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...Intel Corporation. • Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Product Name: ASUS P5A-B Manual Revision: 1.07 E381 Release Date: April 1999 2 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR... before and after the period of the manual revision number. For previous or updated manuals, BIOS, drivers, or product release information, contact ASUS at http://www.asus.com.tw or through any means, except documentation kept by any of the product is defaced or ...
...Intel Corporation. • Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Product Name: ASUS P5A-B Manual Revision: 1.07 E381 Release Date: April 1999 2 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR... before and after the period of the manual revision number. For previous or updated manuals, BIOS, drivers, or product release information, contact ASUS at http://www.asus.com.tw or through any means, except documentation kept by any of the product is defaced or ...
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... Chassis Sensor 63 Using the ASUS CIDB 63 Setting up the ASUS CIDB 64 ASUS CIDB Additional Considerations 64 VII. ASUS LAN Card 65 ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card 65 Features 66 Software Driver Support 66 Question and Answer 66 APPENDIX 67 Glossary 67 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 5 SUPPORT SOFTWARE 59 ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD 59 Desktop...
... Chassis Sensor 63 Using the ASUS CIDB 63 Setting up the ASUS CIDB 64 ASUS CIDB Additional Considerations 64 VII. ASUS LAN Card 65 ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card 65 Features 66 Software Driver Support 66 Question and Answer 66 APPENDIX 67 Glossary 67 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 5 SUPPORT SOFTWARE 59 ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD 59 Desktop...
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... of spare jumpers (1) CD disc with support drivers and utilities (1) User's Manual Audio Bracket (only available with ISA audio option) ASUS CIDB chassis sensor module (optional) PS/2 Mouse, Infrared, USB1, and USB2 external connector module (optional) ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 Ethernet Card (optional) ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 7 If you discover damaged...
... of spare jumpers (1) CD disc with support drivers and utilities (1) User's Manual Audio Bracket (only available with ISA audio option) ASUS CIDB chassis sensor module (optional) PS/2 Mouse, Infrared, USB1, and USB2 external connector module (optional) ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 Ethernet Card (optional) ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 7 If you discover damaged...
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... Both the BIOS and hardware levels of the ASUS Smart Series motherboards meet PC'98 compliancy. The... SDRAM. • Double the IDE Transfer Speed: ASUS Smart Series motherboards with optional Hardware Monitor only) •... satisfy all system components, and 32-bit device drivers and installation procedures for the future operating systems (...FEATURES Introduction to ASUS Smart Series Motherboards Performance • SDRAM Optimized Performance: ASUS Smart Series motherboards ... chassis-intrusion monitoring through LDCM and the optional ASUS CIDB chassis sensor module. ACPI provides more Energy...
... Both the BIOS and hardware levels of the ASUS Smart Series motherboards meet PC'98 compliancy. The... SDRAM. • Double the IDE Transfer Speed: ASUS Smart Series motherboards with optional Hardware Monitor only) •... satisfy all system components, and 32-bit device drivers and installation procedures for the future operating systems (...FEATURES Introduction to ASUS Smart Series Motherboards Performance • SDRAM Optimized Performance: ASUS Smart Series motherboards ... chassis-intrusion monitoring through LDCM and the optional ASUS CIDB chassis sensor module. ACPI provides more Energy...
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...IRQ to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first, and any necessary jumpers on your specific card. 2. Install the necessary software drivers for expansion cards. System IRQs are available to operate. Remove your expansion card. Set any remaining IRQs are already in step 4. ...same time. III. Setup the BIOS if necessary (such as "Legacy" ISA cards, requires that you intend to use IRQs. INSTALLATION 4. ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 23 Replace the computer system's cover. 8. Make sure that may use the same IRQs or your motherboard and expansion cards....
...IRQ to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first, and any necessary jumpers on your specific card. 2. Install the necessary software drivers for expansion cards. System IRQs are available to operate. Remove your expansion card. Set any remaining IRQs are already in step 4. ...same time. III. Setup the BIOS if necessary (such as "Legacy" ISA cards, requires that you intend to use IRQs. INSTALLATION 4. ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 23 Replace the computer system's cover. 8. Make sure that may use the same IRQs or your motherboard and expansion cards....
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...PCI expansion cards after those available. P5A-B Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 24 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor The onboard hardware monitor uses the address 290H-297H, so legacy ISA cards must first install the AGP Mini Port Driver (see support CD) to PNP cards...PnP configuration section of graphics cards with the Plug and Play (PNP) specification which IRQs are handled the same way as an ASUS 3D Hardware Accelerator. Assigning DMA Channels for those not used by Legacy cards. DMA assignments for an ISA Configuration Utility. Accelerated Graphics...
