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BIOS Setup
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Modes 0~4 provide increased performance. In Auto mode, BIOS automati-
cally determines the best mode for each IDE device.
Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA
Ultra DMA implementation is possible only if your IDE device supports it
and your operating environment contains a DMA driver. If both your hard
drive and software support Ultra DMA, select Auto (default) to enable BIOS
support.
Init Display First
This item specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter.
Available options are PCI Slot and AGP. Default value is PCI Slot.
IDE HDD Block Mode
This allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer
data to and from the hard disk drive. Block mode is also called block
transfer, multiple commands or multiple sector read/write. Enabled enables
IDE controller to use block mode; Disabled allows the controller to use
standard mode. Default is Enabled.
Onboard FDD Controller
This is to enable or disable the onboard Floppy controller. Set to Enabled if
you have a floppy disk drive installed on the mainboard and want to use it.
Onboard Serial Port 1/2
The items specify the base I/O port addresses and IRQs for the onboard
Serial Port 1 (COM A) and Serial Port 2 (COM B). Selecting Auto allows
BIOS to automatically determine the correct base I/O port address. Available
options are Auto, 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3 and Disabled.
Default is Auto.
UART 2 Mode
The item allows you to specify the operation mode for serial port. Settings
are:
Standard RS-232C Serial Port
HPSIR IrDA-compliant Serial Infrared Port
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