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BIOS Setup
On-Chip IDE Controller
This item allows you to enable/ disable IDE Controller.
PCI IDE BusMaster
This item allows you to enable/ disable BIOS to use PCI busmastering for read-
ing/ writing to IDE drives.
On-Chip SATA Controller
This item allows users to enable or disable the SATA controller.
RAID mode
Select [AHCI] to enable the AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) function.
Select [IDE] to configure the SATA device as IDE device and without AHCI function.
Setting this option to [RAID] activates the following fields, and use the following
fields to enable RAID for SATA hard disks.
SATA 1/2/3/4
These items allow you to enable RAID for SATA 1/2/3/4.
I/O Device
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears:
COM Port 1
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial port.
Parallel Port
There is a built-in parallel port on the on-board Super I/O chipset that provides
Standard, ECP, and EPP features. It has the following options:
[Disabled]
[3BC] Line Printer port 0
[278] Line Printer port 2
[378] Line Printer port 1
Parallel Port Mode
[Normal] Stardand Parallel Port
[EPP] Enhanced Parallel Port
[ECP] Extended Capability Port
[Bi-Directional]Extended Capability Port + Enhanced Parallel Port
To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only, choose
[Normal]. To operate the onboard parallel port in the EPP mode simultaneously,
choose [EPP]. By choosing [ECP], the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP
mode only. Choosing [Bi-Direction] will allow the onboard parallel port to support
both the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously.