Whats Infrared Port

[Chemz11]

I was settings somethings in Bios and I came across Super Io Configuration within it was Infrared Port disable or enable. What does it do?

 

[mcnumpty23]

is it an old laptop?

havent seen infra red on one for years

 

[nukemaster]

IR ports transfer data via light pluses.

You can not actually see the IR light, while you can see some light from the emitter, I think that is a side effect of the led in use.

It is the same way a TV remote controls a TV, but could also be used to send data from device to device. It was also used by Nintendo for some games to transfer saves or items. Many PDA's used it for data transfer to another unit and some could even control a TV via IR.

Last off you can still find IRblasters to control cable boxes from your computer.

If you do not have one, disable it. Sometimes you will have a header on the board to install one, but they are not used much any more.

Bored, nothing better to do?
Look at your TV remove front window with your camera screen(does not work on the view finder) and you can actually see the light pulses(when buttons are pressed). This should work with cell phone cameras as well since they can see IR light too.

 

[Chemz11]

is it an old laptop?

havent seen infra red on one for years

No Its a desktop

 

[mcnumpty23]

is it an old laptop?

havent seen infra red on one for years

No Its a desktop[/quotemsg

been years since i saw one on a desktop as well think they were more common on lap tops

but nukemaster explained it any way

probably not much use nowadays unless you also have what ever was used along with it

 

[Chemz11]

is it an old laptop?

havent seen infra red on one for years

No Its a desktop[/quotemsg

been years since i saw one on a desktop as well think they were more common on lap tops

but nukemaster explained it any way

probably not much use nowadays unless you also have what ever was used along with it

Yeah, Idk this motherboard was released months ago