ASUS P/I-AP55TV User's Manual
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CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION........................................................................... 1
How this manual is organized ..................................................................... 1
Item Checklist ............................................................................................. 1
II. FEATURES .................................................................................... 2
Features of the ASUS Motherboard ............................................................ 2
Parts of the ASUS Motherboard ........................................................... 3
III. INSTALLATION .......................................................................... 4
Map of the ASUS Motherboard .................................................................. 4
Installation Steps ......................................................................................... 6
1. Jumpers ................................................................................................... 6
Jumper Settings .............................................................................. 7
Compatible Cyrix CPU Identification .......................................... 11
2. System Memory (DRAM & SRAM) ................................................... 13
DRAM Memory Installation Procedures: .................................... 13
Static RAM (SRAM) for Level 2 (External) Cache ........................... 14
Compatible Cache Modules for this Motherboard ....................... 14
3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) ............................................................ 15
4. Expansion Cards................................................................................... 16
Expansion Card Installation Procedure: ....................................... 16
Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards ..................................... 17
5. External Connectors ............................................................................. 19
Power Connection Procedures ............................................................ 25
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE ..................................................................... 26
Support Software ....................................................................................... 26
Flash Memory Writer Utility ..................................................................... 26
Main Menu ................................................................................... 26
Advanced Features Menu ............................................................. 27
Updating your Motherboard's BIOS ................................................... 28
6. BIOS Setup........................................................................................... 29
Load Defaults ............................................................................... 30
Standard CMOS Setup ........................................................................ 30
Details of Standard CMOS Setup: ................................................ 31
BIOS Features Setup ........................................................................... 34
Details of BIOS Features Setup .................................................... 34
Chipset Features Setup........................................................................ 37
Details of Chipset Features Setup................................................. 37
Power Management Setup .................................................................. 40
Details of Power Management Setup ........................................... 40
PNP and PCI Setup ............................................................................. 42
Details of PNP and PCI Setup ...................................................... 42
Load BIOS Defaults............................................................................ 44
Load Setup Defaults............................................................................ 44
Supervisor Password and User Password ........................................... 45
IDE HDD Auto Detection ................................................................... 46
Save and Exit Setup ............................................................................ 47
Exit Without Saving ............................................................................ 47
V. DESKTOP MANAGEMENT ...................................................... 49
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) ..................................................... 49
Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility ....................... 49
System Requirements ................................................................... 49
Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility ................................ 50
Notes: ............................................................................................ 50