Acer Altos G500 User Manual

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4 BIOS Setup utility

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Serial Port 2

Enables or disables serial port 2

Enabled
Disabled

Base Address

Sets the serial port 2 I/O base address

2F8h
3E8h
2E8h

IRQ

Sets the IRQ channel of serial port 2

3
10

Parallel Port

Enables or disables the parallel port

Enabled
Disabled

Base Address

Sets a logical base address for the
parallel port. This parameter is
configurable only if the Parallel Port
parameter is enabled.

378h
278h

IRQ

Assigns an interrupt for the parallel
port. This parameter is configurable
only if the Parallel Port parameter is
enabled.

If you install an add-on card that has
a parallel port whose address conflicts
with the onboard parallel port, a
warning appears on the screen.
Check the parallel port address of the
add-on card and change the address
to one that does not conflict.

7
5

Operation
Mode

Sets your parallel port’s operation
mode. This parameter is configurable
only if the Parallel Port parameter is
enabled.

Extended
Capabilities Port
(ECP)

Enhanced Parallel
Port (EPP)

Bi-directional

Standard Parallel
Port (SPP)

ECP DMA
Channel

Assigns a DMA channel for the ECP
parallel port function. This
parameter is configurable only if you
select the Extended Capabilities Port
(ECP) as the operation mode.

Parameter

Description

Option

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