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1. ASUS PSA User s Manual 25 Hl INSTALLATION 3 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin Female You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin Female d Serial Port COM1 and COM2 Connectors Two 9 pin Male The two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE 2 COM 1 COM 2 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 5 Floppy drive connector FLOPPY 34 1 pin block This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connect ing the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged NOTE Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1 g P5A Floppy Disk Drive Connector 26 ASUS PSA User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION 6 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 Female with optional onboard audio Line Out can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speakers Line In allows tape players or other audio sources to be recorded by your com puter or played through the Line Out Mic allows microphones to be connected for inputing voic
2. 9 Parts of the ASUS PSA Motherboard sss sese 11 HEINSISCLATION na 12 ASUS P5A Motherboard Layout sss 12 PES CANAL IGM TEE T 14 Ty AUN aaa EE E AA AAA 14 PIE T aa 14 Compatible Cyrix CPU Identification eee 18 2s yore m MEMO DIMM a cgsance dacnovsotaastesseceiaesannascqoressencoteenseacse 19 DIMM Memory Installation Procedures sss sss 20 3 Central Processing Unit CPU pen nian aan anti Akad 21 4 Expansion Cards sese 23 Expansion Card Installation Procedure ee 23 Assigning IRQs for Expansion CardsS aaa 23 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA CardsS aa 24 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor eee 24 Accelerated Graphics Port esse sese 24 D External C ONMC TOER aaaea adao EAA a un ESen nE niri 29 Power Connection Procedures sss sese eee eee 39 DUD DON SOI Al EG pena ane NAGA 36 Flash Memory Writer Utility ena 36 Iy BIOS SOFTWARE nn ea 36 MaM E aen E E A E 36 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS 38 C BIO SCD A EE A E ENE 39 Poad Dei n a E E NES 40 eC CIVICS UD a A E 40 Details of Standard CMOS Setup sese 40 BIOS T atures SCD e E E E T 43 Details of BIOS Features Setup eee eee eee 43 Chipset Features TDD aaa an rar EE a a 45 Details of Chipset Features Setup era 46 Power Management Setup eee ee ee eee 49 Details of Power Management
3. P5A Wake On LAN Connector 22 MODEM Card Voice In Connector 4 pin MODEM This connector connects to a compatible modem card Modem OQut Ground Ground Modem In P5A Modem Card Voice In Connector 32 ASUS PSA User s Manual Il INSTALLATION 23 Stereo Audio In Connector 4 pin AUX This connector allows you to receive stereo audio input from such sound sources as a TV tuner or MPEG card Right Audio Channel P5A Stereo Audio In Connector 24 Stereo Audio In Connector 4 pin CD1 This connector allows you to receive stereo audio input from an internal CD ROM drive 7 Ground Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel P5A Stereo Audio In Connector ASUS PSA User s Manual 33 IL INSTALLATION 25 SMBus Connector 5 1 pin SMB This connector allows you to connect SMBus devices SMBus devices commu nicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and or other SMBus de vices The SMBus or System Management Bus is a specific implementation of an PC bus which is a multi master bus that is multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer SMBCLK Ground SMBDATA 5V P5A SMBus Connector 26 Power Supply Temperature External Connector 2 pin TRPWR This connector allows you to connect a compatible heat sensor to monitor the power supply temperature 2 TRPWR P5A Power Supply Temperatu
4. HOE PLISEISA BIOS Lea VT GAD a SET HEAD SF THAR THE FF f lat ial lnd Sloi 1 TRO i D Slot 2 TRO siot al k eo lio LRU URI SH HH H lock HHS Li a wu limer F Hirti PETA ia flas aglact Liem He F PII PIN e odt Ty ld Values Shifter Color Ci l AIDS Defaul ts load Setup Defaults NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of PNP and PCI Setup PNP OS Installed No This field allows you to use a Plug and Play PnP operating system to configure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS Thus interrupts may be reassigned by the OS when Yes is selected When a non PnP OS is installed or to prevent reassign ing of interrupt settings select the default setting of No Slot 1 IRQ Slot 2 IRQ Slot 3 Audio IRQ Slot 4 5 IRQ Auto These fields set how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use If onboard audio is selected PCI Slot 5 can only be used with a PCI slave device The other options are manual settings of NA 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance 6 4 V Q lt C IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card Two options are available No ICU and Ye
5. SDRAM Pipe Function Disabled SDRAM x111 2111 Mode Enabled Leave both on default setting I O Recovery Time 2 BUSCLK Timing for ISA cards Leave on default setting Graphics Aperture Size 64MB Memory mapped graphics data structures can reside in a Graphics Aperture Leave on default setting Frame Buffer Posted Write Enabled Enabling default this feature will increase the efficiency of the CPU to VGA frame buffer cycle Leave on default setting Force PCL_66 GAT Mode Enabled Enabling this feature will flush the internal PCI 66 buffer before data transfer Set ting this to Disabled may cause some AGP card compatibility problems AGP Bus Turbo Mode Enabled Enabling default this feature will improve AGP Bus performance Disable this for AGP compatibility Leave on default setting Passive Release Enabled This is a mechanism that allows concurrency of CPU to ISA cycles When this fea ture is enabled it will be possible to re arbitrate the PCI bus and allow the CPU to access PCI even when the M1543C has been granted the ISA bus Delayed Transaction Disabled If Enabled this frees the PCI Bus during CPU accessing of 8 bit ISA cards that normally consume about 50 60 PCI Clocks without PCI delayed transaction If PCI Bus Masters cannot use the PCI Bus leave this on the default setting of Disabled for some ISA cards that are not PCI 2 1 compliant ASUS PSA User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Memory Hole At 15M
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7. Date field and then press either lt Page Up gt lt Page Down gt or lt gt lt gt to set the current date Follow the month day and year format Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year up to 2079 ASUS PSA User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Time To set the time highlight the Time field and then press either lt Page Up gt lt Page Down gt or lt gt lt gt to set the current time Follow the hour minute and second format Valid values for hour minute and second are Hour 00 to 23 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 If you do not want to modify the current time press lt Enter gt three times to go to HARD DISKS NOTE You can bypass the date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC BAT file For information on how to create this file refer to the MS DOS manual Hard Disk Drives This field records the specifications for all non SCSI hard disk drives installed in your system The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices Each chan nel can support up to two hard disks the first of which is the master and the second is the slave Specifications for SCSI hard disks need not to be entered here since they operate using device drivers and are not supported by any the BIOS If you install either the optional PCI SC200 or PCI SC860 SCSI controller card into the mothe
8. Release Date February 1999 ASUS PSA User s Manual ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC Asia Pacific Marketing Address 150 Li Te Road Peitou Taipei Taiwan 112 Telephone 886 2 2894 3447 Fax 886 2 2894 3449 Email info asus com tw Technical Support Tel English 886 2 2894 3447 ext 706 Tel Chinese 886 2 2894 3447 ext 701 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 Center Building 2 Newark CA 94560 USA Fax 1 510 608 4555 Email info usa asus com tw Technical Support Fax 1 510 608 4555 BBS 1 510 739 3774 Email tsd usa asus com tw WWW www asus com FTP ftp asus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Europe Marketing Address Harkort Str 25 40880 Ratingen BRD Germany Telephone 49 2102 445011 Fax 49 2102 442066 Email sales asuscom de Technical Support Hotline 49 2102 499712 BBS 49 2102 448690 Email tsd asuscom de WWW www asuscom de PIP ftp asuscom de pub ASUSCOM ASUS PSA User s Manual CONTENTS LANIRODUGHION nn a aa a a C Enhe KEREN 7 How this Manual is Organized sss sss fi Ire gee a E Trane een Terr AA 7 M EESTURE nn A 8 ASUS PSA Motherboard so senicttcecetohsahacesnatsewietsneaaeetosynuchanaeaotueedas 8 Introduction to ASUS Smart Series Motherboards
9. ing devices modems and infrared modules can be connected to COM ports Each COM port is configured to use a different IRQ and address assignment CPU Central Processing Unit The CPU sometimes called Processor actually functions as the brain of the computer It interprets and executes program commands and processes data stored in memory Currently there are socket 370 for Penttum Celeron PPGA socket 7 for Pentium AMD Cyrix IBM slot 1 for Pentium II and III and slot 2 for Xeon processors Device Driver A device driver is a special set of instructions that allows the computer s operating sys tem to communicate with devices such as VGA audio ethernet printer or modem DOS Disk Operating System DOS is the foundation on which all other programs and software applications oper ate including Windows DOS is responsible for allocating system resources such as memory CPU time disk space and access to peripheral devices For this reason DOS constitutes the basic interface between you and your computer Hardware Hardware is a general term referring to the physical components of a computer sys tem including peripherals such as printers modems and pointing devices IDE Integrated Drive Electronics IDE devices integrate the drive control circuitry directly on the drive itself elimi nating the need for a separate adapter card in the case for SCSI devices UltraDMA 33 IDE devices can achieve up to
10. 1 71 Ky KRI HIR DEFAULT BE gt t Ip DEFILIS TVR a ae H te ITE a E 2 1 T C y Fo nae amp Cait setup Fe Lhangea Lolo ASUS PSA User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE supervisor Password and User Password These two options set the system passwords Supervisor Password sets a pass word that will be used to protect the system and the Setup utility User Password sets a password that will be used exclusively on the system By default the system comes without any passwords To specify a password highlight the type you want and then press lt Enter gt A password prompt appears on the screen Taking note that the password is case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press lt Enter gt The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically re verts to the main screen HH FCL ISA BIOS A K CHG SETUP UTILITY AA SF TA IMC cA CHIS SETIF EA E KV SUR PHSSHUHII TiS FEATURES SETUP EFE PASSHORD HIFSEI CH TRES SETIF E HOD MIN UETEGI TUH WER HAHAGEHEHT SETU SWE 2 EKIT SETUP PHP HHU PLIL SETUP ELI WITHOUT SHY ILHE TA ATOS DEFAULTS Enter Fazen d EE SEIF OERWUL TS PL 8 ua Seles ter ra j i l Fi SHG tLeit setup Smif tie Change Color To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will prompt f
11. 16M Disabled Enabling this feature reserves 15MB 16MB memory address space to ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB The default is Disabled Data Integrity Mode Disabled Data Integrity Mode or ECC is always Disabled when bus speeds 283MHz or when bus speed is equal to 7S5MHz and PCI clock is equal to the bus clock 2 When this field is Disabled byte wise write capability is available but no provision for protect ing data integrity in the memory module array 1s available although data errors are detected they are not corrected When Enabled ECC 1s available allowing a detec tion of single bit and multiple bit errors and recovery of single bit errors See 2 System Memory DIMM section III for more information on memory modules KBD Clock Source Speed 8MHz This field allows you to set the internal keyboard clock line speed Set to either 2MHz or 6MHz if the default setting of SMHz does not work with your operating system Onboard FDC Controller Enabled When enabled this field allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy drive connector instead of a separate controller card If you want to use a differ ent controller card to connect the floppy disk drives set this field to Disabled Onboard FDC Swap A amp B No Swap This field allows you to reverse the hardwar
