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2 Product Name:ASUS P5A-VM Manual Revision: 1.03 E383 Release Date: May ASUS P5A-VMUser’s Manual 3 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific)Marketing Technical Support ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe)5 E. Audio SoftwareG. DMI Utility 6 Federal 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 WARNING 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 OrganizedIntroduction Features Installation BIOS Software Support Software Item ChecklistI. INTRODUCTION TURES FEA Features 8 ASUS P5A-VMMotherboardALi AGPset: 90–233MHz (P55C-MMX,P54C/P54CS) AGP 3D VGA: •PCI Audio: Features optional ESS 32-bitPCI audio onboard PCI Audio: Level 2 Cache SRAM/Tag RAM: 9 Introduction to ASUS Smart Series Motherboards10 SmartFEA Voltage Monitoring and Alert: System Resources 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-VMMotherboardII. FEA TURES ALLATION INST 12 ASUS P5A-VMMotherboard LayoutDimmed components are optional 13 JumpersExpansion Slots Connectors INST ALLATION Contents 14 Jumper Settings15 3.Keyboard Power (Wake) Up (KBPWR)4.Voltage Input/Output Selection (VIO0, VIO1) 5.Overclock Frequency Setting (OVER_FQ) 16 6CPU External (BUS) Frequency Selection (FS0, FS1, FS2, FS3)External BUS Clock Internal 7.CPU to BUS Frequency Multiple (BF0, BF1, BF2) ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION 17 Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of your CPU as follows:18 Compatible Cyrix CPU Identification19 9.Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM (RTCCLR)Memory System 20 2.System Memory (DIMM)3.3Volt SDRAM Configuration IMPORTANT (see General DIMM Notes below) (see below) To make using bus speeds Install memory in any combination as follows: NOTES •DIMMs that have more than 18 chips are not supported on this motherboard •BIOS shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen Single-sided 21 DIMM Memory Installation Procedures:22 3.Central Processing Unit (CPU)23 Expansion Card Installation Procedure:Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 24 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA CardsISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 25 5.External Connectors1.PS/2 Keyboard Connector (6-pinFemale) 2.PS/2 Mouse Connector (6-pinFemale) Connectors 26 3.Parallel Port Connector (25-pinFemale)NOTE: Serial printers must be connected to the serial port 27 6.Floppy drive connector (FLOPPY, 34-1pin block )Audio Port Connectors (Three 1/8” Female) (with optional onboard audio) can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speakers allows microphones to be connected for inputing voice 28 Joystick/Midi Connector10.Primary / Secondary IDE connectors (Two 40-1pin block) 29 11.Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead (4-1pin CHASIS)30 12.ATX Power Supply Connector (ATX, 20-pinblock)IrDA/Fast IR-Compliant Infrared Mdule Connector (IR 5-pin block) UART2 Use Infra- red Chipset Features Setup 31 14ATX Power Switch/Soft Power Switch Lead (PWR, 2 pins)15.IDE Activity LED Lead (IDELED, 2 pins) 16.System Power LED Lead (PLED, 2 pins) 17.Reset Switch Lead (RESET, 2 pins) 18.Message LED Lead (MLED, 2 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 22.Stereo Audio In Connector (4-pinCD_IN)x 23.MODEM Card Voice In Connector (4-pinMODEM) 33 24SMBus Connector (5-1pin SMB)25.Power Supply Temperature External Connector (2 pin PWR_TMP) 34 26.CPU Cooling Fan Connectors (FAN, 3 pins)These are not jumpers, thus, do not place jumper caps over these pins 35 Power Connection Procedures36 Flash Memory Writer Utility38 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard’s BIOS39 6. BIOS Setup40 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) ONB VGA BIOS First (No) Yes Onboard Audio (Enabled) Plug & Play/PCI 54 Load BIOS DefaultsLoad Setup Defaults 55 Supervisor Password and User Password56 IDE HDD Auto Detection57 Save & Exit SetupExit Without Saving 58 ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD62 Install Video Driver and Utility (Windows 95/98)To install the video driver and utility for Windows 95/98 My Computer Setup.exe Click Install Video Driver and Utility Click The ATI Installation dialog box will appear Click Easy Install to begin the Installation Wizard The ATI Setup screen will appear When prompted to restart your computer, click Yes 63 Adjustment