Disabling crap in bios, questions ...

[Isaacav2]

So my SB Audigy has the slightest bit of hitching when I play HL2. In the FAQ it says to disable all ports that are not being used in the bios.

What is COM port 1?
What is COM port 2?

What other stuff should I disable in bios for my SB Audigy 4?

 

[Isaacav2]

WTF anyone?

I was guessing that one of them would be a game port and another be the ps2 port. Anyone?

 

[meatycheesyboy]

WTF anyone?

WTF patience?

A COM port is a serial port, most motherboards still have them but they are rarely if ever used. The last time I used a serial port was for a handheld scanner I had back in the Windows 3.11 days. You can disable it without any consequences unless you've got something plugged into a serial port that you use (not likely)

 

[Isaacav2]

Thanks, So I should be good disabling com port 1 and com port 2? Thanks.

By the way, is the PS2 port called anything special in a BIOS? or is it just called PS2?