12. 7 2 i 54 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Load BIOS Defaults This Load BIOS Defaults option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM These default settings are non opti mal and disable all high performance features To load these default settings high light Load BIOS Defaults on the main screen and then press lt Enter gt The system displays a confirmation message on the screen Press lt Y gt and then lt Enter gt to confirm Press lt N gt and then lt Enter gt to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults This Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup Defaults on the main screen and then press lt Enter gt The system displays a confirmation message on the screen Press lt Y gt and then lt Enter gt to confirm Press lt N gt and then lt Enter gt to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen HOH FELN ISA BIOS A w CHG nF UTILITY KAA R Ee IHL STERO CHIS SETIP K S SV SUK PHSSHUHII Tis FEATURES SETUP KEE PASSHORD HSE EA TURES SETIP E HUD AU TE TEL 1 TIR WES MANAGEMENT SETI SVE 2 EXIT SETUP mpi H I HY HHN I PRE HHU Pol SEI SHY LAL P N Load SETUP P n T
13. ASUS PSA User s Manual 19 Hl INSTALLATION DIMM Memory Installation Procedures Insert the module s as shown Because the number of pins are different on either side of the breaks the module will only fit in the orientation as shown DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contacts on both sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density P5A 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets The DIMMs must be 3 3 Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V II IL IL DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position O T TL RFU Unbuffered 5 0V Reserved Buffered 3 3V The notches on the DIMM will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent the wrong type from being inserted into the DIMM slot on the motherboard You must tell your retailer the correct DIMM type before purchasing This motherboard supports four clock signals 20 ASUS PSA User s Manual Il INSTALLATION 3 Central Processing Unit CPU The motherboard provides a 321 pin ZIF Socket 7 that is backwards compatible with ZIF Socket 5 processors The CPU that came with the motherboard should have a fan attached to it to prevent overheating If this is not the case then purchase a fan before you turn on your system To install a CPU first turn off your system and remove its cover Loc
14. be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup IDE activity LED IDELED 2 pins This connector supplies power to the cabinet s IDE activity LED Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors will cause the LED to light up TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 pin plug IDELED Rn P5A IDE Activity LED ASUS PSA User s Manual 11 12 Il INSTALLATION ATX Power Supply Connector ATX 20 pin block This connector connects to a ATX power supply The plug from the power supply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the pins are aligned IMPORTANT Make sure that your ATX power supply can supply at least 10mAmp on the 5 volt standby lead 5 VSB You may experience difficulty in powering on your system if your power supply cannot support the load For Wake on LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mAmp 12 0 Volts E 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts Standby Sr 5 0 Volts Power Good amp 5 0 Volts Ground 55 Ground 5 0 Volts E Ground Ground Ground 5 0 Volts Power Supply On Ground s Groun
15. entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults E g z z S You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS 62 ASUS PSA User s Manual VI ASUS CIDB The ASUS CIDB Chassis Sensor The optional ASUS CIDB is a module for providing audio alarm and logging when there is an intrusion into the chassis of a computer system The module detects a chas sis intrusion by either light striking its photo sensor or by contact when its switch connectors are shorted by chassis mounted momentary toggle switches An intrusion memory function allows detection by BIOS and LDCM on the next bootup Photo sensor to detect intrusion by light 4 Photo sensor sensitivity adjustment 5 Battery for the memory Buzzer to sound the alarm Intrusion memory i Connector to dock with the motherboard s chassis connector Two switch connectors to detect intrusion by chassis mounted micro switches Using the ASUS CIDB 1 You must have an ASUS motherboard with a chassis connector 2 Connect the CIDB directly to the chassis connector or use the provided extension cable and mount the CIDB to the chassis using a double sided foam adhesive tape 3 Check the hardware settings e JPI jumper should be enabled to use the photo sensor e MSI and MS2 connectors should be conn
16. system resources are used up to prevent pos sible application crashes Suggestions will give the user information on manag ing their limited resources more efficiently CPU Slow Down When CPU fans or system fans malfunction the system will deactivate the CPU Clock line to decrease CPU utilization to the speed upon detection of system overheat This will prevent CPU damage from system over heat The CPU utilization will restore normal operations when temperature falls below a safe level Auto Fan Off The system fans will power off automatically even in sleep mode This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise and is an important feature in implementing silent PC systems Dual Function Power Button requires ATX power supply The system can be in one of two states one is Sleep mode and the other is Soft Off mode Pushing the power button for less than 4 seconds places the system into Sleep mode When the power button is pressed for more than 4 seconds it enters the Soft Off mode Remote Ring On requires ATX power supply This feature allows a computer to be turned on remotely through a modem With this benefit on hand any user can access vital information from their computer from anywhere in the world Message LED requires ACPI supported OS Chassis LEDs now act as in formation providers Through the way a particular LED illuminates the user can determine the stage the computer is in A simple glimpse provides use
17. void the user s authority to operate this equipment Canadian Department of Communications Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications ASUS PSA User s Manual l INTRODUCTION How this Manual is Organized I Introduction Manual information and checklist II Features Information and specifications concerning this product Ill Installation Instructions on setting up the motherboard IV BIOS Software Instructions on setting up the BIOS software V Support Software Information on the included support software E 5 t VI ASUS CIDB Installation of the ASUS CIDB Chassis Sensor optional VII ASUS L101 Card Installation of the ASUS LAN card optional APPENDIX Glossary of Terms Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 Bag 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 d US S SS S AW ASUS PSA User s Manual 7 Il FEATURES ASUS P5A Mothe
18. voltage and then set the appro priate VID jumpers according to the illustration below 2 Manufacturer CPU Type Single Plane Dual Plane VID3 VID2 VID1 VIDO AMD 25micron K6 2 266 300 333 2 2V Dual 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 K6 233 266 300 AMD K5 3 5V VRE 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 IBM Cyrix 6x86 3 5V VRE 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 Intel P54C P54CS 3 5V VRE 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 AMD K5 3 4V STD 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 Intel P54C P54CS 3 4V STD 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 AMD 35micron K6 PR233 3 2V Dual 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD 35micron K6 166 200 2 9V Dual 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 IBM Cyrix 6x86MX 2 9V Dual 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 Intel P55C MMX 2 8V Dual 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 0Volts 2 1Volts 2 2Volts 2 3Volts 2 4Volts A l l 3 _ 3 0Volts 3 1Volts 3 2Volts 3 3Volts 3 4Volts 1 P5A CPU Vcore Voltage Selection 3 5Volts 18 ASUS PSA User s Manual Il INSTALLATION 2 System Memory DIMM This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMMs Sockets are available for 3 3Volt power level unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random Ac cess Memory SDRAM of either 8 16 32 64 128MB or 256MB to form a memory size between 8MB and 768MB One side with memory chips of the DIMM takes up one row on the motherboard To utilize the chipset s Error Checking and Correction ECC feature you must use a DIMM module with 9 chips per side s
19. will not be readable If the auto detected parameters do not match the ones that should be used for your disk do not accept them Press lt N gt to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save amp Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specified during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save amp Exit Setup option on the main screen type Y and then press lt Enter gt H Hyi oor Letra HE SEMP UTILITY HHH SU He T R ch 1 1 CHUS SETIF K S SV SIR PHSSHUHI T HR FEATURES SETUP ERG PRSSHORD 3L a dR EATUHES SETIF E HO MIMI JC IEL 1 1 p THEE HAHACEHEHT SETU SWE 2 EXIT SETUP PHP WAU PLL SEVP SHY LAI SAVE to CHIS aed EXIT FHIT A BIOS DEFAULT BO SEF DCE TS c E at Seles l tee rin Sale amp Cait setup Lhange Lolor Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the modifications you specify during the current session To exit without saving highlight the Exit Without Sav ing option on the main screen and then press lt Enter gt ASUS PSA User s Manual 57 58 This page was intentionally left blank ASUS PSA User s Manual V SUPPORT SOFTWARE ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD Included only with motherboards with onboard hardware monitoring NOTE The support CD version and contents are subject to chan
20. 2V GND P5A 12Volt Cooling Fan Power Chassis Fan Power 14 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector IR 5 pin block This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infra red module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that sup port this feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infra red in Chipset Features Setup to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA Use the five pins as shown below Back View and con nect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard according to the pin definitions For the infrared feature to be available you must connect an infrared IrDA module optional to the motherboard l Front View Back View P5A Infrared Module Connector ASUS PSA User s Manual 15 16 17 18 19 20 II INSTALLATION Message LED Lead MSG LED 2 pins This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax modem The LED will remain lit when there is no signal and blink when there is data transfer or messages waiting in the inbox This function requires ACPI OS support ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch Lead PWR SW 2 pins The system power can be controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP Pushing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power LED shows the status o
21. 33MB Sec transfer LPT Port Line Printer Port Logical device name reserved by DOS for the computer parallel ports Each LPT port is configured to use a different IRQ and address assignment MMX A set of 57 new instructions based on a technique called Single Instruction Multiple Data SIMD which is built into the new Intel Pentium PP MT P55C and Pentium II Klamath CPU as well as other x86 compatible microprocessors The MMX in structions are designed to accelerate multimedia and communications applications such as 3D video 3D sound video conference ASUS PSA User s Manual APPENDIX PCI Bus Peripheral Component Interconnect Local Bus PCI bus is a specification that defines a 32 bit data bus interface PCI is a standard widely used by expansion card manufacturers Peripherals Peripherals are devices attached to the computer via I O ports Peripheral devices allow your computer to perform an almost limitless variety of specialized tasks POST Power On Self Test When you turn on the computer it will first run through the POST a series of soft ware controlled diagnostic tests The POST checks system memory the mother board circuitry the display the keyboard the diskette drive and other I O devices PS 2 Port PS 2 ports are based on IBM Micro Channel Architecture This type of architecture transfers data through a 16 bit or 32 bit bus A PS 2 mouse and or keyboard may be used on ATX motherboards RAID Redunda
