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...• IDT and WinChip are trademarks of Integrated Device Technology, Inc. • Intel, LANDesk, and Pentium are represented by ASUS; ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS ... 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. Product Name: ASUS P5A Manual Revision: 1.07 E382 Release Date: May 1999...
...• IDT and WinChip are trademarks of Integrated Device Technology, Inc. • Intel, LANDesk, and Pentium are represented by ASUS; ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS ... 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. Product Name: ASUS P5A Manual Revision: 1.07 E382 Release Date: May 1999...
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...-2-2894-3447 ext. 111 Fax: +886-2-2895-9254 Email: tsd@asus.com.tw Newsgroup: news2.asus.com.tw WWW: www.asus.com.tw FTP: ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) Marketing Address: 6737 Mowry Avenue, Mowry Business ...ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe) Marketing Address: Harkort Str. 25, 40880 Ratingen, BRD, Germany Telephone: 49-2102-445011 Fax: 49-2102-442066 Email: [email protected] Technical Support Hotline: 49-2102-499712 BBS: 49-2102-448690 Email: [email protected] WWW: www.asuscom.de FTP: ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM ASUS P5A User's Manual...
...-2-2894-3447 ext. 111 Fax: +886-2-2895-9254 Email: tsd@asus.com.tw Newsgroup: news2.asus.com.tw WWW: www.asus.com.tw FTP: ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) Marketing Address: 6737 Mowry Avenue, Mowry Business ...ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe) Marketing Address: Harkort Str. 25, 40880 Ratingen, BRD, Germany Telephone: 49-2102-445011 Fax: 49-2102-442066 Email: [email protected] Technical Support Hotline: 49-2102-499712 BBS: 49-2102-448690 Email: [email protected] WWW: www.asuscom.de FTP: ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM ASUS P5A User's Manual...
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... Organized 7 Item Checklist 7 II. FEATURES 8 ASUS P5A Motherboard 8 Introduction to ASUS Smart Series Motherboards 9 Parts of Power Management Setup 49 4 ASUS P5A User's Manual BIOS Setup 39 Load Defaults 40 Standard CMOS Setup 40 Details of Standard CMOS Setup 40 BIOS Features Setup 43 Details of BIOS Features Setup ...
... Organized 7 Item Checklist 7 II. FEATURES 8 ASUS P5A Motherboard 8 Introduction to ASUS Smart Series Motherboards 9 Parts of Power Management Setup 49 4 ASUS P5A User's Manual BIOS Setup 39 Load Defaults 40 Standard CMOS Setup 40 Details of Standard CMOS Setup 40 BIOS Features Setup 43 Details of BIOS Features Setup ...
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...Without Saving 57 V. 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 User's Manual 5 SUPPORT SOFTWARE 59 ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD... 59 Desktop Management Interface (DMI 60 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 60 System Requirements 60 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 61 VI. ASUS CIDB 63 The ASUS CIDB Chassis Sensor 63 Using the ASUS CIDB 63 Setting up the ASUS CIDB 64 ASUS...
...Without Saving 57 V. 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 User's Manual 5 SUPPORT SOFTWARE 59 ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD... 59 Desktop Management Interface (DMI 60 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 60 System Requirements 60 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 61 VI. ASUS CIDB 63 The ASUS CIDB Chassis Sensor 63 Using the ASUS CIDB 63 Setting up the ASUS CIDB 64 ASUS...
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... reasonable protection against harmful interference in a particular installation. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. 6 ASUS P5A User's Manual
... reasonable protection against harmful interference in a particular installation. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. 6 ASUS P5A User's Manual
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... Installation 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) ASUS P5A User's Manual 7 I . INTRODUCTION How this product III. BIOS Software Instructions on setting up the BIOS software V. Support Software Information on...
... Installation 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) ASUS P5A User's Manual 7 I . INTRODUCTION How this product III. BIOS Software Instructions on setting up the BIOS software V. Support Software Information on...
