Integrated Peripherals (Peripherals submenu). Digital Equipment Corporation HiNote VP 500 Series

The BIOS Setup Program

Integrated Peripherals

(Peripherals submenu)

Move the highlighted cell to this field and press <Enter> to launch the submenu. The following settings are available in the Integrated Peripherals Menu.

Field Settings

Serial Port

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Auto*

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Disabled

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COM 1 (3F8h - IRQ4)

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COM 2 (2F8h - IRQ3)

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COM 3 (3E8h - IRQ4)

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COM 4 (2E8h - IRQ3)

Fast Infrared

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Auto

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Disabled*

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COM 1 (3F8h - IRQ4)

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COM 2 (2F8h - IRQ3)

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COM 3 (3E8h - IRQ4)

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COM 4 (2E8h - IRQ3)

Parallel Port

* Default value.

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Auto*

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Disabled

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378h,IRQ7 or IRQ5

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278h,IRQ7 or IRQ5

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3BCh,IRQ7 or IRQ5

Description

Enables, configures or disables the serial port.

Set the serial port to disable in order to increase the battery run time.

Enables, configures or disables the infrared port.

Set the infrared port to disable in order to increase the battery run time.

When the FIR port is enabled two additional configurable settings appear: Uart 2 Mode and Fast IR

DMA Channel. Choose the default settings for these fields or refer to the IR device User’s manual.

Enables, configures or disables the parallel port.

Set the parallel port to disable in order to increase the battery run time.

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The BIOS Setup Program

Field

Parallel

Mode

Audio

* Default value.

Settings

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Disabled

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Normal

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Bi-Directional *

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EPP Mode

(Extended Parallel Port)

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ECP

(Extended Capabilities)

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Enables *

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Disables

Description

Disables the parallel port.

Parallel port is set for data-out mode only.

Parallel port permits both data output and data input.

Operates only with EPP aware peripherals.

Operates only with ECP aware peripherals. See your parallel device user’s guide.

Enables, configures or disables the audio port. Some DOS based software require editing the

Audio chip’s settings for DMA

Channels, IRQ, etc. Please see your application’s user guide for details.

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