22. BIOS default values and Setup default values respectively NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector This new antivirus solution is unlike native BIOS tools which offer limited virus protection typically by write protecting the partition table With this new solution your computer 1s protected against boot virus threats earlier in the boot cycle that is before they have a chance to load into your system This ensures your computer boots to a clean operating system The system halts and displays a warning message when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system Be cause of conflicts with new operating systems for example during installation of new software you may have to set this to Disabled to prevent write errors CPU Internal Cache Enabled Choose Disable to turn off the CPU s built in level 1 cache External Cache Enabled Choose Disable to turn off the CPU s external level 2 cache ASUS PSA User s Manual 43 44 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a second third and forth time Setup default setting for this fi
23. H Select teed POL MME Emable iT TrA MHA Aone 19 4 9 Lh Gs P TI OHA Hode ILE EH J HT URW Hodes Ce Nos lnr FUOSOURN N oro 19 2 Slave PARAH Kode Ian I on l ia May Hole Ht 1aH 1GH PL S Gl L Gy i M hae 7 6 lita inilaprity Kode Fh Sabla L g I lp LSP et Fei leek Bramm rp Soeed 1 LH el 6 1 12 AIDS Defaul E wd Setup Weta ts NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading ASUS PSA User s Manual 45 46 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Details of Chipset Features Setup SDRAM Configuration By SPD This sets the optimal timing for items 2 4 Leave on default setting depending on the memory modules that you are using Default setting is By SPD which config ures items 2 4 by reading the contents in the SPD Serial Presence Detect device This 8 pin serial EEPROM device stores critical parameter information about the module such as memory type size speed voltage interface and module banks SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between SDRAM active command and the read write command Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to SDRAM Leave on default setting Enhanced Page Mode Count Disabled Internal Page Detection Disabled Leave both on default setting
24. Hz 2 TSMHz 2 66MHz 66MHz 2 66MHz 2 60MHz 2 66MHz 66MHz 2 60MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 ASUS PSA User s Manual BFO BEL BF2 l l l l l l l l kd d kd kd kd 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 DAG eee 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 7 J uvpess Il INSTALLATION Compatible Cyrix CPU Identification The only Cyrix 6x86 PR166 CPU that is supported on this motherboard must be Revision 2 7 or later Look on the un derside of the CPU for the serial number The number should read G8DC6620A or later 7 Voltage Regulator Output Selection VIDO 1 2 3 These jumpers set the VCORE voltage supplied to the CPU Switching regulators allow some jumper settings to be the same for two voltages of different power planes AMD K6 2 AMD K6 Pentium MMX P55C AMD K5 IBM Cyrix 6x86 M1 IBM Cyrix 6x86 M1 PR266 amp faster PR166 amp faster 150MHz 233MHz PR75 PR133 PR166 amp faster PR166 amp faster WARNING Because CPU designs change rapidly the table below is only in tended as a simple guideline and thus may not be true for your CPU Always refer to the CPU documentation for your CPU s
25. N 4 Expansion Cards WARNING Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1 Read your expansion card documentation on any hardware and software set tings that may be required to setup your specific card Set any necessary jumpers on your expansion card Remove your computer system s cover OF 2S Remove the bracket on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed in step 4 Replace the computer system s cover a aE Setup the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNP AND PCI SETUP 9 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need to use an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclusively assigned to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use by parts of the system which leaves 6 free for expansion cards Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may need to use IRQs System IRQs are avail able to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first and any remaining IRQs are then used by PCI cards Currently there are two types of ISA cards T
26. OS setup Follow the instruc tions in the next section BIOS SOFTWARE Powering Off your computer You must first exit or shut down your operat ing system before switching off the power switch For ATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating system If you use Windows 95 click the Start button click Shut Down and then click Shut down the computer The system will give three quick beeps after about 30 seconds and then power off after Windows shuts down NOTE The message You can now safely turn off your computer will not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies ASUS PSA User s Manual 35 36 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Support Software AFLASH EXE This is the Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM chip on the motherboard To determine the BIOS version of your motherboard check the last four numbers of the code displayed on the upper left hand corner of your screen during bootup Larger numbers represent a newer BIOS file This file works only in DOS mode NOTE The following screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents displayed on your system Flash Memory Writer Utility a ppg Fe j HE ee TAT bo aralan DE L IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Memory the memory chip is either not programmable or 1s not supported by the ACPI BIOS
27. RTC S PCI Slot 4 f Wake on LAN Connector Controller Pa sl mjali SMBus Connector PCI Slot 5 TRPWR BIOS EEPROM Programmable ISA Slot 1 0000000 IR IDELED SEEEEEEEEE ISA Slot 2 2999999990 Dimmed components are optional 12 ASUS PSA User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION umpers 1 CLRTC p 14 Real Time Clock RTC RAM 2 KBPWR p 15 Keyboard Power Up 3 VIOI p 15 3V Voltage Selection 4 SGNT SREQ SOLOID p 15 Audio Selection 5 FSO FS1 FS2 FS3 p 16 CPU External BUS Frequency Selection 6 BFO BF1 BF2 p 16 CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio D 7 VIDO VIDI VID2 VID3 p 18 Voltage Regulator Output Selection Expansion Slots 1 DIMM Sockets p 19 168 Pin DIMM Memory Expansion Sockets 2 CPU ZIF Socket 7 p 21 Central Processing Unit CPU Socket 3 SLOT 1 2 p 23 16 bit ISA Bus Expansion Slots 4 PCT 1 2 3 4 5 p 23 32 bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots Connectors 1 PS2KBMS p 25 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female 2 PS2KBMS p 25 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female 3 PARALLEL p 26 Parallel Printer Port Connector 26 1 pins 5 4 COMI COM2 p 26 Serial Port COM1 amp COM2 10 1 pins 5 FLOPPY p 26 Floppy Drive Connector 34 1 pins 6 GAME AUDIO p 27 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 Female 7 GAME_AUDIO p 27 Joystick MidiConnector 15 pin Female 7 U 8 USB p 27 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 amp 2 Two 4 pin Female E 9 PRIMARY SECOND IDE p 28 Primary Secondary IDE Conne
28. S Clock The BUS Clock times the BUS Ratio equals the CPU s Internal fre quency the advertised CPU speed 6 CPU to BUS Frequency Multiple BF0 BF1 BF2 These jumpers set the frequency ratio between the Internal frequency of the CPU and the External frequency called the BUS Clock within the CPU These must be set in conjunction with the jumpers for CPU External BUS Frequency Selection ON r C ON e C9 YON N r NNNUNN NNNWN NNW LU D MHz 66 8MHz AGP SIS 66 8MHz SIS SOMH PCI gt y lt 33 4MHz 37 5MHz 30MHz En AGP gt 29 MH 63 MHz 66 MEG TOM PCI 33 ra gt 31 6MHz 33 3MHz 35MHz Ua Led 115MHz 120M AGP 73MHz 77 6MHz auc PCI gt 36 6MHz 38 3MHz 40MHz CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection DS FSO 2 EET Bro DE Big sa 8 BF2 Match the Mult Multiple column of CPU A 3 5x 7 2 2 5x 5 2 3 0x 3 1 the table on the opposite page to these CPU B 1 5x 3 2 2 5x 5 2 3 0x 3 1 CPU types CPU C 3 5x 7 2 2 5x 5 2 3 0x 3 1 l CPU D 3 0x 3 1 1 0x 1 1 CPU A AMD K6 2 AMD K6 CPU E 3 5x 7 2 2 5x 5 2 3 0x 3 1 CPU B Intel Pentium P54C AMD K5 CPU C Intel Pentium P55C IBM Cyrix 6x86MX IBM Cyrix M II CPU D IBM Cyrix 6x86 IBM Cyrix 6x86L CPU E IDT WinChip 2 Mero DA Bia AR o o A oi ee U CPU E 34 0x 4 1 4 5x 9 2 2 33x 7 3 2 66x 8 3 CPU BUS Frequency Multiple WARNING Frequencies above 100MHz exceed the specifications
29. Setup eee eee eee 49 ASUS PSA User s Manual CONTENTS PINE at PCL SUG Se 52 Details of PNP and PCI Setup eee 32 Load BIOS RI T 54 Load Setup RT scar coscatncnotensotasenantereeseemstaanioenen EA 54 Supervisor Password and User Password a 55 IDE HDD Auto Detection sss sss sss sese eee eee 56 eP A A ae eee ene ree ene eee Over eee aera 57 Exit Without Saving nn an EA EA 57 We SUPPORT SOFTWARE sissictescssesnssaissnssarrecnsascsesscstapeimecuetersstsaneans 59 ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD 59 Desktop Management Interface DM 60 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 60 System Regu ema he ne nn ee AA 60 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 61 YE ASUS CIDE a a A 63 The ASUS CIDB Chassis Sensor ee eee eee 63 Sie WS ASS CUD P AA 63 Demme UP tie ASUS CIDE pena akan 64 ASUS CIDB Additional Considerations 64 NILA AN Card eean E EAEE EEE 65 ASUS PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card esen 65 Peni a E EEEE A AAE E E E A 66 Software Driver Support esse e eee 66 Question and ANSWET sss eee 66 APPENDIX nn E EEEE a EREE Eai 67 E SAU EE E EEE EO 67 ASUS PSA User s Manual FCC amp DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15 Operation is subject to the following two conditions e This device may not cause harmfu
30. X switch or through the software as opposed to disconnecting the AC power by way of a rocker switch or other means PWR Button lt 4 Secs Soft Off When set to Soft Off the ATX switch can be used as a normal system power off button when pressed for less than 4 seconds Suspend allows the button to have a dual function where pressing less than 4 seconds will place the system in sleep mode Regardless of the setting holding the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system PWR Up On Modem Act Enabled This allows either settings of Enabled or Disabled for powering up the computer turns the ATX power supply on when the modem receives a call while the computer is off NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and appli cations are fully running thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initializa tion string that will also cause the system to power on ASUS PSA User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Wake On LAN Enabled This allows you to remotely power up your system thorugh your network by sendng a wake up frame or signal With this feature you can remotely upload download data to from systems during off peak hours Set to Enabled to use this feature IMPORTANT This feature requires the ASUS PCI L101 LAN Card see VI ASUS LAN Card and an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Aut
31. a DMA 33 PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup and CD ROM drives Supports two drives of either 5 25 inch 360KB or 1 2MB or 3 5 inch 720KB 1 44MB or 2 88MB disk drives 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 BIOS supports IDE CD ROM or SCSI device boot up Wake On LAN Connector Supports Wake On LAN activity with special network cards such as the ASUS PCI L101 10 100 Fast Ethernet PCI card PC Health Monitoring optional Provides a convenient utility to monitor your system s vital components activities such as fan rotations voltages and temperatures Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS which al lows hardware 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 to mount the connectors to an unused expansion slot on the system chassis A second IrDA connector is available for a standard individual infrared cable set ASUS PSA User s Manual Il FEATURES Introduction to ASUS Sma
32. and therefore cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility Main Menu 1 Save Current BIOS To File This option allows you to save a copy of the original motherboard jvm Current BOIS Ta BIOS in case you need to reinstall Kia it Itis recommended that you save AFLASH EXE and the BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk ii Ran ACR BIG TET RLE z To save your current BIOS type 1 at the Main Menu and then press lt Enter gt The Save Current BIOS To File screen appears Type a filename and the path for example A 440XX 1 and then press lt Enter gt ASUS PSA User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the boot block the baseboard BIOS and the ACPI extended system con figuration data ESCD parameter block from a new BIOS file See the next page for proce dures on downloading an updated BIOS file To update your current BIOS un sia BMS Hachadinn Bast Block wed BCR type 2 at the Main Menu and Flash Senari r SST ZDN then press lt Enter gt The Update mith daye 7 H XK EI P era LRE BIOS Including Boot Block KA and ESCD screen appears Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path for example A S XX211002 AWD and then press lt Enter gt When prompted to confirm the Update BMS Tactad ing Bast Black wed BES BIOS update press Y to start the update The utility starts to program the Update BMS Iscle ls Bast Block wed BSCE new BIOS infor