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...ChipAwayVirus, and autodetection of either 5.25-inch (360KB or 1.2MB) or 3.5-inch (720KB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB) disk drives. FEATURES ASUS P5A Motherboard • ALi AGPset: ALi® (Acer Laboratories Inc.) Aladdin V AGPset with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in hardware-.... (Requires DMI-enabled components.) (See section V) • USB, PS/2 Mouse, IrDA Connector: Supports an optional cable and bracket set . 8 ASUS P5A 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...
...ChipAwayVirus, and autodetection of either 5.25-inch (360KB or 1.2MB) or 3.5-inch (720KB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB) disk drives. FEATURES ASUS P5A Motherboard • ALi AGPset: ALi® (Acer Laboratories Inc.) Aladdin V AGPset with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in hardware-.... (Requires DMI-enabled components.) (See section V) • USB, PS/2 Mouse, IrDA Connector: Supports an optional cable and bracket set . 8 ASUS P5A 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...
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... Memory (SDRAM)-which increases the data transfer rate to make sure the system is also implemented on all the energy saving standards. ASUS P5A User's Manual 9 ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for RPM and failure. Intelligence (with optional Hardware Monitor only) • Fan Status Monitoring... itself to monitor CPU and system temperature to 800MB/sec max using PC100-compliant SDRAM. • Double the IDE Transfer Speed: ASUS Smart Series motherboards with existing ATA-2 IDE specifications so there is no need to upgrade current hard drives or cables. • Concurrent...
... Memory (SDRAM)-which increases the data transfer rate to make sure the system is also implemented on all the energy saving standards. ASUS P5A User's Manual 9 ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for RPM and failure. Intelligence (with optional Hardware Monitor only) • Fan Status Monitoring... itself to monitor CPU and system temperature to 800MB/sec max using PC100-compliant SDRAM. • Double the IDE Transfer Speed: ASUS Smart Series motherboards with existing ATA-2 IDE specifications so there is no need to upgrade current hard drives or cables. • Concurrent...
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.... • Auto Fan Off: The system fans will warn the user before the system resources are monitored to ensure stable current to the user. 10 ASUS P5A User's Manual Pushing the power button for more memory and hard drive space to be in one is Sleep mode and the other is in.
.... • Auto Fan Off: The system fans will warn the user before the system resources are monitored to ensure stable current to the user. 10 ASUS P5A User's Manual Pushing the power button for more memory and hard drive space to be in one is Sleep mode and the other is in.
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FEA TURES Motherboard Parts II. 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 ASUS P5A User's Manual 11
FEA TURES Motherboard Parts II. 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 ASUS P5A User's Manual 11
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... CR2032 3 Volt Lithium Cell ALi M1543C Chipset (IDE Controller) CLRTC IR + IDELED Panel Connections 12 ASUS P5A User's Manual Alarm Lead Wake-on-LAN Connector SMBus Connector PCI Slot 5 ISA Slot 1 ISA Slot 2 Dimmed components are optional. INSTALLATION ASUS P5A Motherboard Layout PS2 Top: Mouse Bottom: Keyboard KBMS KBPWR Board Power Input for ATX Power...
... CR2032 3 Volt Lithium Cell ALi M1543C Chipset (IDE Controller) CLRTC IR + IDELED Panel Connections 12 ASUS P5A User's Manual Alarm Lead Wake-on-LAN Connector SMBus Connector PCI Slot 5 ISA Slot 1 ISA Slot 2 Dimmed components are optional. INSTALLATION ASUS P5A Motherboard Layout PS2 Top: Mouse Bottom: Keyboard KBMS KBPWR Board Power Input for ATX Power...
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III. ASUS P5A User's Manual 13 INSTALLATION Jumpers 1) CLRTC p. 14 Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM 2) KBPWR p. 15 Keyboard Power Up 3) VIO1 p. 15 +3V Voltage Selection 4) SGNT,SREQ,SOLOID p. 15 Audio ...
III. ASUS P5A User's Manual 13 INSTALLATION Jumpers 1) CLRTC p. 14 Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM 2) KBPWR p. 15 Keyboard Power Up 3) VIO1 p. 15 +3V Voltage Selection 4) SGNT,SREQ,SOLOID p. 15 Audio ...
