the COM2 serial port connector. See section III for the IrDA-compliant infrared module connector. Onboard PCI IDE Enable (Both) You can select to enable the Primary IDE channel, Secondary IDE channel, Both (default), or Disable both channels (for systems with only SCSI drives). IDE Ultra DMA Mode (Auto) This sets the IDE UltraDMA to be active when using UltraDMA-capab;e IDE devices. TheBIOS will automatically adjust or disable this setting for slower IDE devices so that Auto or high settings will not cause problems for older IDE devices. Choose Disable if you do not want this feature for all devices. IDE 0 Master/Slave PIO/DMA Mode, IDE 1 Master/Slave PIO/DMA Mode (Auto) Each channel (0 and 1) has both a master and a slave making four IDE devices possible. Because each IDE device may have a different mode timing (0, 1, 2, 3, 4), it is necessary for these to be independent. PIO and DMA settings can be independently set. The default setting of Auto will allow autodetection to ensure optimal performance. IV. BIOS ASUS SP97-XV User's Manual 43

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IV.
BIOS SOFTWARE
IV.
BIOS
(Chipset Features)
IV.
BIOS
(Chipset Features)
Onboard FDC Swap A: B: (No Swap)
This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy
disk drives. Two options are available:
No Swap
and
Swap AB
. If you want to switch
drive letter assignments through the onboard chipset, set this field to
Swap AB
.
Onboard Serial Port 1 (3F8H/IRQ4)
Settings are
3F8H/IRQ4
(default),
2F8H/IRQ3, 3E8H/IRQ4, 2E8H/IRQ10,
and
Dis-
abled
for the onboard serial connector.
Onboard Serial Port 2 (2F8H/IRQ3)
Settings are
3F8H/IRQ4, 2F8H/IRQ3
(default),
3E8H/IRQ4, 2E8H/IRQ10,
and
Dis-
abled
for the onboard serial connector.
Onboard Parallel Port (378H/IRQ7)
This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector.
You can select either
3BCH/IRQ 7, 378H/IRQ 7
(default)
, 278H/IRQ 5
, or
Disabled.
If you install an I/O card
with a parallel port, ensure that there is no conflict in the address assignments. The PC
can support up to three parallel ports as long as there are no conflicts for each port.
Parallel Port Mode (ECP+EPP)
This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port.
The setting
Normal
, allows normal-speed operation but in one direction only;
EPP
allows bidi-
rectional parallel port operation at maximum speed;
ECP
allows the parallel port to
operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the maximum data transfer
rate;
ECP+EPP
(default) allows normal speed operation in a two-way mode.
ECP DMA Select (3)
This selection is available only if you select
ECP
or
ECP+EPP
in the
Parallel Port Mode
.
Select either DMA Channel
1,
3
(default), or
Disable
.
UART2 Use Infrared (Disabled)
When enabled, this field activates the onboard 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.
By default, this field is set to
Disabled
, which leaves the second serial port UART to support the COM2 serial port
connector. See section III for the
IrDA-compliant infrared module connector.
Onboard PCI IDE Enable (Both)
You can select to enable the
Primary
IDE channel,
Secondary
IDE channel,
Both
(default), or
Disable
both channels (for systems with only SCSI drives).
IDE Ultra DMA Mode (Auto)
This sets the IDE UltraDMA to be active when using UltraDMA-capab;e IDE de-
vices. TheBIOS will automatically adjust or disable this setting for slower IDE de-
vices so that
Auto
or high settings will not cause problems for older IDE devices.
Choose
Disable
if you do not want this feature for all devices.
IDE 0 Master/Slave PIO/DMA Mode, IDE 1 Master/Slave PIO/DMA Mode (Auto)
Each channel (0 and 1) has both a master and a slave making four IDE devices possible.
Because each IDE device may have a different mode timing (
0, 1, 2, 3, 4
), it is necessary
for these to be independent. PIO and DMA settings can be independently set. The de-
fault setting of
Auto
will allow autodetection to ensure optimal performance.