33. ate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket then upwards to a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown Use the notched corner of the CPU with the white dot as your guide The white dot should point towards the end the of the lever Notice that there 1s a blank area where one hole is missing from that corner of the square array of pin holes and a I printed on the motherboard next to that corner Because the CPU has a corner pin for three of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the one orientation as shown The picture is for reference only you should have a CPU fan that will cover the face of the CPU With the added weight of the CPU fan no force is required to insert the CPU Once completely inserted hold down on the fan and close the socket s lever IMPORTANT You must set jumpers for CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio and jumpers for BUS Frequency Selection depending on the CPU that you install Blank 1 0 6 89088 8 89 8 0 N RR R R Me AA ASAS arara a E a E E a P E E p E E B E 5 L bm x a L x E d B E E a DON oi D ee PASTA n n a p n aa k H d b 7 ss ee e Hia a Tar Pa BAH Pa k u a Ta PAB va BA wa BAR Ba r i x P5A ZIF Socket 7 Ga D ASUS PSA User s Manual 21 2 CPU 22 This page was intentionally left blank ASUS PSA User s Manual Il INSTALLATIO
34. bility and power management for configuring and managing all system components and 32 bit device drivers and installation pro cedures for Windows 95 Windows 98 and Windows NT Intelligence with optional Hardware Monitor only Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm To prevent system overheat and system damage the CPU fan and system fans are monitored for RPM and failure Each fan can be set for its normal RPM range and alarm thresholds Temperature Monitoring and Alert To prevent system overheat and system damage there is a heat sensor under the CPU and on the motherboard itself to monitor CPU and system temperature to make sure the system is operating at a safe heat level to avoid any failures triggered by extremely high temperature Chassis intrusion Detection Supports chassis intrusion monitoring through LDCM and the optional ASUS CIDB chassis sensor module ASUS PSA User s Manual 10 Il FEATURES Voltage Monitoring and Alert System voltage levels are monitored to ensure stable current to critical motherboard components Voltage specifications are more critical for future processors so monitoring is necessary to ensure proper system configuration and management System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 95 Win dows NT and OS 2 require much more memory and hard drive space to present enormous user interfaces and run large applications The system resource moni tor will warn the user before the
35. bled but you may choose from either Drive A Drive B Both and Disabled Video EGA VGA Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system The options are EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 and MONO for Hercules or MDA If you are using a VGA or any higher resolution card choose EGA VGA Halt On All Errors This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt Choose from All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette and All But Disk Key ASUS PSA User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE BIOS Features Setup BIOS Features Setup consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance or let you set up some system features according to your preference Some entries are required by the motherboard s design to remain in their default settings mM Palelle Shoop Py All Lis Eh ada L HI ahadak Sadar Shadan Shadaoak aye cek l i aiil ld Shadow ICGpSES Li antral iW ALR UFFF Pa d i i i ac edila apabi lity Hrabla hpna Bate el ting 3 2 House Function Control T wr inboard Hagar GAH a Ty ln TER A section at the lower right of the screen displays the control keys you can use Take note of these keys and their respective uses If you need information on a particular entry highlight it and then press lt F1 gt A pop up help menu will appear to provide you with the information you need lt F5 gt loads the last set values lt F6 gt and lt F7 gt loads the
36. controller that does not feature En hanced IDE support for four devices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller in the Chipset Features Setup screen When auto detection is completed the program automatically enters all entries you accepted on the field for that drive in the Standard CMOS Setup screen Skipped entries are ignored and are not entered in the screen If you are auto detecting a hard disk that supports the LBA mode three lines will appear in the parameter box Choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive Do not select Large or Normal The auto detection feature can only detect one set of parameters for a particular IDE hard drive Some IDE drives can use more than one set This 1s not a problem if the drive 1s new and empty ASUS PSA User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE IMPORTANT If your hard disk was already formatted on an older previous system incorrect parameters may be detected You will need to enter the correct parameters manually or use low level format if you do not need the data stored on the hard disk If the parameters listed differ from the ones used when the disk was formatted the disk
37. creen will show the available keys for each screen Press enter at the menu item to enter the right hand screen for editing Edit component appears on top The reversed color field is the current cursor position and the blue text are available for editing The orange text shows auto detected information and are not available for editing The blue text Press ENTER for detail contains a second pop up menu is available use the plus minus keys to change the settings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left hand screen and save enter N to go back to left hand screen and not save If editing has not been made ESC will send you back to the left hand menu without any messages Notes A heading BIOS Auto Detect appears on the right for each menu item on the left side that has been auto detected by the system BIOS A heading User Modified will appear on the right for menu items that have been modified by the user mames i ASUS PSA User s Manual 61 2 z k V SUPPORT SOFTWARE Save MIFD You can save the MIFD normally only saved to flash ROM to a file by entering the drive and path here If you want to cancel save you may press ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved Load MIFD You can load the disk file to memory by
38. ctor 40 1 pins 10 IDELED p 28 IDE LED Activity Light 2 pins 11 ATX p 29 ATX Motherboard Power Connector 20 pins 12 CHASIS p 29 Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead 4 1 pins 13 FAN p 30 Power Supply Chassis CPU Fan Power Leads Three 3 pins 14 IR p 30 IrDA compliant Infrared Module Connector 5 pins 15 MSG LED PANEL p 31 System Message LED 2 pins 16 PWR SW PANEL p 31 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch Lead 2 pins 17 RESET PANEL p 31 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 18 PWR LED PANEL p 31 System Power LED Lead 3 pins 19 KEYLOCK PANEL p 31 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 20 SPEAKER PANEL p 31 Speaker Output Connector 4 pins 21 WOLCON p 32 Wake on LAN Activity Connector 3 pins 22 MODEM p 32 MODEM Card Voice In Connector 4 pins 23 AUX p 33 Stereo Audio In Connector 4 pins 24 CD1 p 34 Stereo Audio In Connector 4 pins 25 SMB p 34 SMBus Connector 5 1 pins 26 TRPWR p 34 Power Supply Temperature External Connector 2 pins The onboard hardware monitor uses the address 290H 297H so legacy ISA cards must not use this address or else conflicts will occur Tf the onboard audio optional is selected PCI Slot 5 can only be used for a PCI slave device ASUS PSA User s Manual 13 S 2 14 Il INSTALLATION Installation Steps Before using your computer you must complete the following steps Set Jumpers on the Motherboard Install System Memory Modules I
39. d 3 3 Volts s E 12 0 Volts 3 3 Volts E 3 3 Volts P5A ATX Power Connector Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead 4 1 pin CHASIS This lead is for a chassis intrusion monitor or sensor The sensor is triggered when a high level signal 1s sent to the chassis signal lead This occurs when a panel switch or light detector is triggered This function requires the optional ASUS CIDB Chassis Sensor to be installed see VI ASUS CIDB NOTE When the chassis is opened connect short the Chassis Signal pin to the 5VSB pin When the chassis is closed connect short the Chassis Signal pin to the Ground pin Chassis Signal G 5Volt Power Supply Stand By Z Ground P5A Chassis Open Alarm Lead ASUS PSA User s Manual Connectors S 2 30 Il INSTALLATION 13 CPU Cooling Fan Connectors FAN 3 pins This connector supports a 3 pin CPU cooling fan of 500mA 6W or less with a minimum of 3 500RPM Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be Positive the black should be Ground and the yellow wire should be Rotation signal WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there 1s no airflow across the CPU Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins Rotation Power Supply Fan Rotation 12V GND CPU Fan Power Rotation 1
40. ddress range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 36K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card if detected the onboard Symbios BIOS will be enabled 1f not then it will be disabled Disabled prevents the onboard Symbios BIOS to be enabled so that the external Symbios SCSI card s own BIOS can be used instead Note If your Symbios SCSI card does not have a BIOS the Symbios SCSI card will not function USB Function Disabled This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices Set to Enabled if you want to use USB devices Your system must support USB function The default setting 1s Disabled USB IRQ Auto This field allows you to reserve an IRQ 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for the USB to work Auto assigns an IRQ automatically to your USB device If you are not using a USB device you may disable this feature by setting it to NA to save an extra IRQ for other devices or expansion cards VGA BIOS Sequence PCI AGP If your computer has both PCI and AGP VGA cards this field allows you to select which of the cards will act as your primary card The default PC AGP allows your PCI card to take precedent when detected AGP PCI uses the AGP card as your primary card ASUS PSA User s Manual 53 IV BIOS S S A W A lt
41. displays the control keys for this screen Take note of these keys and their respective uses Standard CMOS Setup Standard CMOS Setup allows you to record some basic system hardware configu ration and set the system clock and error handling If the motherboard is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option anymore How ever if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens i 1 P E P i l 8 late JE P PT CP lime cht ns ees j IRE YAn ISi EEN ISES H nmp hace Hagar 1 TID i m J Hode Suppor il lr sas a Lx 1entlp d Hesory Ter Hesorw He Voit Lit ay ITI HiIl FPFOFPA latal Hage F L 4 E Bt a PHP r ahi Tt JF if The preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the control keys Take note of these keys and their respective uses User configurable fields appear in a different color If you need information on the selected field press lt F1 gt The help menu will then appear to provide you with the information you need The memory display at the lower right of the screen is read only and automatically adjusts accordingly Details of Standard CMOS Setup Date To set the date highlight the
42. e ooo IC Line Out Line In Mic 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 7 Joystick Midi Connector 15 pin Female with optional onboard audio You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect Midi devices for playing or editing audio Joystick Midi 15 pin Female 8 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 amp 2 Two 4 pin Female Sockets Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices Universal Serial Bus USB 2 ASUS PSA User s Manual 27 2 28 9 10 Il INSTALLATION Primary Secondary IDE connectors Two 40 1 pin block These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable After con necting the single end to the board connect the two plugs at the other end to your hard disk s If you install two hard disks on the same channel you must set the second drive to Slave mode Refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings BIOS now supports SCSI device or IDE CD ROM bootup see HDD Sequence SCSIJIDE First amp Boot Sequence in BIOS Fea tures Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Pin 20 is removed to prevent insert ing in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged NOTE Orient the red markings on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1 Secondary IDE Connector Primary IDE Connector P5A IDE Connectors TIP You may configure two hard disks to