MenuPanning Menu 64 ColorSettings 65 Installing Video Drivers for Windows NTDriversideo VOther.B OS/2 IBM 66 Video Driver Installation for IBM OS/2The ATI OS/2 video driver is to be used for the English version of OS/2 only To run the INSTALL program 1.Start OS/2 3.Double-clickthe OS/2 System folder 4.Double-clickthe Command Prompts folder 5.Double-clickthe OS/2 Full Screen object 6.Insert the ASUS Support CD 7.Type D: <Enter> (assuming D is your CD-ROMdriver) 8.Type CD ATI\UTILITY <Enter>. Type OS2INST <Enter 10.Press <Enter> to select the default destination directory When prompted, let the INSTALL program make changes to your Autoexec.bat file 12.Select QUICK SETUP 13.Select your monitor from the list. or If you do not see your monitor listed, see Custom Monitor Configuration 67 To copy the driver files1.Select Drivers Installation from the Main Menu 2.Select IBM OS/2 from the list of applications 3.Select Install for the correct version of OS/2 5.After the files have been copied, press any key 6.Press ESC to exit You are now ready to install the enhanced driver for OS/2 To install the driver for OS/2 1.In the OS/2 full-screencommand prompt, type DSPINSTL <Enter When the Display Driver Install panel appears, select Primary Display 3.Select the latest ATI driver version from the list, and click OK In the Monitor Configuration Selection Utility, select Install Using Defaults for Monitor Type 6.Click SET 7.Click INSTALL IBM OS/2 System VOther.B 68 Select System Information (optional)Quick Setup (optional)Selecting Your Monitor Type: Factory Default/Apple.../IBM.../MIT.../NEC VESA-Std.../Generic.../ReadVDIF.../Custom Select Read VDIF VDIF Files Select Custom Custom Configuration Notes On Refresh Rates: 69 VDIF Files (optional)Procedure: 1.Start the INSTALL program 2.Select Quick Setup and press <Enter 3.Insert into a floppy drive the disk containing the VDIF file 4.Select READ VDIF... and press <Enter 3.Select Custom... and press <Enter 4.Pick a resolution, then a refresh rate. You will see a box outline WARNING: TIP: 5.Adjust the size and position of the box outline. Press <Enter> to accept VDIF Files / .Adv Other.B 70 Advanced Setup (optional)Factory Defaults The device can be reset to factory defaults by pressing <Shift>+<F7 Saving Your Configuration Diagnostics•VGA Tests •Accelerator Tests 71 System LockupTroubleshooting72 ErrorDesired resolution is disabled and displayed in gray Menu item is disabled and displayed in gray Adapter not detected Any FIFO test error Quick memory test error Detailed memory test error DAC LUT test failure ROM checksum error An error has been detected in the ROM Draw sequence failure 73 Windows 95 mach64 enhanced display driverWindows 95 property page problems ATI Video Player Notes 74 Other Problems & Actions 75 ATI PlayerATI Player and control panel (Win3.1x and Win95) The Task Control Panel Under win31 environment Under Win95 environment CDAudio– MPEG Playback Video In Capture Features 76 Playing Audio CDs (Only in window 95)77 Playing Media Files79 For Windows80 First Time Installation81 For Windows NT83 Audio Rack InstallationAudio Rack IntroductionThe AudioRack32 has six main parts: AudioRack32 •Digital Audio Player—playsand records files in the .WAV format •MIDI Player—enablesyou to play MIDI files •Compact Disk Player—enablesyou to play audio CDs on a CD-ROMdrive Audio Software Introduction 84 The Command Center ControlsThe Command Center Display 85 The Miniature Mode Controls86 The Audio Mixer Controls87 The Digital Audio Player ControlsThe Digital Audio Player Display 88 The MIDI Player ControlsThe MIDI Player Display 89 The Compact Disk Player Controls90 The Audio Recorder ControlsThe Audio Recorder Display 91 Disable Eject Button on the CD PlayerUsing AudioRack CD Player as Default CD Player Configuring Playback Mixer 92 Install Software Wavetable (Windows 95/98)Click Install Software Wave Table Select Install ESS Software Wavetable and click Next Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now and then click Finish to restart your computer and complete setup 93 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration UtilityStarting the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 94 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration UtilityNotes 95 Save MIFDLoad MIFD Load BIOS Defaults Using DMI Utility
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