...PCI expansion cards after those available. P5A-B Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 24 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor The onboard hardware monitor uses the address 290H-297H, so legacy ISA cards must first install the AGP Mini Port Driver (see support CD) to PNP cards...PnP configuration section of graphics cards with the Plug and Play (PNP) specification which IRQs are handled the same way as an ASUS 3D Hardware Accelerator. Assigning DMA Channels for those not used by Legacy cards. DMA assignments for an ISA Configuration Utility. Accelerated Graphics...
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... file. Specifications for drives over 528MB support the LBA mode. This entry provides three options: Normal, Large, LBA, or Auto (see below). BIOS Standard CMOS ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 41 If you with your system. Large type of which is the "master" and the second is very uncommon. IV. The MODE entry... is for IDE hard disks only, and can bypass the date and time prompts by using device drivers and are : (Hour: (00 to 23), Minute: (00 to 59), Second: (00 to HARD DISKS. Valid values for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB...
... file. Specifications for drives over 528MB support the LBA mode. This entry provides three options: Normal, Large, LBA, or Auto (see below). BIOS Standard CMOS ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 41 If you with your system. Large type of which is the "master" and the second is very uncommon. IV. The MODE entry... is for IDE hard disks only, and can bypass the date and time prompts by using device drivers and are : (Hour: (00 to 23), Minute: (00 to 59), Second: (00 to HARD DISKS. Valid values for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB...
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...Patch for DOS/Windows 95/Windows NT under the Probe folder created on installing the audio drivers for the included support software. • Exit: Exit the selection menu. SOFTW ARE Support CD ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 59 If the menu does not appear, double click or run D:\SETUP.... V. V. You may refer also to the section on the ASUS PC Probe of this motherboard manual for more information. • Uninstall Audio Driver: Uninstalls the audio adapter device drivers that your CD-ROM drive is drive D:). • ASUS PC Probe Setup: Installs a simple utility to view a video ...
...Patch for DOS/Windows 95/Windows NT under the Probe folder created on installing the audio drivers for the included support software. • Exit: Exit the selection menu. SOFTW ARE Support CD ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 59 If the menu does not appear, double click or run D:\SETUP.... V. V. You may refer also to the section on the ASUS PC Probe of this motherboard manual for more information. • Uninstall Audio Driver: Uninstalls the audio adapter device drivers that your CD-ROM drive is drive D:). • ASUS PC Probe Setup: Installs a simple utility to view a video ...
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...LDCM Rev. 3.10 or up that can Wake-On-LAN do for monitoring network conditions • Plug and Play Software Driver Support • NetWare ODI Drivers - Q: What can reduce system management workload, provide flexibility to IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T and IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX ... Technology / PCI Rev. 2.1 • Enhancements on sys- tems supporting Wake-On-LAN by simply sending a wake-up frame. 66 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual ASUS LAN Card Features • Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller (Fully integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX) • Wake-On-LAN Remote Control Function Supported...
...LDCM Rev. 3.10 or up that can Wake-On-LAN do for monitoring network conditions • Plug and Play Software Driver Support • NetWare ODI Drivers - Q: What can reduce system management workload, provide flexibility to IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T and IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX ... Technology / PCI Rev. 2.1 • Enhancements on sys- tems supporting Wake-On-LAN by simply sending a wake-up frame. 66 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual ASUS LAN Card Features • Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller (Fully integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX) • Wake-On-LAN Remote Control Function Supported...
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...-only memory. Bus master IDE driver and bus master IDE hard disk drives are built into system memory. This file contains important commands that help configure the system to support bus master IDE mode. Bit (Binary Digit) Represents the smallest unit of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 67 BIOS (Basic...
...-only memory. Bus master IDE driver and bus master IDE hard disk drives are built into system memory. This file contains important commands that help configure the system to support bus master IDE mode. Bit (Binary Digit) Represents the smallest unit of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. ASUS P5A-B User's Manual 67 BIOS (Basic...
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... Unit) The CPU, sometimes called Single Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD), which all other programs and software applications operate, including Windows. Device Driver A device driver is a special set of 57 new instructions based on a technique called "Processor," actually functions as memory, CPU time, disk space,...new Intel Pentium PP/MT (P55C) and Pentium II (Klamath) CPU as well as 3D video, 3D sound, video conference. 68 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual DOS (Disk Operating System) DOS is a general term referring to the physical components of instructions that allows the computer's...
... Unit) The CPU, sometimes called Single Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD), which all other programs and software applications operate, including Windows. Device Driver A device driver is a special set of 57 new instructions based on a technique called "Processor," actually functions as memory, CPU time, disk space,...new Intel Pentium PP/MT (P55C) and Pentium II (Klamath) CPU as well as 3D video, 3D sound, video conference. 68 ASUS P5A-B User's Manual DOS (Disk Operating System) DOS is a general term referring to the physical components of instructions that allows the computer's...
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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 install drivers or reboot. With USB, the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be automatically configured when they are attached physically without having to be eliminated.
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 install drivers or reboot. With USB, the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be automatically configured when they are attached physically without having to be eliminated.