43. e drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Two options are available Swap AB and No Swap default If you want to switch drive letter assignments set this field to Swap AB and the swap will be controlled by the onboard chipset Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Settings are JFSH IRO4 2FSH IRQ3 3ESH IRO4 2ESH IRQ 10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 Settings are JFSH IRO4 2FSH IRQ3 3ESH IRO4 2ESH IRQ10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector You can select either 3BCH IRQ 7 37SH IRQ 7 27SH IRQ 5 or Disabled If you install an I O card with a parallel port ensure that there is no conflict in the address assignments The PC can support up to three parallel ports as long as there are no conflicts for each port ASUS PSA User s Manual 47 C z E 48 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port The setting Normal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP allows bidi rectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the maximum data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode ECP DMA Select 3 This selection is available only if you se
44. e for more details and the rest of the steps WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and 1f the problem still persists update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file your system may not be able to boot up If this happens your system will need service 38 ASUS PSA User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 6 BIOS Setup The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips 5 volt and 12 volt Either of these memory chips can be updated when BIOS upgrades are released Use the Flash Memory Writer utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip as described in detail in this section All computer motherboards provide a Setup utility program for specifying the sys tem configuration and settings If your motherboard came in a computer system the proper configuration entries may have already been made If so invoke the Setup utility as described later and take note of the configuration settings for future refer ence in particular the hard disk specifications If you are installing the motherboard reconfiguring your system or you receive a Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the sys
45. e the keyboard power up function Set to Enable if you want to use your keyboard by pressing lt Spacebar gt to power up your computer 1 1 2 2 3 3 Disable Enable DEFAULT This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 300mA on the 5VSB lead and the new ACPI BIOS support The default is set to Disable because not all computers have the appropriate ATX power supply Your computer will not function if you set this to Enable and if you P5A Keyboard Power Up do not have the right ATX power supply 3 3V Voltage Selection VIO1 This jumper allows you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM chipset AGP and the CPU s I O buffer J uvpess WARNING Using a higher voltage may help when overclocking but may result in the shortening of your computer compo nents life Use default setting 12 3 123 vio 1 EES 3 SMI 3 6Volts DEFAULT P5A Voltage Input Output Selection 4 Audio Selection 3 pin x 3 This jumper allows you to enable or disable the onboard 32 bit PCI audio so you can use other sound cards F SOLOID SOLOID SREQ OC UU D N K Konse DEFAULT SGNT SGNT P5A Audio Setting ASUS PSA User s Manual 15 IL INSTALLATION 5 CPU External BUS Frequency Selection FS3 FS2 FS1 FSO These jumpers tell the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU chipset and AGP These allow the selection of the CPU s External frequency or BU
46. ected to momentary toggle switches mounted on the chassis to use the contact method for triggering alarms e SW jumper should be enabled to allow the hardware monitoring compo nents to receive signals from the CIDB 4 To stop the alarm from sounding use the LDCM software or place a jumper on or short manually the CLR jumper momentarily 5 Ifyou have an updated BIOS with intrusion support Booting the computer after an intrusion will require a password which is configured through BIOS ASUS PSA User s Manual 63 64 VI ASUS CIDB Setting up the ASUS CIDB JP1 JP1 EE Enable Disable JP1 Enable Disable the Photo Sensor 3 oO best range SET 45 volt standby t Pe from power supply sensitive 5 0 not sensitive CON Sensitivity adjustment for the photo sensor 0 is least sensitive and 5 is most sensitive Normal Clear SW SW S Enable Di Stops the sounding alarm Disable S Mesa MS1 MS2 SW D l Micro Switch from the chassis Enable Disable chassis intrusion MS1 panel can be connected here function in the motherboard to trigger the chassis intrusion alarm ASUS CIDB Additional Considerations 1 All motherboards with CIDB If there is no power to the motherboard i e re moving the power cord or turning the power supply s switch off the alarm will not sound but the CIDB will still memorize an intrusion event which BIOS and LDCM will detect on the next bootup 2 Motherboard with cha
47. eld is Enabled A com plete test of the system is done on each test HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First IDE When using both SCSI and IDE hard disk drives IDE 19 always the boot disk using drive letter C default setting of IDE This new feature allows a SCSI hard disk drive to be the boot disk when set to SCSI This allows multiple operating systems to be used on both IDE and SCSI drives or the primary operating system to boot using a SCSI hard disk drive Boot Sequence A C This field determines where the system looks first for an operating system Options are A C A CDROM C CDROM CA CDROM A C D A EA FA C only LS ZIP C LAN A C LAN C A and C A The setup default setting A C is to check first the floppy disk and then the hard disk drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled When enabled the BIOS will seek drive A one time Floppy Disk Access Control R W This allows protection of files from the computer system to be copied to floppy disk drives by allowing the setting of Read Only to only allow reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors HDD MAX This field enhances hard disk performance by making multi sector transfers instead of one sector per transfer Most IDE drives except older versions can utilize this feature Selections are HDD MAX Disabled 2 4 8 16 and 32 HDD S M A R T capability Disabled This field enables or disable
48. etection of hard disks on bootup For each field Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master and Secondary Slave you can select Auto under the TYPE and MODE fields This will enable auto detection of your IDE hard disk during bootup This will allow you to change your hard disks with the power off and then power on without having to reconfigure your hard disk type If you use older hard disks that do not support this feature then you must configure the hard disk in the standard method as described earlier by the User option NOTE After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted before data can be read from and write on Primary IDE hard disk drives must have its partition set to active also possible with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Drive A Drive B None These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drives A and B are 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field and then select the drive type using the left or right arrow keys Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is the Japanese standard floppy drive The standard stores 1 2MB in a 3 5inch diskette This is normally disa
49. explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe e ALi and Aladdin are trademarks of Acer Laboratories Inc ALi e Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated e ESS Maestro Solo 1 are registered trademarks of ESS Technology Inc Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation e Symbios is a registered trademark of Symbios Logic Corporation e Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation The product name and revision number are both printed on the product itself Manual revi sions are released for each product design represented by the digit before and after the period of the manual revision number Manual updates are represented by the third digit in 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 of the means indicated on the following page SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FUR NISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COM MITMENT BY ASUS ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL INCLUD ING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT Copyright 1999 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC All Rights Reserved Product Name ASUS P5A Manual Revision 1 06 E348
50. f the system s power Reset Switch Lead RESET 2 pins This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting in order to prolong the life of the system s power supply System Power LED Lead PWR LED 3 pins This 3 pin connector connects the system power LED which lights when the system is powered on and blinks when it is in sleep mode Keyboard Lock Switch Lead KEYLOCK 2 pins This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted key switch to allow key board locking Speaker Connector SPEAKER 4 pins This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker Connectors TE System CE eno power LED a LOCK Keyboard Lock ATX Power Key i o a 5V ou om aN Speaker a GND Reset SW E anot sexe Lai C5 Cc T P5A System Panel Connectors ASUS PSA User s Manual 31 Hl INSTALLATION 21 Wake on LAN Activity Connector 3 pin WOLCON The WOLCON connector allows the system to power up when there is a wakeup packet or signal 1s received from the network through the ASUS PCI L101 LAN card see section VI ASUS LAN CARD IMPORTANT This feature requires that the WAKE On LAN Power Up Control is set to Enabled see Power Management Setup under IV BIOS SOFTWARE and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power 5V Standby Ground PME
51. for the on board chipset and are not guaranteed to be stable The table on the following page is for general reference purposes only Always refer to the instructions in cluded with your CPU when possible 16 ASUS PSA User s Manual Il INSTALLATION Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of your CPU as follows BUS Freq Freq Mult CPU Model AMD K6 2 400 AMD K6 2 380 AMD K6 2 366 AMD K6 2 350 AMD K6 2 333 AMD K6 2 300 AMD K6 2 266 AMD K6 300 AMD K6 266 AMD K6 233 AMD K6 200 AMD K6 166 AMD KS5 133 AMD KS5 120 AMD KS5 100 AMD KS5 90 Intel Pentium P54C Intel Pentium P54C Intel Pentium P54C Intel Pentium P54C Intel Pentium P54C Intel Pentium P54C Intel Pentium P55C Intel Pentium P55C Intel Pentium P55C IBM Cyrix M II PR333 IBM Cyrix M II PR300 IBM Cyrix M II PR300 IBM Cyrix 6x86MX PR233 IBM Cyrix 6x86MX PR200 IBM Cyrix 6x86MX PR166 TBM Cyrix 6x86 PR166 TBM Cyrix 6x86L PR166 IDT WinChip 2 NOTE The only IBM or Cyrix 6x86 L or M D that is supported on this motherboard is revision 2 7 or later see next page Freq 400MHz 380MHz 366MHz 350MHz 333MHz 300MHz 266MHz 300MHz 266MHz 233MHz 200MHz 166MHz 1OOMHz 90MHz 1OOMHz 90MHz 166MHz 150MHz 133MHz 120MHz 1OOMHz 90MHz 233MHz 200MHz 166MHz 333MHz 300MHz 300MHz 200MHz 166MHz 150MHz 133MHz 133MHz 240MHz Mult A 4 0x A 4 0x A 5 5x A 3 5x A 3 5x A 3 0x A 4 0x A 4 5x A 4 0
52. ful information to the user ASUS PSA User s Manual ll FEATURES Parts of the ASUS P5A Motherboard ATX Power CPU ZIF ALiAladdin V 3 DIMM Socket 7 AGPset Sockets PS 2 Mouse top and Keyboard USB Port 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 Ti Chip optional a TN Errr ERRER EREEREER ttt 2 ISA Slots a ee z Ps RW Rm RW 8 8 88 8 R T 88 R Tabah A R ee PPE RPP PPE eee ERE PRE PRE ANI ASUS PSA User s Manual 11 Il INSTALLATION ASUS P5A Motherboard Layout Top Mouse CPU FAN PS2 Bottom Keyboard Board Power Input e a KBMS E for ATX Power Supply KBPWR Top USB 1 Botton USB EB CPU ZIF Socket 7 PWR FAN USB S CPU Thermal Sensor Hardware Monitor VIDO S m m VID1 lS s VID2 m m a VID3 s CPU Voltage 512KB 1MB Pipelined Burst ALi An Aladdin V DIMM Socket 2 64 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 3 64 bit 168 pin module gt D O E Ca 00 LO Tr a lt T 2 ym x O O U 2 Q iiO O O l Parallel Port M1541 AGPset Tag RAM idi Port Modem AGP Slot Connector mE Floppy Drives Secondary IDE Primary IDE aS CHA FAN H COO SGNT CR2032 oor 3 Volt oon Sol Lithium Cell PCI Slot 3 Hardware Monitor CL