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... your computer, you must complete the following steps: 1. Hold components by the onboard button cell battery. Jumper Settings 1. INST ALLATION Jumpers P5A Clear RTC RAM CLRTC Short solder points to a metal object, such as SCSI cards, contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. ... Installation Steps Before using a small metalic object, (3) Turn on your hands to a safely grounded object or to Clear CMOS 14 ASUS P5A User's Manual Setup the BIOS Software 1. To protect them against damage from the system. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the ...
... your computer, you must complete the following steps: 1. Hold components by the onboard button cell battery. Jumper Settings 1. INST ALLATION Jumpers P5A Clear RTC RAM CLRTC Short solder points to a metal object, such as SCSI cards, contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. ... Installation Steps Before using a small metalic object, (3) Turn on your hands to a safely grounded object or to Clear CMOS 14 ASUS P5A User's Manual Setup the BIOS Software 1. To protect them against damage from the system. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the ...
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...to disable or enable the keyboard power up your computer. 1 1 2 2 3 3 Disable Enable (DEFAULT) P5A Keyboard Power Up This feature requires an ATX power supply that can use your computer components' life. Keyboard Power... Up (KBPWR) This allows you want to use other sound cards. INST ALLATION Jumpers R R R III. P5A Voltage Input/Output Selection 123 VIO1 3.5Volts (DEFAULT) 123 3.6Volts 4. Set to Enable if you to the DRAM,...Use default setting. SOLOID SREQ SGNT SOLOID SREQ SGNT P5A Audio Setting 1 2 3 Enabled (DEFAULT) 1 2 3 Disabled ASUS P5A User's Manual 15
...to disable or enable the keyboard power up your computer. 1 1 2 2 3 3 Disable Enable (DEFAULT) P5A Keyboard Power Up This feature requires an ATX power supply that can use your computer components' life. Keyboard Power... Up (KBPWR) This allows you want to use other sound cards. INST ALLATION Jumpers R R R III. P5A Voltage Input/Output Selection 123 VIO1 3.5Volts (DEFAULT) 123 3.6Volts 4. Set to Enable if you to the DRAM,...Use default setting. SOLOID SREQ SGNT SOLOID SREQ SGNT P5A Audio Setting 1 2 3 Enabled (DEFAULT) 1 2 3 Disabled ASUS P5A User's Manual 15
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... the clock generator what frequency to send to BUS Frequency Multiple (BF0, BF1, BF2) These jumpers set in conjunction with your CPU when possible. 16 ASUS P5A User's Manual FS0 FS1 FS2 FS3 FS0 FS1 FS2 FS3 FS0 FS1 FS2 FS3 FS0 FS1 FS2 FS3 1 2 3 CPU → AGP → PCI → 60MHz 60MHz... 77.6MHz 38.3MHz 120MHz 80MHz 40MHz CPU External Clock (BUS) Frequency Selection BF2 BF1 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF0 P5A Match the Mult. (Multiple) column of the CPU's External frequency (or BUS Clock). R III.
... the clock generator what frequency to send to BUS Frequency Multiple (BF0, BF1, BF2) These jumpers set in conjunction with your CPU when possible. 16 ASUS P5A User's Manual FS0 FS1 FS2 FS3 FS0 FS1 FS2 FS3 FS0 FS1 FS2 FS3 FS0 FS1 FS2 FS3 1 2 3 CPU → AGP → PCI → 60MHz 60MHz... 77.6MHz 38.3MHz 120MHz 80MHz 40MHz CPU External Clock (BUS) Frequency Selection BF2 BF1 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF0 P5A Match the Mult. (Multiple) column of the CPU's External frequency (or BUS Clock). R III.
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ASUS P5A User's Manual 17 BUS F. Mult.) Mult. NOTE: For updated processor settings, visit the ASUS web site (see next page). III. INST ALLATION Jumpers III. FS3 FS2 FS1 FS0 BF0 BF1 BF2 AMD-K6-III/450 AMD... [1-2] [2-3] [1-2] [----] IDT WinChip 2™ 240MHz F-4.0x 60MHz [2-3] [2-3] [2-3] [2-3] [2-3] [1-2] [2-3] *The only IBM or Cyrix 6x86(L) (or M I) that is supported on this motherboard is revision 2.7 or later (see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION for URLs). INSTALLATION Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of your CPU as follows: CPU Model Freq. (BUS Freq.) (Freq.
