Table Of Contents - Asus P I-AP6N User Manual

I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 7
How this manual is organized ..................................................................... 7
Item Checklist ............................................................................................. 7
II. FEATURES .................................................................................... 8
Features of the ASUS Motherboard ............................................................ 8
Parts of the ASUS Motherboard ........................................................... 9
III. INSTALLATION ........................................................................ 10
Map of the ASUS Motherboard ................................................................ 10
Installation Steps ....................................................................................... 12
1. Jumpers ................................................................................................. 12
Jumper Settings ............................................................................ 13
2. System Memory ................................................................................... 18
SIMM Memory Installation Procedures: ...................................... 19
VGA Memory Upgrade ................................................................ 20
3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) ............................................................ 21
4. Expansion Cards ................................................................................... 22
Expansion Card Installation Procedure: ....................................... 22
Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards ........................................... 22
Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards ..................................... 23
5. External Connectors ............................................................................. 24
Power Connection Procedures ............................................................ 31
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE ..................................................................... 32
Support Software ....................................................................................... 32
Flash Memory Writer Utility ..................................................................... 32
Main Menu ................................................................................... 32
Advanced Features Menu ............................................................. 33
Managing & Updating your Motherboard's BIOS .............................. 34
6. BIOS Setup ........................................................................................... 35
Load Defaults ............................................................................... 36
Standard CMOS Setup ........................................................................ 36
Details of Standard CMOS Setup: ................................................ 37
BIOS Features Setup ........................................................................... 40
Details of BIOS Features Setup .................................................... 40
Chipset Features Setup ........................................................................ 43
Details of Chipset Features Setup ................................................. 43
Power Management Setup .................................................................. 46
Details of Power Management Setup ........................................... 46
PNP and PCI Setup ............................................................................. 48
Details of PNP and PCI Setup ...................................................... 48
Load BIOS Defaults ............................................................................ 50
Load Setup Defaults ............................................................................ 50
Supervisor Password and User Password ........................................... 51
IDE HDD Auto Detection ................................................................... 52
Save and Exit Setup ............................................................................ 53
Exit Without Saving ............................................................................ 53
V. DESKTOP MANAGEMENT ...................................................... 55
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) ..................................................... 55
Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility ....................... 55
System Requirements ................................................................... 55
Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility ................................ 56
Notes: ............................................................................................ 56
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