53. ge at any time without notice To begin using your support CD disc just insert it into your CD ROM drive and the support CD installation menu will appear If the menu does not appear double click or run D SETUP EXE assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive Ds e ASUS PC Probe Setup Installs a simple utility to monitor your computer s fan tem perature and voltages NOTE This utility will not run with LDCM installed A user s manual in Adobe Acrobat PDF format is available under the Probe folder created on your system during setup You may refer also to the section on the ASUS PC Probe of this motherboard manual s Adobe Acrobat Reader Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to view the user s manuals in Adobe Acrobat PDF format e BusMaster Installs the ALi BusMaster IDE driver for improved performance e Install Audio Driver Displays instructions on installing the audio drivers for Windows 95 DOS and Windows 3 1 e Install Audio Utilities Optional Installs the ESS Audio Rack utilities Refer to the audio manual separate for more information e Uninstall Audio Driver Uninstalls the audio adapter device drivers that has been in stalled on your system e Patch for ALi chipset Installs the M7101 Patch for Windows 95 e Install PCCillin Installs the PC cillin virus protection software View the online help if you have any questions e LDCM Introduction MPEG VCD Allows you to view a video on the LDCM fea
54. guration Utility An IRQ number is automatically assigned to PCI expansion cards after those used by Legacy and PNP ISA cards In the PCI bus design the BIOS automatically assigns an IRQ to a PCI slot that has a card in it that requires an IRQ To install a PCI card you need to set something called the INT interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this motherboard use an INTA be sure that the jumpers on your PCI cards are set to INT A Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards Some ISA cards both legacy and PnP may also need to use a DMA Direct Memory Access channel DMA assignments for this motherboard are handled the same way as the IRQ assignment process described earlier You can select a DMA channel in the PCI and PnP configuration section of the BIOS Setup utility IMPORTANT To avoid conflicts reserve the necessary IRQs and DMAs for legacy ISA cards under PNP AND PCI SETUP of the BIOS SOFTWARE choose Yes in JRO xx Used By ISA and DMA x Used By ISA for those IRQs and DMAs you want to reserve ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor The onboard hardware monitor uses the address 290H 297H so legacy ISA cards must not use this address or else conflicts will occur Accelerated Graphics Port This motherboard provides an accelerated graphics port AGP slot to support a new generation of graphics cards with ultra high memory bandwidth such as the ASUS AGP V3000 series of graphics and video accelerators ciy NOTE The AGP Mini Por
55. he original ISA expansion card design now referred to as Legacy ISA cards requires that you configure the card s jumpers manually and then install it in any available slot on the ISA bus You may use Microsoft s Diagnostic MSD EXE utility included in the Windows directory to see a map of your used and free IRQs For Windows 95 users the Control Panel icon in My Computer contains a System icon which gives you a Device Manager tab Double clicking on a specific device give you Resources tab which shows the Interrupt number and address Make sure that no two devices use the same IRQs or your computer will experience problems when those two devices are in use at the same time ASUS PSA User s Manual E Expansion Cards 23 i i S A 2 24 III INSTALLATION To simplify this process this motherboard complies with the Plug and Play PNP specification which was developed to allow automatic system configuration when ever a PNP compliant card is added to the system For PNP cards IRQs are as signed automatically from those available If the system has both Legacy and PNP ISA cards installed IRQs are assigned to PNP cards from those not used by Legacy cards The PCI and PNP configuration of the BIOS setup utility can be used to indicate which IRQs are being used by Legacy cards For older Legacy cards that do not work with the BIOS you can contact your vendor for an ISA Confi
56. he wake on LAN feature of the moth erboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED to display the LAN data activity ASUS PSA User s Manual 65 66 VII ASUS LAN Card Features Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller Fully integrated I OBASE T 100BASE TX Wake On LAN Remote Control Function Supported PCI Bus Master Complies to PCI Local Bus Rev 2 1 specifications Consists of MAC amp PHY 10 100Mbps interfaces Complies to IEEE 802 3 1OBASE T and IEEE 802 3u LOOBASE TX interfaces Fully supports IOBASE T amp 1O0OBASE TX operations through a single RJ45 port Supports 32 bit Bus Master Technology PCI Rev 2 1 Enhancements on ACPI amp APM Adheres to PCI Bus Power Management Interface Rev 1 0 ACPI Rev 1 0 and Device Class Power Management Rev 1 0 IEEE 802 3u auto negotiation for 10Mbps 100Mbps Network Data Transfer Rates Provides LED indicators for monitoring network conditions Plug and Play Software Driver Support NetWare ODI Drivers Novell Netware 3 x 4 x DOS OS 2 Client NDIS 2 01 Drivers Microsoft LAN Manager Microsoft Windows 3 11 IBM LAN Server NDIS 3 0 Drivers Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 3 11 Question and Answer Q A What is Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on sys tems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remote
57. ines that affect how the computer transfers data between com puter components such as memory disks and the display adapter The BIOS in structions are built into the computer s read only memory BIOS parameters can be configured by the user through the BIOS Setup program The BIOS can be updated using the provided utility to copy a new BIOS file into the EEPROM Bit Binary Digit Represents the smallest unit of data used by the computer A bit can have one of two values 0 or 1 Boot Boot means to start the computer operating system by loading it into system memory When the manual instructs you to boot your system or computer it means to turn ON your computer Reboot means to restart your computer When using Windows 95 or later selecting Restart from Start Shut Down will reboot your computer Bus Master IDE PIO Programmable I O IDE requires that the CPU be involved in IDE access and waiting for mechanical events Bus master IDE transfers data to from the memory without interrupting the CPU Bus master IDE driver and bus master IDE hard disk drives are required to support bus master IDE mode ASUS PSA User s Manual 67 68 APPENDIX Byte Binary Term One byte is a group of eight contiguous bits A byte 1s used to represent a single alphanumeric character punctuation mark or other symbol COM Port COM is a logical device name used by to designate the computer serial ports Point
58. l for the power management modes User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Disable dis ables the power saving features Min Saving puts the system into power saving mode after 40 min of system inactivity Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after 30 sec of system inactivity IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode acti vated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add DEVICE C DOS POWER EXE in you CONFIG SYS For Windows 3 x and Windows 95 you need to install Windows with the APM feature A battery and power cord icon labeled Power will appear in the Control Panel Choose Advanced in the Power Management Field Video Off Option Susp Stby gt Off This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management The settings are All Modes gt Off Always On Suspend gt Off and Susp Stby gt Off ASUS P5A User s Manual 49 50 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Video Off Method DPMS OFF This field defines the video off features These options are available DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Standby and DPMS Sus pend The DPMS Display Power Management System features allow the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature Blank Screen only blanks the screen for mo
59. l interference and e This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa tion This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer s instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interfer ence by one or more of the following measures e Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver 1s connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card 15 required to assure compliance with FCC regulations Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could
60. lect ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select either DMA Channel 3 or Disabled Onboard IR Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM2 connector it will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature By default this field is set to Disabled which leaves the second serial port UART to support the COM2 serial port connector IR Mode IrDA SIR This motherboard supports IrDA compatible Serial Infrared SIR and Fast Infrared FIR communication modes The FIR mode has two options FIR HP and FIR IBM for computers or peripherals using HP and IBM s infrared transceivers re spectively When using either FIR option FIR DMA Select must be configured to reflect the DMA channel used by the port FIR DMA Select 1 This allows you to configure the DMA channel used by the FIR port Options are DMA I default or DMA 3 Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the Primary IDE channel Secondary IDE channel Both or Disable both channels for systems with only SCSI drives IDE Ultra DMA Mode Auto This sets the IDE UltraDMA to be active when using UltraDMA capable IDE de vices The BIOS will automatically adjust or disable this setting for slower IDE devices so that Auto or high settings will not cause problems f
61. ly uploading downloading data to from systems during off peak hours will be feasible What can Wake On LAN do for you Wake On LAN is a remote management tool with advantages that can reduce system management workload provide flexibility to the system admuinistrator s job and then of course save you time consuming efforts and costs What components does Wake On LAN require to be enable To enable Wake On LAN function your system requires Ethernet LAN adapter card that can activate Wake On LAN function a client with Wake On LAN capa bility and software such as LDCM Rev 3 10 or up that can trigger wake up frame ASUS PSA User s Manual APPENDIX Glossary AGP Accelerated Graphics Port An interface specification that enables high performance 3D graphics on mainstream PCs AGP offers a higher throughput than PCI by providing the graphics controller with direct access to system memory Bus Bus Frequency Bus Speed PCI 33MHz 133MB s AGP 1X 66MHz 200 300MB s AGP 2X 133MHz 528MB s AGP 4X 266MHz 1 GB s AUTOEXEC BAT AUTOEXEC BAT is a special purpose file that is automatically executed by DOS whenever the computer is turned ON or restarted This file contains important com mands that help configure the system to work with certain software and devices Windows 95 and later has its own startup files and may not use or may ignore parts of the AUTOEXEC BAT file BIOS Basic Input Output System BIOS is a set of rout
62. mation into the flash ROM When the program ming is finished Flashed Suc cessfully will be displayed PFI BL Follow the onscreen instructions RNE H Ame Ne NSZ TK 8 UI SE to continue Ciper bal imh i AET HAITE iH Winker WIS ir 35T ZIA IS Se KAI BT Pia ar DO a You kar Plarked thee ERROR is recomend thai gee ters oiT ber SET aa Ee bow MIE Pe pemr a f aed LORD Setup Def plated will aeu FIL bee ea i ie Pea ESC Te Ewit ASUS PSA User s Manual 37 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS Upon First Use of the Computer System 1 Create a bootable system floppy disk by typing FORMAT A S from the DOS prompt without creating AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files 2 Copy AFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk 3 Run AFLASH EXE from this new disk and select option 1 Save Current BIOS to File See 1 Save Current BIOS To File on the previous page for more de tails and the rest of the steps Updating BIOS Procedures only when necessary 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP or a BBS Bulletin Board Service see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the AN prompt type AFLASH and then press lt Enter gt d At the Main Menu type 2 and then press lt Enter gt See 2 Update BIOS In cluding Boot Block and ESCD on the previous pag
