Asus P5A-B, User Manual

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Page 4: ...ards 23 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 23 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 23 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 24 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 24 Accelerated Graphics Port 24 5 External Connectors 25 Power Connection Procedures 35 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 36 Flash Memory Writer Utility 36 Main Menu 36 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS 38 6 BIOS Setup 39 Load Defaults 40 Standard...

Page 5: ...ktop Management Interface DMI 60 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 60 Starting the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 60 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 61 VI ASUS CIDB 63 The ASUS CIDB Chassis Sensor 63 Using the ASUS CIDB 63 Setting up the ASUS CIDB 64 ASUS CIDB Additional Considerations 64 VII ASUS LAN Card 65 ASUS PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card 65 Features 66 Software Driver Sup...

Page 6: ...lar 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 Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on...

Page 7: ...f the ASUS LAN card optional APPENDIX Glossary of Terms Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 2 9 pin male serial external connector set 1 25 pin female parallel 6 pin female PS 2 mouse external connector set 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy disk d...

Page 8: ... SPDIF I O interface in addition to the usual compatibility with games written for both Windows 95 98 and DOS UltraDMA 33 BM IDE Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels supports UltraDMA 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 tw...

Page 9: ...in the OS PCs can be ready around the clock yet satisfy all the energy saving standards To fully utilize the benefits ofACPI 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 fo...

Page 10: ...verheat 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 ...

Page 11: ...arts 512KB 1024KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache CPU ZIF Socket 7 3 PCI Slots USB MIR Programmable Flash ROM 2 ISA Slots Floppy IDE Connectors Serial Ports 3 DIMM Sockets IrDA ATX Power Accelerated Graphics Port Parallel Port Keyboard ALi Aladdin V AGPset AT Connector C Media 3D Positional Sound Chip optional ...

Page 12: ...ctors SPDI Secondary IDE Primary IDE Floppy Drive DIMM Socket 1 64 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 2 64 bit 168 pin module Row 1 0 3 2 ALi M1543 Chip CR2032 3V Lithium Cell PCI Slot 3 SPDO TTL CPU_FAN DIMM Socket 3 64 bit 168 pin module 5 4 VID1 VID0 VID2 PWR_FAN BF1 BF0 BF2 FS1 FS0 FS2 FS3 VIO1 VIO0 AUX VID3 CLRTC AT Power Connector WOLCON Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead SMBus Connector Audio Connect...

Page 13: ...Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 1 pins 8 IDELED p 28 IDE LEDActivity Light 2 pins 9 ATX p 29 ATX Motherboard Power Connector 20 pins 10 PS 2 p 29 AT Motherboard Power Connector 12 pins 11 USB MIR p 31 USB Infrared PS 2 Mouse Module Connector 18 1 pins 12 IR p 31 IrDA compliantInfraredModuleConnector 5 pins 13 MSG LED PANEL p 31 System Message LED 2 pins 14 PWR SW PANEL p 31 ATX Power Switch Sof...

Page 14: ...in 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 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 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 ...

Page 15: ...OS setup to re enter user preferences P5A B Clear RTC RAM Short solder points to Clear CMOS CLRTC R III INST ALLATION Jumpers 2 Voltage Input Output Selection VIO This jumper allows you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM chipset and AGP P5A B Voltage Input Output Selection VIO0 VIO1 3 6Volts VIO0 VIO1 3 8Volts VIO0 VIO1 4 0Volts VIO0 VIO1 3 5Volts DEFAULT 1 2 3 R WARNING Using a higher vol...

Page 16: ...100MHz 66 6MHz 33 3MHz 105MHz 70MHz 35MHz CPU AGP PCI P5A B R 60MHz 60MHz 30MHz 1 2 3 FS0 FS1 FS2 66 8MHz 66 8MHz 33 4MHz 75MHz 75MHz 37 5MHz 75MHz 60MHz 30MHz 83 3MHz 66 6MHz 33 3MHz FS0 FS1 FS2 FS0 FS1 FS2 FS0 FS1 FS2 CPU AGP PCI FS3 FS3 FS3 FS3 Match the Mult Multiple column of the table on the opposite page to these CPU types CPU A AMD K6 III AMD K6 2 400 faster CPU B AMD K6 2 380 slower AMD K...