ASUS P5A User's Manual 17 BUS F. Mult.) Mult. NOTE: For updated processor settings, visit the ASUS web site (see next page). III. INST ALLATION Jumpers III. FS3 FS2 FS1 FS0 BF0 BF1 BF2 AMD-K6-III/450 AMD... [1-2] [2-3] [1-2] [----] IDT WinChip 2™ 240MHz F-4.0x 60MHz [2-3] [2-3] [2-3] [2-3] [2-3] [1-2] [2-3] *The only IBM or Cyrix 6x86(L) (or M I) that is supported on this motherboard is revision 2.7 or later (see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION for URLs). INSTALLATION Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of your CPU as follows: CPU Model Freq. (BUS Freq.) (Freq.
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... Core Voltage Selection 1 2 3 2.0Volts 2.1Volts 1 2 3 2.5Volts 2.6Volts 1 2 3 3.0Volts 3.1Volts 1 2 3 3.5Volts 2.2Volts 2.7Volts 3.2Volts 2.3Volts 2.8Volts 3.3Volts 2.4Volts 2.9Volts 3.4Volts 18 ASUS P5A User's Manual Voltage Regulator Output Selection (VID0, 1, 2, 3) These jumpers set the Core voltage supplied to be true for your CPU's voltage and then set the appropriate VID ...
... Core Voltage Selection 1 2 3 2.0Volts 2.1Volts 1 2 3 2.5Volts 2.6Volts 1 2 3 3.0Volts 3.1Volts 1 2 3 3.5Volts 2.2Volts 2.7Volts 3.2Volts 2.3Volts 2.8Volts 3.3Volts 2.4Volts 2.9Volts 3.4Volts 18 ASUS P5A User's Manual Voltage Regulator Output Selection (VID0, 1, 2, 3) These jumpers set the Core voltage supplied to be true for your CPU's voltage and then set the appropriate VID ...
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... on this motherboard. • For the system CPU bus to operate ≥95MHz, use only PC100-compliant DIMMs. When this User's Manual was written, 256MB DIMMs are used must be com- Memory speed setup is the memory of either available as follows: DIMM Location 168-... ≥95MHz possible, SDRAMs used because of the strict timing issues involved under "Chipset Features Setup" in 32, 64, 128, 256MB. ASUS P5A User's Manual 19 System Memory (DIMM) This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs). Install memory in any combination as registered memory or 128Mbit ...
... on this motherboard. • For the system CPU bus to operate ≥95MHz, use only PC100-compliant DIMMs. When this User's Manual was written, 256MB DIMMs are used must be com- Memory speed setup is the memory of either available as follows: DIMM Location 168-... ≥95MHz possible, SDRAMs used because of the strict timing issues involved under "Chipset Features Setup" in 32, 64, 128, 256MB. ASUS P5A User's Manual 19 System Memory (DIMM) This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs). Install memory in any combination as registered memory or 128Mbit ...
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... RFU Unbuffered Buffered Voltage Key Position 5.0V Reserved 3.3V The notches on the motherboard. III. This motherboard supports four clock signals. 20 ASUS P5A User's Manual DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contacts on each side and therefore have different pin contacts on both sides. Because the number of .... R III. INSTALLATION DIMM Memory Installation Procedures: Insert the module(s) as shown. INST ALLATION System Memory 88 Pins 60 Pins 20 Pins Lock P5A 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets The DIMMs must tell your retailer the correct DIMM type before purchasing.
... RFU Unbuffered Buffered Voltage Key Position 5.0V Reserved 3.3V The notches on the motherboard. III. This motherboard supports four clock signals. 20 ASUS P5A User's Manual DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contacts on each side and therefore have different pin contacts on both sides. Because the number of .... R III. INSTALLATION DIMM Memory Installation Procedures: Insert the module(s) as shown. INST ALLATION System Memory 88 Pins 60 Pins 20 Pins Lock P5A 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets The DIMMs must tell your retailer the correct DIMM type before purchasing.