63. nitors without power management or green features If set up in your system your screen saver will not display with Blank Screen selected V H SYNC Blank blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning PM Timers This section controls the time out settings for the Power Management scheme The fields included in this section are HDD Power Down which places the hard disk into its lowest power consumption mode and the Doze Standby and Suspend sys tem inactivation modes The system automatically wakes up from any power saving mode when there is system activity such as when a key is pressed from the keyboard or when there is activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down Disable This shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity This time period 1s user configurable from Min to 15 Min or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard disks Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode Disable These fields set the period of time after which each of these modes activate Min 2 Min 3 Min 4 Min 8 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min or I Hour The default setting is Disable Power Up Control This section determines the ways the system can be controlled when it is started or restarted when modem activity is detected or when power to the computer is inter rupted and reapplied The Soft Off mode refers to powering off the system through a momentary button switch AT
64. nstall the Central Processing Unit CPU Install Expansion Cards Connect Ribbon Cables Cabinet Wires and Power Supply Setup the BIOS Software et SS a a 1 Jumpers WARNING Computer motherboards baseboards and components such as SCSI cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electricity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer Unplug your computer when working on the inside Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or connectors or other components Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system Jumper Settings 1 Real Time Clock RTC RAM CLRTC The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery To clear the RTC data 1 Turn off your computer 2 Short solder points using a small metalic object 3 Turn on your computer 4 Hold down lt Delete gt during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences CLRTC E Short solder points to Clear CMOS P5A Clear RTC RAM ASUS PSA User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION 2 Keyboard Power Up KBPWR This allows you to disable or enabl
65. nt Array of Independent Disks RAID can be set up to provide mirroring for fault tolerance parity for data guard ing or striping for data distribution over several drives for increased performance A RAID card is required to setup a RAID system RAM Random Access Memory There are several different types of RAM such as DRAM Dynamic RAM EDO DRAM Extended Data Output DRAM SDRAM Synchronous DRAM ROM Read Only Memory ROM is nonvolatile memory used to store permanent programs called firmware used in certain computer components Flash ROM or EEPROM can be repro grammed with new programs or BIOS SCSI Small Computer System Interface High speed parallel interface defined by the X3T9 2 committee of the American National Standards Institute ANSI for connecting many peripheral devices System Disk A system disk contains the core file of an operating system and is used to boot up the Operating system Ultra DMA 33 Ultra DMA 33 is a new specification to improve IDE transfer rates Unlike tradi tional PIO mode which only uses the rising edge of IDE command signal to transfer data the DMA 33 uses both rising edge and falling edge Hence the data transfer rate is double of the PIO mode 4 or DMA mode 2 16 6MB s x2 33MB s ASUS PSA User s Manual 69 70 APPENDIX USB Universal Serial Bus A new 4 pin serial peripheral bus that allows plug and play computer peripherals such as keyboard mouse joy
66. omatic Power Up Disabled This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday which will allow you to set the time or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date Fan Monitor xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the Chassis Fan Speed CPU Fan Speed and the Power Supply Fan Speed in Rotations Per Minute RPM These values refresh upon any key entries in the BIOS setup screen Set to gnore if one of these are not used so that error messages will not be given Thermal Monitor xxxC xxxF The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU and MB motherboard tem peratures These values refresh upon key entries Set to Ignore only if necessary Voltage Monitor xx xV The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltages put out by the voltage regulators These values refresh upon key entries Set to gnore only if necessary NOTE If any of the monitored items are out of range an error message will appear Hardware Monitor found an error enter POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP for details You will then be prompted to Press F1 to continue DEL to enter SETUP ASUS PSA User s Manual 51 IV BIOS SOFTWARE PNP and PCI Setup This PNP and PCI Setup option configures the PCI bus slots All PCI bus slots on the system use INTA thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value
67. or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP updat ing and will prevent the refreshing failures associated with updating the entire BIOS System Requirements The DMI Configuration Utility DMICFG EXE must be used in real mode in order for the program to run the base memory must be at least 180K Memory managers like HIMEM SYS required by windows must not be installed You can boot up from a system diskette without AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files REM HIMEM SYS in the CONFIG SYS or press lt F5 gt during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files ASUS PSA User s Manual V SUPPORT SOFTWARE Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility Edit DMI or delete ASUS Tae DHE Ci oft Pare te WENI ta RER Coave HIFPI Load MIFDI CLoad BIS L HTS Auton Oe tect oe Hams t fier Dof beari Dic BIRS Ware lon AGUS ada CHE DOS Taslim lnn LEB BIS starting Address Seqgeent FASB DIS Balld Date AAA DiS Characteriaticon Freee LESTER for dotall Size of D105 BOM MSIE Use the amp left right cursors to move the top menu items and the TL up down cursor to move between the left hand menu items The bottom of the s
68. or older IDE devices Choose Disable if you do not want this feature for all devices IDE 0 Master Slave PIO DMA Mode IDE 1 Master Slave PIO DMA Mode Auto Each channel 0 and 1 has both a master and a slave making four IDE devices possible Because each IDE device may have a different Mode timing 0 1 2 3 4 itis necessary for these to be independent PIO and DMA timings can be independently set The default setting of Auto will allow autodetection to ensure optimal performance ASUS PSA User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Power Management Setup Power Management Setup allows you to reduce power consumption This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity HOH 98 HI 558 BIOS A wk ee 4 14 LI RWRAD SOF TA ML a 1 Joe PTT TH User lha T L nas EEE E a H F F a FI m j c e s I os ee 9 ari a Di i Fi pLLon SUED 3 A Y mo UPI Hethod PRS l DEEI 10 P ban Spini L anar y I a PH imerg lhereal Honilor r inan 1 STET T FAI Temperature BAe orl l EA R asabli HE Ler A lure D eh Ly We abl a tap s In sabl K He a J as F HET lln Control lt la il a a ton amp amp Sa ii Hoiek Iel 7 LAH TP ik 9 5 L v iz l I ia 111 P IRET ilp NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of Power Management Setup Power Management User Define This field acts as the master contro
69. or the password If you want to disable either password press lt Enter gt instead of entering a new password when the Enter Password prompt appears A message confirms the password has been disabled NOTE If you forget the password see CMOS RAM in section III for procedures on clearing the CMOS ASUS PSA User s Manual 55 56 IV BIOS SOFTWARE IDE HDD Auto Detection This IDE HDD Auto Detection option detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive and automatically enters them into the Standard CMOS Setup screen x Ke RE Ue mp R T S Ri RS HMI 7 GUST RR x HAR SES F LC gt Hi PREAMP LHHU SEL TUH HIHN Primary Haster belact Frim y Maigi fetion H Skip Hi OPT TOWS SI WL a A a SECT KOM d i mul i n cN H i i ul H H LEK U il H H MIAH Holo Some Uses like SLU URLA mrmi E ior installatia LS ie Up to four IDE drives can be detected with parameters for each listed inside the box To accept the optimal entries press lt Y gt or else select from the numbers dis played under the OPTIONS field 2 1 3 in this case to skip to the next drive press lt N gt If you accept the values the parameters will appear listed beside the drive letter on the screen The process then proceeds to the next drive letter Pressing lt N gt to skip rather than to accept a set of parameters causes the program to enter zeros after that drive letter Remember that if you are using another IDE
70. rboard ALi AGPset ALi Acer Laboratories Inc Aladdin V AGPset with support for a LOOMHz Front Side Bus FSB Accelerated Graphics Port AGP and all current Socket 7 processors Multi Processor Multi Speed Support AMD K6 2 266 amp faster AMD K6 166 amp faster AMD K5 90 133 IBM Cyrix 6x86MX M II PR166 amp faster IDT WinChip 2 240 amp faster IBM Cyrix 6x86 PR166 Rev 2 7 or later Intel Pentium 90 233MHz P55C MMX P54C P54CS Level 2 Cache SRAM Tag RAM Features 512KB 1MB pipelined burst SRAM L2 memory cache and integrated Tag RAM to make using the 1OOMHz bus speed possible Enhanced ACPI and Anti Boot Virus BIOS Features a programmable BIOS offer ing enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility built in hardware based virus pro tection through Trend ChipAway Virus and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup PC100 Memory Support Equipped with three DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100 compliant SDRAMs 8 16 32 64 128 or 256MB up to 768MB These new SDRAMs are necessary to meet the enhanced 95MHz 100MHz bus speed requirement AGP Slot Supports AGP cards for high performance component level interconnec tion targeted at 3D graphical display applications PCI Audio optional Features ESS 32 bit PCI audio onboard Ultra DMA 33 BM IDE Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels supports Ultr
71. rboard see section VI for instructions If you install other vendor s SCSI controller card refer to their respective documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers For IDE hard disk drive setup you can e Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup e Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications e Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the User option The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYLS number of cylinders HEAD number of read write heads PRECOMP write precompensation LANDZ landing zone SECTOR number of sectors and MODE The SIZE field auto matically adjusts according to the configuration you specify The documentation that comes with your hard disk should provide you with the information regarding the drive specifications The MODE entry is for IDE hard disks only and can be ignored for MEM and ESDI drives This entry provides three options Normal Large LBA or Auto see be low Set MODE to the Normal for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB set it to LBA for drives over 528MB that support Logical Block Addressing LBA to allow larger IDE hard disks set it to Large for drives over 528MB that do not sup port LBA Large type of drive can only be used with MS DOS and is very uncom mon Most IDE drives over 528MB support the LBA mode ASUS PSA User s Manual 41 42 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Auto d
72. re External Connector 34 ASUS PSA User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION Power Connection Procedures 1 After all jumpers and connections are made close the system case cover 2 Be sure that all switches are off in some systems marked with 3 Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case according to your system user s manual 4 Connect the power cord into a power outlet that 1s equipped with a surge protector 5 You may then turn on your devices in the following order a Your monitor b External SCSI devices starting with the last device on the chain c Your system power For ATX power supplies you need to switch on the power supply as well as press the ATX power switch on the front of the case 6 The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch 1s pressed The monitor LED may light up after the system s if 1t complies with green stan dards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper set tings and connections or call your retailer for assistance Pover Connections 7 During power on hold down Delete to enter BI
