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Asus P5A How this Manual is Organized, Item Checklist, I. INTRODUCTION, Features, APPENDIX, Introduction, Installation, BIOS Software, VI. ASUS CIDB, I. INTRODUCTION

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I. INTRODUCTION

How this Manual is Organized

I.Introduction Manual information and checklist

II.	Features	Information and specifications concerning this product
III.	Installation	Instructions on setting up the motherboard
IV.	BIOS Software	Instructions on setting up the BIOS software

V.Support Software Information on the included support software

VI. ASUS CIDB	Installation of the ASUS CIDB Chassis Sensor (optional)
VII. ASUS L101 Card	Installation of the ASUS LAN card (optional)
APPENDIX	Glossary of Terms

Item Checklist

Please check that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing items, contact your retailer.

(1) ASUS Motherboard

(1) IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives

(1) Ribbon cable for (1) 5.25” and (2) 3.5” floppy disk drives

(1) Bag of spare jumpers

(1) Support CD with drivers and utilities

(1) User’s Manual

ASUS CIDB chassis sensor module (optional)

ASUS IrDA-compliant infrared module (optional)

ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 Ethernet Card (optional)

I. INTRODUCTION	Sections/Checklist

ASUS P5A User’s Manual

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Contents

Page USER'S NOTICE Product Name: ASUS P5A Manual Revision: 1.07 E382 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) Marketing Technical Support ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe) CONTENTS Page 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) (This page was intentionally left blank.) 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 (This page was intentionally left blank) 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)