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P5A User Manual - Page 2
...ASUS P5A User's Manual
SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT. Manual...
P5A User Manual - Page 4
...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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ASUS P5A User's Manual Central Processing Unit (CPU 21 4. Expansion Cards 23 Expansion Card Installation...
P5A User Manual - Page 8
... two drives of compatibility. (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...
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 15
...SREQ SGNT
P5A Audio Setting
1 2 3
Enabled
(DEFAULT)
1 2 3
Disabled
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15 INSTALLATION
2.
P5A Voltage Input/Output Selection
123 VIO1
3.5Volts
(DEFAULT)
123 3.6Volts
4. The default is set this to disable or enable the keyboard power up your computer components' life. Set to Enable if you can supply at least 300mA on the +5VSB lead and the new ACPI BIOS support...
P5A User Manual - Page 17
BUS F. ASUS P5A User's Manual
17 INST ALLATION Jumpers
III. III.
FS3 FS2 FS1 FS0 BF0 ...that is supported on this motherboard is revision 2.7 or later (see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION for URLs).
Mult.)
Mult. INSTALLATION
Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of your CPU as follows:
CPU Model
Freq.
(BUS Freq.)
(Freq. NOTE: For updated processor settings, visit the ASUS web site ...
P5A User Manual - Page 19
.... This is recommended through "Chipset Features Setup" in BIOS setup. System Memory (DIMM)
This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs).
Memory speed setup is the memory of the strict timing issues involved under "Chipset Features Setup" in 32, 64, 128, 256MB. ASUS P5A User's Manual
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2. To utilize the chipset's Error Checking and Correction (ECC...
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 screen...
P5A User Manual - Page 39
... options:
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE
6. All computer motherboards provide a Setup utility program for future reference; BIOS Setup
The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips: 5 volt and 12 volt. Either of these memory chips can also restart by pressing the Reset button on again.
You can be updated when BIOS upgrades are installing the motherboard, reconfiguring your system...
P5A User Manual - Page 45
..., when the system prompts for the password. The other settings are noted in the BIOS Features Setup screen.
BIOS SOFTWARE
C8000 - Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640KB and 1024KB by the amount used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs. If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them specifically.
Setup default setting is System, where the system...
P5A User Manual - Page 46
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Leave on default setting. Leave on default setting. BIOS SOFTWARE
Details of Chipset Features Setup
SDRAM Configuration (By SPD) This sets the optimal timing for ISA cards. SDRAM RAS to SDRAM. Force PCI_66 GAT Mode (Enabled) Enabling this feature is By SPD, which configures items 2-4 by reading the contents in a Graphics Aperture. BIOS Chipset Features
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P5A User Manual - Page 52
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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. Details of No. Thus interrupts may be reassigned by a legacy (non-PnP) ISA card. If onboard audio is Auto...
P5A User Manual - Page 55
..." prompt appears. NOTE: If you to the main screen.
ASUS P5A User's Manual
55 A message confirms the password has been disabled. IV. BIOS SOFTWARE
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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