73. rt Series Motherboards Performance SDRAM Optimized Performance ASUS Smart Series motherboards support the new generation memory Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SDRAM which increases the data transfer rate to 800MB sec max using PC100 compliant SDRAM Double the IDE Transfer Speed ASUS Smart Series motherboards with AL1 s Aladdin V chipset improves IDE transfer rate using UltraDMA 33 Bus Master IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB sec The best of all is that this new technology is compatible with existing ATA 2 IDE specifications so there is no need to upgrade current hard drives or cables Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter buses to memory to CPU ACPI Ready ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface is also imple mented on all ASUS Smart Series motherboards ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for the future operating systems OS supporting OS Direct Power Management OSPM functionality With these features implemented in the OS PCs can be ready around the clock yet satisfy all the energy saving standards To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI an OS that supports ACPI such as Windows 98 must be used PC 98 Compliant Both the BIOS and hardware levels of the ASUS Smart Series motherboards meet PC 98 compliancy The new PC 98 requirements for systems and components are based on the following high level goals Support for Plug and Play compati
74. s The first option the default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ 1s not used or an ISA Configuration Utility ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that IRQ If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique IRQ and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that IRQ to Yes For example If you install a legacy ISA card that requires IRQ 10 then set IRQ10 Used By ISA to Yes 52 ASUS PSA User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE DMA x Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card Available options include No ICU and Yes The first option the default setting indicates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that channel If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes ISA MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800H and DFFFH address range If you have such a card and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one legacy ISA card in your system that requires to use this a
75. s S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology support for S M A R T capable hard disk drives This technology re quires an application that can display S M A R T warning messages PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The setting of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 Mouse on bootup If detected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 Mouse If not detected IRQ12 will be reserved for expansion cards Enabled will reserve IRQ12 for the PS 2 Mouse OS 2 Onboard Memory gt 64M Disabled When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to Enable this option otherwise leave this on the setup default of Disabled PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some display cards that are nonstandard VGA such as graphic accelerators or MPEG video cards may not show colors properly Setting this to Enabled should correct this problem Otherwise leave this on the default setting of Disabled Video ROM BIOS Shadow Enabled This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relocat ing to RAM enhances system performance as information access 1s faster than the ROM ASUS PSA User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE C8000 CBFFF Shadow to DC000 DF FFF Shadow Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces
76. ssis intrusion components Photo sensor switch and memory will not operate with power removed Power is required to send a sig nal to the motherboard s intrusion memory and buzzer When using the CIDB on these motherboards all the CIDB functions will be disabled the motherboard s intrusion components must still be used The CIDB can benefit these mother boards by providing a chassis switch which will operate even when the power is removed Pins 2 3 of the SW jumper can be used for a momentary toggle switch and the CIDB s battery will be used to send an intrusion signal to the motherboard s intrusion memory ASUS PSA User s Manual Vil ASUS LAN Card ASUS PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card l EET TRS A AEH Sal 1PC ee EE r gn l g ee Ot K i P LP amen NIR Ga Pey BE Lit s f s F L HT T P hit Pahi LA R phys jin Ces P u j hil Pa ee Pran l F b E s 7 r a a b a Ta gt a T bM s li eeii m ie 1 ie oe gL Pant vT Pa lt gay TF TY LPEERUERR P LS 4 Ae 1 KIL R 5 Ji F r YARA NULS LAN Activity Output Signal Intel Chipset ASUS Wake on LAN Output Signal T Motherboard type If you are using the ASUS PCI L101 on an ASUS motherboard leave the jumper on its defaut setting of ASUS If you are using another brand of motherboard set the jumper to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the motherboard s WOL_ CON in order to utilize t
77. stick scanner printer and modem ISDN to be auto matically configured when they are attached physically without having to install drivers or reboot With USB the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated ASUS PSA User s Manual ASUS PSA User s Manual 71 72 ASUS PSA User s Manual
78. t 4 Driver see support CD must first be installed before the l TER motherboard s AGP features HIE can be availed of P5A Accelerated Graphics Port AGP ASUS PSA User s Manual II INSTALLATION 5 External Connectors WARNING Some pins are used for connectors or power sources These are clearly separated from jumpers in Map of the ASUS Motherboard Placing jumper caps over these will cause damage to your motherboard IMPORTANT Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe on the Pin side of the connector The four corners of the connectors are labeled on the motherboard Pin 1 is the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and some floppy drives IDE ribbon cable must be less than 18in 46cm with the second drive connector no more than bin 15cm from the first connector 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standard AT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards Connectors oro aaa N 002 PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female 7 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not de tected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Control in BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female
79. tandard 8 chips side 1 ECC chip and make the proper settings through Chipset Features Setup in BIOS setup Memory speed setup 1s recommended through SDRAM Configuration under Chipset Features Setup in BIOS setup IMPORTANT see General DIMM Notes below e To make using bus speeds gt 95MHz possible SDRAMs used must be com patible with the current Intel PC100 SDRAM specification Install memory in any combination as follows DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM a Total Memory Socket Rows 0 amp 1 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB apo Socket 2 Rows 2 amp 3 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB PSN Socket 3 Rows 4 amp 5 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB al Total System Memory Max 768MB System Menory Notes DIMMs that have more than 18 chips are not supported on this motherboard s To make using bus speeds gt 95MHz possible use only PC100 compliant DIMMs Most systems will not even boot if non compliant modules are used because of the strict timing issues involved with speeds 295MHz Two possible memory chips are supported SDRAM with and without ECC ECC is not supported when using bus speeds gt 83MHz e SDRAM chips are generally thinner and have higher pin density than EDO chips BIOS shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen s 8 chips side modules do not support ECC only 9 chips side modules support ECC s Single sided DIMMs are available in 16 32 64 128MB double sided in 32 64 128 256MB
80. tem stores the Setup utility When you turn on the com puter the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This ap pears during the Power On Self Test POST Press lt Delete gt to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late pressing the mentioned key s POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup reset the system by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Delete gt or by pressing the Reset button on the system case You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on again But do so only if the first two methods fail When you invoke Setup the CMOS SETUP UTILITY main program screen will appear with the following options AWARD SOF Tver hD 471218 CHUS SETUP SUPE RV SIK PHSSHUHU T HR FEATURES SETUP EE PRSSHORO HIFSEI BBA TIKES SETIF E HOO MIMI JC IEL 1 1 p HES HAHACEHEHT SETU SWE 2 EXIT SETUP PHP HHI POL SET Kl WITHOUT SHY JAN re BIOS DEFAULTS EE SEPP EFI IH ci tes S E b E 8 Lh j an la Fill Save amp Cait setup Cami ike Change NY H ASUS PSA User s Manual 39 40 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Load Defaults Load BIOS Defaults loads the minimum settings for troubleshooting Load Setup Defaults on the other hand is for loading optimized defaults for regular use Choos ing defaults at this level will modify all applicable settings A section at the bottom of the preceding screen
81. the memory available between 640KB and 1024KB by the amount used for this purpose Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Typematic Rate Setting Disabled When enabled you can set the Typematic Rate and Delay Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 This field controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Op tions range from 6 to 30 characters per second Setup default setting is 6 other settings are 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec 250 This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second characters Four delay rate options are available 250 500 750 and 1000 Security Option System When you specify a Supervisor Password and or User Password explained later in this section the Security Option field determines when the system prompts for the password The default setting is System where the system prompts for the User Password every time you start your system The other option 1s Setup where the system goes through its startup routine unless the Setup utility is called when the system prompts for the Supervisor Password Chipset Features Setup Chipset Features Setup controls the configuration of the board s chipset Control keys for this screen are the same as in the BIOS Features Setup screen to LHS Uh i tagh Kode Cound misna Pane Detection I HS U MM BAS Precharoe 1 Da ZT mil IE O
82. tures e Browse this CD Allows you to view the contents of the CD e Readme Displays the filelist for the included support software s Exit Exit the selection menu Additonal CD Contents DMI Configuration Utility under the DMI folder and Flash BIOS writer under the AFLASH folder ALi AGP Mini Port Driver for Windows 95 Windows 98 under ALIAGP folder and the 3 Mode Floppy Driver for DOS Windows 95 Windows NT Japanese version only under the 3MODE folder ASUS PSA User s Manual 59 pU V SUPPORT SOFTWARE Desktop Management Interface DMI Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Con figuration Utility to maintain the Management Information Format Database MIFD DMI is able to auto detect and record information pertinent to a computer s system such as the CPU type CPU speed and internal external frequencies and memory size The onboard BIOS will detect as many system information as possible and store those collected information in a 4KB block in the motherboard s Flash EPROM and allow the DMI to retrieve data from this database Unlike other BIOS software the BIOS on this motherboard uses the same technology implemented for Plug and Play to allow dynamic real time updating of DMI information versus creating a new BIOS image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also allows the system integrator
83. x A 3 5x A 3 0x A 2 5x B 1 5x B 1 5x B 1 5x B 1 5x B 2 5x B 2 5x B 2 0x B 2 0x B 1 5x B 1 5x C 3 5x C 3 0x C 2 5x C 3 0x C 3 0x C 3 5x C 3 0x C 2 5x C 2 5x D 2 0x D 2 0x E 4 0x BUS F 100MHz 95MHz 66MHz 100MHz 95MHz 100MHz 66MHz 66MHz 66MHz 66MHz 66MHz 66MHz 66MHz 60MHz 66MHz 60MHz 66MHz 60MHz 66MHz 60MHz 66MHz 60MHz 66MHz 2 FS3 FS2 FS1 FSO 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 NO a eo mr Pe Pl es LAA OW W Lo UW LW kd d kd ld d kd P Pt _ P NI e WN I I I 1 I U NNNUNN ked d ked ld d ey mm rm Pel P _ P NO e ked ked D I I I I I LAA ND ND ND W N9 A A A A P kd rs Lo m Pd P P PO d I I I I I D LA LAA ND LA W d ked ld d kd Pe m m m P ee ee Co WW GW WW Lo kd d kd kd a Pet P m P mm cel ene LAA LAA OW LAA LAA d kd a a Pe Tpi P P oe oe LAA WW GW LW LO d kd kd aaa Pet m m m P AI p pb ked Eo Es JP ot i LA ND LA LA WH kd d e kd a Pet m m m Cw LAA LAA GW U kd kd d a Pet m m m ee ee oe Oo OW GW U A d a Pet mm Pet Pe ai Oo LAA UV U kd kd d a Pet P m m we Ne PE Fo Ft LAA N U DMN kd ked d kd Pe m m P Pt P Cel ee ae LAA OW Oo W W Lo kd A kd ked a Pet P m m Pt Pe ee ee Co W OW WwW W LAA kd e kd kd a Pe t Pet Pet Pt Pe S H LAA W LAA W LAA LAA kd e kd kd aa Pe m m m Pt P LA N a DAA LLL LAA LA WP LA W LA kd e A ked kd kd 66MHz 2 3 2 66MHz 2 83M

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