User manual ABIT KR7A-RAID

[. . . ] Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular part of this document. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product. Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners. [. . . ] PIO MODE 0~4 reflects the IDE device data transfer rate. The higher the MODE value is, the better the IDE device data transfer rate. However, it does not mean that the highest MODE value can be selected. You first have to be sure that your IDE device supports this MODE. Otherwise, the hard disk will not be able to operate normally. User's Manual 3-22 Chapter 3 Super IO Device: This item can let you sets several items concerning the Super I/O device parameters. Figure 3-6C. Super IO Device Screen Onboard FDD Controller: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. This is used to enable or disable the Onboard FDD Controller. If you add a higher performance controller, you will need to Disable this feature. Onboard Serial Port 1: This item allows you to determine which I/O address the onboard serial port 1 controller will access. Six options are available: Disabled ) 3F8/IRQ4 ) 2F8/IRQ3 ) 3E8/IRQ4 ) 2E8/IRQ3 ) Auto ) Back to Disabled. Onboard Serial Port 2: This item allows you to determine which I/O address the onboard serial port 2 controller will access. Six options are available: Disabled ) 3F8/IRQ4 ) 2F8/IRQ3 ) 3E8/IRQ4 ) 2E8/IRQ3 ) Auto )Back to Disabled. If you choose Disabled, then the item "Onboard IR Function" will disappear. " Onboard IR Function: Three options are available: IrDA ) ASKIR (Amplitude Shift Keyed IR) ) Disabled. When you select the item IrDA or ASKIR, then the following two items will appear. KR7A/KR7A-RAID Introducing the BIOS 3-23 " RxD , TxD Active: Four options are available: Hi, Hi ) Hi, Lo ) Lo, Hi ) Lo, Lo. Set IR transmission/reception polarity as High or Low. " IR Transmission Delay: Two options are available: Disabled and Enabled. Set IR transmission delays 4 character-time (40 bit-time) when SIR is changed from RX mode to TX mode. " IR Function Duplex: Two options are available: Full or Half. The default setting is Half. Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port. Full-duplex mode permits simultaneous two-direction transmission. Half-duplex mode permits transmission in only one direction at a time. " Use IR Pins: Two options are available: RxD2, TxD2 and IR-Rx2Tx2. If you choose RxD2, TxD2, your motherboard must support a COM port IR KIT connection. Otherwise, you can only choose the IR-Rx2Tx2 to use the IR header on your motherboard to connect your IR KIT. Note The setting for item "RxD, TxD Active", also called "TX, RX inverting", allows you to determine the activity of RxD and TxD. [. . . ] If you feel that you need to contact ABIT directly you can send email to the ABIT technical support department. First, please contact the support team for the branch office closest to you. They will be more familiar with local conditions and problems and will have better insight as to which resellers offer what products and services. Due to the huge number of emails coming in every day and other reasons, such as the time required for problem reproduction, we will not be able to reply to every email. [. . . ]