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P5A User Manual - Page 2
... ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT. Manual revisions are released for each product design represented by ASUS; All Rights Reserved. Manual updates are represented by the third digit in any form or by any of the means indicated on the product itself. USER'S NOTICE
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P5A User Manual - Page 4
... 35 Support Software 36 Flash Memory Writer Utility 36
IV. INSTALLATION 12 ASUS P5A Motherboard Layout 12 Installation Steps 14 1. BIOS SOFTWARE 36 Main Menu 36
Managing and Updating Your Motherboard's BIOS 38 6. FEATURES 8 ASUS P5A Motherboard 8 Introduction to ASUS Smart Series Motherboards 9 Parts of Power Management Setup 49
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P5A User Manual - Page 8
.... (Requires DMI-enabled components.) (See section V) • USB, PS/2 Mouse, IrDA Connector: Supports an optional cable and bracket set .
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ASUS P5A User's Manual A second IrDA connector is available for virtually automatic setup.
• PC100 Memory Support: Equipped with three DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up . • Wake-On...
P5A User Manual - Page 11
... Motherboard Parts
II. FEATURES
Parts of the ASUS P5A Motherboard
PS/2 Mouse (top) and Keyboard
USB Port
ATX Power CPU ZIF ALi Aladdin V Socket 7 AGPset
3 DIMM Sockets
Serial and Parallel Connectors
512KB/1MB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache
Game/MIDI Port (optional)
Accelerated Graphics Port
ESS Audio (optional)
5 PCI Slots Health Monitoring Chip (optional)
2 ISA Slots
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P5A User Manual - Page 12
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ASUS P5A User's Manual III. Alarm Lead
Wake-on-LAN Connector SMBus Connector
PCI Slot 5
ISA Slot 1
ISA Slot 2
Dimmed components are optional.
INST ALLATION Motherboard Layout
COM 1
III. INSTALLATION
ASUS P5A Motherboard Layout
PS2 Top: Mouse Bottom: Keyboard
KBMS
KBPWR
Board Power Input for ATX Power Supply
USB
Top: USB 1 Bottom: USB 2
PWR_FAN
CPU ZIF Socket 7
CPU_FAN...
P5A User Manual - Page 36
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1. To determine the BIOS version of your motherboard, check the last four numbers of the original motherboard BIOS in DOS mode.
IV. BIOS Flash Memory Writer
IMPORTANT!
Type a filename and the path, for example, A:\440XX1 and then press .
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Save Current BIOS To File
This option allows you to save a copy of the code displayed on your...
P5A User Manual - Page 37
... utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM. Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD
This option updates the boot block, the baseboard BIOS, and the ACPI extended system configuration data (ESCD) parameter block from a new BIOS file.
When the programming is finished, Flashed Successfully will be displayed. BIOS Flash Memory Writer
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P5A User Manual - Page 39
... your motherboard came in particular, the hard disk specifications. BIOS BIOS Setup
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If so, invoke the Setup utility, as described in detail in this utility. in a computer system, the proper configuration entries may have already been made. If you with the opportunity to enter new setup information. The BIOS ROM of the configuration settings for specifying...
P5A User Manual - Page 40
... of this option anymore. IV. Load Setup Defaults, on the selected field, press .
Take note of these keys and their respective uses. IV. At the bottom of Standard CMOS Setup
Date To set the date, highlight the "Date" field and then press either / or / to 2079)
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User-configurable fields appear in a different color...
P5A User Manual - Page 45
.... If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them specifically.
Setup default setting is System, where the system prompts for displaying the first and second characters.
IV. CBFFF Shadow to 30 characters per second. Options range from 6 to DC000 - Security Option (System) When you can set the Typematic Rate and Delay. ASUS P5A User's Manual
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P5A User Manual - Page 52
... you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique IRQ, and you are noted in parenthesis next to Yes...
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ASUS P5A User's Manual For example: If you to configure the PCI bus slots instead of using that requires IRQ 10, then set how IRQ use a Plug-and-Play (PnP) operating system to use is using the BIOS...
P5A User Manual - Page 55
..." prompt appears. NOTE: If you to the main screen.
ASUS P5A User's Manual
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Supervisor Password and User Password
These two options set the system passwords.
BIOS Passwords
To implement password protection, specify in section III for the password. Taking note that will prompt for procedures on the...
P5A User Manual - Page 57
... session. BIOS Save
Exit Without Saving
Select this option to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the ones used for your hard disk was formatted, the disk will need the data stored on an older previous system, incorrect parameters may be readable.
You will not be detected. ASUS P5A User's Manual
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P5A User Manual - Page 59
...the DMI folder and Flash BIOS writer under the AFLASH folder, ALi AGP Mini Port Driver for Windows 95/Windows 98 under the 3MODE folder.
SUPPORT SOFTWARE
ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD
(Included only with motherboards with LDCM installed.) A user's manual in -
V. View the online help if
you have any time without notice. SOFTW ARE Support CD
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P5A User Manual - Page 60
... Utility (DMICFG.EXE) must not be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD such as PnP updating and will detect as many system information as the CPU type, CPU speed, and internal/external frequencies, and memory size. SOFTW ARE DMI Introduction
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