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4.9 Peripheral
Setup
The IDE hard drive controllers can support up to two separate hard
drives. These drives have a master/slave relationship that is
determined by the cabling configuration used to attach them to the
controller. Your system supports two IDE controllers--a primary and a
secondary--so you can install up to four separate hard disks.
PIO means Programmed Input/Output. Rather than having the BIOS
issue a series of commands to affect the transfer to or from the disk
drive, PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then
let the controller and the CPU perform the complete task by them. This
is much simpler and more efficient (also faster).
AMIBIOS SETUP – PERIPHERAL SETUP
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OnBoard FDC
Auto
Available Options:
OnBoard Serial Port 1
3F8/COM1
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Disabled
OnBoard Serial Port 2
2F8/COM2
Primary
Serial Port2 Mode
Normal
Secondary
Duplex Mode
N/A
Both
OnBoard Prarllel Port
378
Parallel Port Mode
ECP
EPP Version
N/A
Parallel Port DMA Channel
3
Parallel Port IRQ
7
OnBoard Serial Port3
3E8/COM3
Serial Port3 IRQ
10
OnBoard Serial Port4
2E8/COM4
Serial Port4 Mode
Normal
ESC:Exit
:Sel
Serial Port4 IRQ
11
PgUp/PgDn: Modify
OnBoard IDE
Both
F1:Help
F2/F3:Color