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2 USER'S NOTICEProduct Name: ASUS P5A Manual Revision: 1.07 E382 Release Date: May ASUS P5A User’s Manual 3 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific)Marketing Technical Support ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe) 4 CONTENTS6 FCC & DOC COMPLIANCEFederal Communications Commission Statement •This device may not cause harmful interference, and •Re-orientor relocate the receiving antenna •Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver •Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help Canadian Department of Communications Statement This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003 Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003du Canada 7 How this Manual is OrganizedItem Checklist 8 ASUS P5A Motherboard10 II.FEATURESVoltage Monitoring and Alert: CPU Slow Down: Auto Fan Off: even in sleep mode and system noise Message LED (requires ACPI-supported OS): 11 Parts of the ASUS P5A Motherboard12 ASUS P5A Motherboard Layout14 Installation Steps1. Jumpers 15 III.INSTALLATION19 2.System Memory (DIMM)21 3.Central Processing Unit (CPU)23 4.Expansion Cards25 5.External Connectors26 3.Parallel Port Connector (25-pinFemale)NOTE: Serial printers must be connected to the serial port 4.Serial Port COM1 and COM2 Connectors (Two 9-pinMale) 5.Floppy drive connector (FLOPPY, 34-1pin block ) 27 Audio Port Connectors (Three 1/8” Female)Line Out Line In Mic Joystick/Midi Connector 28 9.Primary / Secondary IDE connectors (Two 40-1pin block)10.IDE activity LED (IDELED, 2 pins) 29 11.ATX Power Supply Connector (ATX, 20-pinblock)12.Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead (4-1pin CHASIS) 30 13.CPU Cooling Fan Connectors (FAN, 3 pins)These are not jumpers, do not place jumper caps over these pins 14.IrDA-CompliantInfrared Module Connector (IR, 5-pinblock) UART2 Use Infra- red Chipset Features Setup 31 15.Message LED Lead (MSG.LED, 2 pins)16.ATX Power Switch/Soft Power Switch Lead (PWR.SW., 2 pins) 17.Reset Switch Lead (RESET, 2 pins) 18.System Power LED Lead (PWR.LED, 3 pins) 19.Keyboard Lock Switch Lead (KEYLOCK, 2 pins) 20.Speaker Connector (SPEAKER, 4 pins) This 4-pinconnector connects to the case-mountedspeaker 32 21.Wake-on-LANActivity Connector (3-pinWOLCON)VI. ASUS LAN CARD 33 23.Stereo Audio In Connector (4-pinAUX)24.Stereo Audio In Connector (4-pinCD1) 34 25.SMBus Connector (5-1pin SMB)26.Power Supply Temperature External Connector (2 pin TRPWR) 35 Power Connection Procedures36 Support Software39 6. BIOS SetupLoad Defaults 40 Standard CMOS SetupDetails of Standard CMOS Setup 41 TimeHard Disk Drives For IDE hard disk drive setup, you can: •Use theAuto setting for detection during bootup •Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the “User” option Standard CMOS 42 Auto detection of hard disks on bootupDrive A / Drive B (None) Floppy 3 Mode Support (Disabled) Drive A Drive B Both Video (EGA/VGA) If you are using a VGA or any higher resolution card, choose EGA/VGA Halt On (All Errors) 43 BIOS Features SetupDetails of BIOS Features Setup 44 BIOSQuick Power On Self Test (Enabled) Enabled HDD Sequence SCSI/IDE First (IDE) IDE SCSI Boot Sequence (A,C) A,C A,CDROM,C CDROM,C,A CDROM,A,C D,A E,A F,A C only LS/ZIP, C LAN,A,C LAN,C,A C,A Boot Up Floppy Seek (Disabled) When enabled, the BIOS will seek drive A one time Floppy Disk Access Control (R/W) IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors (HDD MAX) HDD S.M.A.R.T. capability (Disabled) PS/2 Mouse Function Control (Auto) OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M (Disabled) PCI/VGA Palette Snoop (Disabled) Video ROM BIOS Shadow (Enabled) 45 Chipset Features Setup46 Details of Chipset Features Setup47 Memory Hole At 15M-16M(Disabled)Data Integrity Mode (Disabled) KBD Clock Source Speed (8MHz) Onboard FDC Controller (Enabled) Onboard FDC Swap A & B (No Swap) Swap AB No Swap Onboard Serial Port 1 (3F8H/IRQ4) Settings are and for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 (2F8H/IRQ3) Onboard Parallel Port (378H/IRQ7) Chipset Features 48 Parallel Port Mode (ECP+EPP)ECP DMA Select (3) ECP ECP+EPP Parallel Port Mode Onboard IR (Disabled) IR Mode (IrDA SIR) FIR DMA Select (1) Onboard PCI IDE Enable (Both) Primary Secondary Both Disable IDE Ultra DMA Mode (Auto) 49 Power Management SetupDetails of Power Management Setup 50 Video Off Method (DPMS OFF)PM Timers HDD Power Down Doze Standby Suspend HDD Power Down (Disable) 1 Min 15 Min Doze Mode, Standby Mode, Suspend Mode (Disable) Power Up Control PWR Button < 4 Secs (Soft Off) Soft Off PWR Up On Modem Act (Enabled) 51 Wake On LAN (Enabled)Automatic Power Up (Disabled) Fan Monitor (xxxxRPM) Thermal Monitor (xxxC/xxxF) Voltage Monitor (xx.xV) 52 PNP and PCI SetupDetails of PNP and PCI Setup 53 DMA x Used By ISA (No/ICU)ISA MEM Block BASE (No/ICU) SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS (Auto) USB Function (Disabled) Enabled USB IRQ (Auto) VGA BIOS Sequence (PCI/AGP) PCI/AGP AGP/PCI Plug & Play/PCI 54 Load BIOS DefaultsLoad Setup Defaults 55 Supervisor Password and User Password56 IDE HDD Auto Detection57 Save & Exit SetupExit Without Saving 59 ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD60 Desktop Management Interface (DMI)65 ASUS PCI-L101Fast Ethernet Card66 FeaturesSoftware Driver Support Question and Answer 67 Glossary
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