Page 17: ...20 90MHz C 1 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 100 100MHz C 1 5x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 90 90MHz C 1 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium P54C 166MHz C 2 5x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium P54C 150MHz C 2 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium P54C 133MHz C 2 0x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 Intel Pentium P54C 120MHz C 2 0x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 ...

Page 18: ... 2 350 366 380 400 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 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 Intel P54C P54CS 3 4V STD 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 AMD 35micron K6 PR233 3 2V Dual 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 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 1 2 1 2 1 2 ...

Page 19: ...ssible 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 Total Memory Socket 1 Rows 0 1 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 Socket 2 Rows 2 3 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 Socket 3 Rows 4 5 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 Total System Memory Max 768MB Notes DIMMs that have more than 18 chips are not supp...

Page 20: ...ensity P5A B 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets 88 Pins 60 Pins 20 Pins Lock R The DIMMs must be 3 3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered RFU Buffered Reserved 3 3V 5 0V The notches on the DIMM will shift between left center or right to identify the type an...

Page 21: ...t 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 is a blank area where one hole is missing from that corner of the square array of pin holes and a 1 printed on the motherboard next to that corner Because the C...

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Page 23: ...or 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 ...

Page 24: ...T interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this motherboarduseanINTA besurethatthejumpersonyourPCIcardsaresettoINTA Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards Some ISAcards 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 ...

Page 25: ...ey or 104 key keyboard Windows 95 compatible P5A B Keyboard Connector Keyboard Connector 5 pin female This motherboard accepts an AT Keyboard Connector Plug as shown here R 2 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 re...

Page 26: ...ient the red stripe on your cable to Pin 1 For this connector to be available you must connect the included parallel 25 pin female cable set to a free expansion slot opening R 4 Serial Port Connectors COM1 COM2 two 10 1 pin blocks These connectors support the provided serial port ribbon cables with mounting bracket Connect the ribbon cables to these connectors and mount the bracket to the case on ...

Page 27: ...umpers do not place jumper caps over these pins P5A B Power Supply CPU Chassis Fan Power Power Supply Fan Chassis Fan Power CPU Fan Power Ground Rotation 12 Volt Ground Rotation 12 Volt R 6 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 is sent to the chassis signal lead This occurs when a panel sw...

Page 28: ...revent insert ing in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged P5A B IDE Connectors NOTE Orient the red stripe on your cable to Pin 1 Primary IDE Connector Secondary IDE Connector Pin 1 R TIP You may configure two hard disks to 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 ope...

Page 29: ...12 0 Volts Ground Power Supply On Ground Ground Ground 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts Power Good 12 0 Volts 3 3 Volts 3 3 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5V Standby R 10 AT Power Supply Connector PS 2 12 pin block This connector connects to a standard 5 Volt power supply To connect the leads from the power supply ensure first that the power supply is not plugged Most power supplies p...

Page 30: ...nd 8 no connection 9 5 Volt P5A B PS 2 USB Mouse IrDA Module Connector 10 USB 5 Volt 11 USB Port 1 12 USB Port 1 13 Ground 14 no connection 15 PS 2 Mouse Data 16 Ground 17 Infrared Receive 18 Infrared Transmit Optional USB MIR 1 9 18 10 12 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector IR 5 pin block This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infra red module This module mo...

Page 31: ...ESET 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 16 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 i...

Page 32: ... under IV BIOS SOFTWARE and that your system has anATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power P5A B Wake On LAN Connector 5V Standby PME Ground R 20 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 o...

Page 33: ...nector 1 2 Red marking along edge WARNING Make sure that PIN 1 on the cable use the red marking along the cable s edge as reference is connected to PIN 1 on the audio connector module otherwise damage will occur 22 Digital Audio Interface 6 pin SPD0 SPD1 TTL This connector is the digital link between the motherboard and your devices such as CD player sampler or DAT recorder It allows the digital t...

Page 34: ... input from such sound sources as a TV tuner or MPEG card Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground AUX P5A B Stereo Audio In Connector R 24 Stereo Audio In Connector 4 pin CD1 This connector allows you to receive stereo audio input from an internal CD ROM drive P5A B Stereo Audio In Connector R Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground CD1 ...

