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... Supports Japanese "Floppy 3 mode" (3.5-inch disk drive: 1.2MB) and LS-120 floppy disk drives (3.5-inch disk drive: 120 MB, 1.44MB, 720K). FEATURES ASUS P5A-B Motherboard • ALi AGPset: ALi® (Acer Laboratories Inc.) Aladdin V AGPset with support for a 100MHz Front Side Bus (FSB), Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP... directed from COM2 to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.) (See section V) • USB, PS/2 Mouse, IrDA Connector: Supports an optional cable and bracket set . 8 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual II.
... Supports Japanese "Floppy 3 mode" (3.5-inch disk drive: 1.2MB) and LS-120 floppy disk drives (3.5-inch disk drive: 120 MB, 1.44MB, 720K). FEATURES ASUS P5A-B Motherboard • ALi AGPset: ALi® (Acer Laboratories Inc.) Aladdin V AGPset with support for a 100MHz Front Side Bus (FSB), Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP... directed from COM2 to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.) (See section V) • USB, PS/2 Mouse, IrDA Connector: Supports an optional cable and bracket set . 8 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual II.
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FEATURES Parts of the ASUS P5A-B Motherboard Serial Parallel 3 DIMM ALi Aladdin V Ports Port Sockets AGPset ATX Power AT Connector CPU ZIF Socket 7 Keyboard USB/MIR Floppy/IDE Connectors 512KB/1024KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache Accelerated Graphics Port 3 PCI Slots 2 ISA Slots Programmable Flash ROM IrDA C-Media 3D Positional Sound Chip (optional) ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 11 II. FEA TURES Motherboard Parts II.
FEATURES Parts of the ASUS P5A-B Motherboard Serial Parallel 3 DIMM ALi Aladdin V Ports Port Sockets AGPset ATX Power AT Connector CPU ZIF Socket 7 Keyboard USB/MIR Floppy/IDE Connectors 512KB/1024KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache Accelerated Graphics Port 3 PCI Slots 2 ISA Slots Programmable Flash ROM IrDA C-Media 3D Positional Sound Chip (optional) ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 11 II. FEA TURES Motherboard Parts II.
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INST ALLATION Motherboard Layout 12 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual INSTALLATION ASUS P5A-B Motherboard Layout AT Keyboard Connector KB USB, PS/2 Mouse, IrDA COM 1 COM 2 Parallel Port Row 5 4 3 2 1 0 VIO1 AT Power Connector VIO0 FS3 FS2 PWR_FAN FS1 FS0 ATX Power Connector BF2 BF1 BF0 DIMM ...
INST ALLATION Motherboard Layout 12 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual INSTALLATION ASUS P5A-B Motherboard Layout AT Keyboard Connector KB USB, PS/2 Mouse, IrDA COM 1 COM 2 Parallel Port Row 5 4 3 2 1 0 VIO1 AT Power Connector VIO0 FS3 FS2 PWR_FAN FS1 FS0 ATX Power Connector BF2 BF1 BF0 DIMM ...
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III. ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 13 INSTALLATION Jumpers 1) CLRTC p. 15 Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM 2) VIO p. 15 Voltage Input/Output Selection 4) FS0, FS1, FS2, FS3 p. 16 CPU External (... p. 28 IDE LED Activity Light (2 pins) 9) ATX p. 29 ATX Motherboard Power Connector (20 pins) 10) PS/2 p. 29 AT Motherboard Power Connector (12 pins) 11) USB/MIR p. 31 USB, Infrared, PS/2 Mouse Module Connector (18-1 pins) 12) IR p. 31 IrDA-compliant Infrared Module Connector (5 pins) 13) MSG.LED (PANEL) p. 31 System Message LED...
III. ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 13 INSTALLATION Jumpers 1) CLRTC p. 15 Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM 2) VIO p. 15 Voltage Input/Output Selection 4) FS0, FS1, FS2, FS3 p. 16 CPU External (... p. 28 IDE LED Activity Light (2 pins) 9) ATX p. 29 ATX Motherboard Power Connector (20 pins) 10) PS/2 p. 29 AT Motherboard Power Connector (12 pins) 11) USB/MIR p. 31 USB, Infrared, PS/2 Mouse Module Connector (18-1 pins) 12) IR p. 31 IrDA-compliant Infrared Module Connector (5 pins) 13) MSG.LED (PANEL) p. 31 System Message LED...
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...) This connector supports the included parallel port ribbon cable with mounting bracket. P5A-B Onboard Serial Port Connectors 26 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual R R III. INST ALLATION Connectors III. A PS/2 mouse connector is included for the USB/ Mouse/IR onboard connector if the optional USB/MIR connector is removed to the case on your cable to Pin...
...) This connector supports the included parallel port ribbon cable with mounting bracket. P5A-B Onboard Serial Port Connectors 26 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual R R III. INST ALLATION Connectors III. A PS/2 mouse connector is included for the USB/ Mouse/IR onboard connector if the optional USB/MIR connector is removed to the case on your cable to Pin...
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... connector set connects to the 18-pin block and mounts to the pin definitions. P5A-B Infrared Module Connector 30 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual USB, Infrared, PS/2 Mouse Module Connector (USB/MIR, 18-1 pin block) If you must also configure the setting through UART2 ... 7: Ground 16: Ground 8: (no connection) 17: Infrared Receive 9: +5 Volt 18: Infrared Transmit Infrared PS/2 Mouse USB 0 USB 1 P5A-B PS/2 USB, Mouse, IrDA Module Connector Optional USB/MIR 12. The external connector set . See Second IrDA... You must connect an optional Infrared module to select whether UART2 ...
... connector set connects to the 18-pin block and mounts to the pin definitions. P5A-B Infrared Module Connector 30 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual USB, Infrared, PS/2 Mouse Module Connector (USB/MIR, 18-1 pin block) If you must also configure the setting through UART2 ... 7: Ground 16: Ground 8: (no connection) 17: Infrared Receive 9: +5 Volt 18: Infrared Transmit Infrared PS/2 Mouse USB 0 USB 1 P5A-B PS/2 USB, Mouse, IrDA Module Connector Optional USB/MIR 12. The external connector set . See Second IrDA... You must connect an optional Infrared module to select whether UART2 ...
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... to Enabled if you to reserve an IRQ# (5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, or 15) for the USB to use the onboard audio, select Disabled. AGP/PCI uses the AGP card as your USB device. BIOS ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 53 Plug & Play/PCI Load Setup Defaults IV. BIOS SOFTWARE DMA x Used By ISA (No...
... to Enabled if you to reserve an IRQ# (5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, or 15) for the USB to use the onboard audio, select Disabled. AGP/PCI uses the AGP card as your USB device. BIOS ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 53 Plug & Play/PCI Load Setup Defaults IV. BIOS SOFTWARE DMA x Used By ISA (No...
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With USB, the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be automatically configured when they are attached physically without having to install drivers or reboot. APPENDIX Glossary 70 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual APPENDIX USB (Universal Serial Bus) A new 4-pin serial peripheral bus that allows plug and play computer peripherals such as keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner, printer and modem/ISDN to be eliminated.
With USB, the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be automatically configured when they are attached physically without having to install drivers or reboot. APPENDIX Glossary 70 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual APPENDIX USB (Universal Serial Bus) A new 4-pin serial peripheral bus that allows plug and play computer peripherals such as keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner, printer and modem/ISDN to be eliminated.