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USER'S NOTICE
Product Name:
ASUS P5A
Manual Revision:
1.07 E382
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CONTENTS
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FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE
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
How this Manual is Organized
Item Checklist
ASUS P5A Motherboard
Introduction to ASUS Smart Series Motherboards
Smart
FEA
II.FEATURES
Voltage Monitoring and Alert:
CPU Slow Down:
Auto Fan Off:
even in sleep mode
Parts of the ASUS P5A Motherboard
ASUS P5A Motherboard Layout
INST ALLATION
Contents
Installation Steps
1. Jumpers
Jumper Settings
III.INSTALLATION
2.Keyboard Power Up (KBPWR)
Enable
3.+3V Voltage Selection (VIO1)
4.Audio Selection (3-pinx 3)
5.CPU External (BUS) Frequency Selection (FS3, FS2, FS1, FS0)
External
BUS Clock
Internal
6.CPU to BUS Frequency Multiple (BF0, BF1, BF2)
Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of your CPU as follows:
Compatible Cyrix CPU Identification
2.System Memory (DIMM)
DIMM Memory Installation Procedures:
3.Central Processing Unit (CPU)
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4.Expansion Cards
Expansion Card Installation Procedure:
Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards
Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards
ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor
Accelerated Graphics Port
5.External Connectors
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 )
Audio Port Connectors (Three 1/8” Female)
Line Out
Line In
Mic
Joystick/Midi Connector
9.Primary / Secondary IDE connectors (Two 40-1pin block)
10.IDE activity LED (IDELED, 2 pins)
11.ATX Power Supply Connector (ATX, 20-pinblock)
12.Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead (4-1pin CHASIS)
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
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)
21.Wake-on-LANActivity Connector (3-pinWOLCON)
VI. ASUS LAN CARD
23.Stereo Audio In Connector (4-pinAUX)
24.Stereo Audio In Connector (4-pinCD1)
25.SMBus Connector (5-1pin SMB)
26.Power Supply Temperature External Connector (2 pin TRPWR)
Power Connection Procedures
Support Software
Flash Memory Writer Utility
Main Menu
2. Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD
Flash Memory Writer
IV. BIOS
Managing and Updating Your Motherboard’s BIOS
6. BIOS Setup
Load Defaults
Standard CMOS Setup
Details of Standard CMOS Setup
Time
Hard 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
Auto detection of hard disks on bootup
Drive A / Drive B (None)
Floppy 3 Mode Support (Disabled)
Drive A
Drive B
BIOS Features Setup
Details of BIOS Features Setup
BIOS
Quick Power On Self Test (Enabled)
Enabled
HDD Sequence SCSI/IDE First (IDE)
IDE
Chipset Features Setup
Details of Chipset Features Setup
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)
Parallel Port Mode (ECP+EPP)
ECP DMA Select (3)
ECP
ECP+EPP
Parallel Port Mode
Power Management Setup
Details of Power Management Setup
Video Off Method (DPMS OFF)
PM Timers
HDD Power Down
Doze
Standby
Wake On LAN (Enabled)
Automatic Power Up (Disabled)
Fan Monitor (xxxxRPM)
Thermal Monitor (xxxC/xxxF)
Voltage Monitor (xx.xV)
PNP and PCI Setup
Details of PNP and PCI Setup
DMA x Used By ISA (No/ICU)
ISA MEM Block BASE (No/ICU)
SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS (Auto)
USB Function (Disabled)
Enabled
Load BIOS Defaults
Load Setup Defaults
Supervisor Password and User Password
IDE HDD Auto Detection
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving
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ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility
System Requirements
Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility
Notes
Save MIFD
Load MIFD
Load BIOS Defaults
DMI Using
SOFTW
The ASUS CIDB Chassis Sensor
Using the ASUS CIDB
Setting up the ASUS CIDB
ASUS CIDB Additional Considerations
ASUS PCI-L101Fast Ethernet Card
Features
Software Driver Support
Question and Answer
Glossary
Byte (Binary Term)
COM Port
CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Device Driver
DOS (Disk Operating System)
PCI Bus (Peripheral Component Interconnect Local Bus)
Peripherals
POST (Power On Self Test)
PS/2 Port
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)
USB (Universal Serial Bus)