Page 35: ...e LED on the monitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby fea ture The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running addi tional 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...

Page 36: ...screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents displayed on your system Main Menu 1 Save Current BIOS To File This option allows you to save a copy of the original motherboard BIOSincaseyouneedtoreinstall it Itisrecommendedthatyousave AFLASH EXEandtheBIOSfile to a bootable floppy disk To save your current BIOS type 1 at the Main Menu and then press Enter TheS...

Page 37: ...rom a new BIOS file See the next page for proce dures on downloading an updated BIOS file The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM When the program ming is finished Flashed Suc cessfully will be displayed To update your current BIOS type 2 at the Main Menu and then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears Type the filename of your ne...

Page 38: ...WW or FTP or a BBS Bulletin Board Service seeASUS 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 A prompt type AFLASH and then press Enter 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press Enter See 2 Update BIOS In cluding Boot Block and ESCD on the previous page for more details and the rest of the steps WARNING If you ...

Page 39: ...u 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 system 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 Tes...

Page 40: ... 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 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 re...

Page 41: ...CSI con troller card refer to its documentation on how to install the required SCSI drivers For IDE hard disk drive setup you can Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the User option The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYL...

Page 42: ...ssible 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 drivesAand 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 the...

Page 43: ...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 is protected against boot virus threats earlier in the boot cycle that is before they have a...

Page 44: ...ites 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 disables S M A R T Self Monitori...

Page 45: ...r 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 Security Option determines when the system prompts for the pass word The default ...

Page 46: ... x111 2111 Mode Enabled Leave 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 GraphicsAperture Leave on default setting Frame Buffer Posted Write Enabled Enabling default this feature will enhanceAGPto memory performance Leave on default setting Force PCI_66 GAT Mode Enabl...

Page 47: ...ault setting of 8MHz 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 B No Swap This field allows you t...

Page 48: ... 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 DM...

Page 49: ...ng 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 CON...

Page 50: ...ture does not affect SCSI hard disks Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode Disable Thesefieldssettheperiodoftimeafterwhicheachofthesemodesactivate 1Min 2Min 3 Min 4 Min 8 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min or 1 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 c...

Page 51: ...cting Every day 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 Set to Ignore if one of these are not used so that error messages will not be given Thermal Monitor xxxC xxxF The onboard hardware moni...

Page 52: ...ow IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use 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 IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for eac...

Page 53: ...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 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 is Disabled USB IRQ Auto This field allows you to res...

Page 54: ...t values to the system configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup Defaults on the main screen and then press Enter The system displays a confirmation message on the screen Press Y and then Enter to confirm Press N and then Enter to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard C...

Page 55: ... that the password is case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press Enter 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 To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will prom...

Page 56: ...ced 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...

Page 57: ...match the ones that should be used for your disk do not accept them Press N to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save 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 Exit Setup option on the main screen type Y...

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Page 59: ...the ALi BusMaster IDE driver for improved performance Install Audio Driver Displays instructions on installing the audio drivers for Windows 95 DOS and Windows 3 1 InstallAudio Utilities Installs the CM18330Audio Rack utilities namely Audio Rack CD Player MIDI Player Mixer MPU 401 MIDI Device Setting Surround Sound Demo and Wave Player Refer to the audio section of this motherboard manual for more...

Page 60: ...r 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...

Page 61: ...ion 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 no...

Page 62: ...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 entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults 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 V SOFTW ARE Using DMI Utilit...

Page 63: ...DCM software or place a jumper on or short manually the CLR jumper momentarily 5 If you have an updated BIOS with intrusion support Booting the computer after an intrusion will require a password which is configured through BIOS Connectors VI ASUS CIDB 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 modul...

Page 64: ...nefit 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 Setting up the ASUS CIDB Connectors VI ASUS CIDB VI ASUS CIDB CON Sensitivity adjustment for the photo sensor 0 is least sen...

Page 65: ...are using theASUS PCI L101 on anASUS 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 the 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 displ...

Page 66: ...s 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 What is Wake On LAN A 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 re...

Page 67: ...nsfers 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...

Page 68: ...grams 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...

Page 69: ...rity 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...

Page 70: ...play computer peripherals such as keyboard mouse joystick 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 APPENDIX APPENDIX Glossary ...

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