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2 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual USER'S NOTICE No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be repro- duced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express w[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 3 ASUS CONT ACT INFORMA TION ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) Marketing Address: 150 Li-T e Road, Peitou, T aipei, T aiwan 1 12 T elephone: +886-2-2894-3447 Fax: +886-2-2894-3449 Email: info@asus.com.tw T echnical Support T el (English): +886-2-2894-3447 ext. 706 T el (Chinese): +886-2-2894-3447 ext. 1 1 1 Fax: +88[...]

4 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 7 How this Manual is Or ganized ........................................................ 7 Item Checklist .................................................................................. 7 II. FEA TURES .............[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 5 CONTENTS Standard CMOS Setup ............................................................... 40 Details of Standard CMOS Setup ......................................... 40 BIOS Features Setup .................................................................. 43 Details of BIOS Features Setup ..........................[...]

6 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause un[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 7 I. INTRODUCTION I. INTRODUCTION Sections/Checklist How this Manual is Organized I. Introduction Manual information and checklist II. Featur es Information and specifications concerning this product III. Installation Instructions on setting up the motherboard IV . BIOS Softwar e Instructions on setting up the BIOS soft[...]

8 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual II. FEA TURES Features II. FEA TURES ASUS P5A-VM Motherboard • ALi AGPset: ALi ® (Acer Laboratories Inc.) Aladdin V AGPset with support for a 100MHz Front Side Bus (FSB), Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP), and all current Socket 7 processors. • Multi-Processor/Multi-Speed Support: AMD K6 ™ -III/400 & faster ,[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 9 II. FEA TURES II. FEA TURES Smart Series Introduction to ASUS Smart 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 from 264MB/sec maximum using [...]

10 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual II. FEA TURES Smart Series II. FEA TURES • V oltage Monitoring and Alert: System voltage levels are monitored to ensure stable current to critical motherboard components. V oltage specifications are more critical for future processors, so monitoring is necessary to ensure proper system configuration and management.[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 11 Parts of the ASUS P5A-VM Motherboard II. FEA TURES II. FEA TURES Motherboard Parts 512KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache CPU ZIF Socket 7 3 PCI Slots 2 ISA Slots 3 DIMM Sockets AT X Power Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse (T) PS/2 Keyboard (B) USB Port 1 (T) USB Port 2 (B) ESS Audio (optional) Health Monitoring Chip ALi Aladdin V AG[...]

12 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION ASUS P5A-VM Motherboard Layout Motherboard Layout III. INST ALLA TION R 01 VID0 VID1 VID2 VID3 PS/2 T op: Mouse Bottom: Keyboard USB T op: USB 1 Bottom: USB 2 KBPWR SMB BUS FREQ FS0 FS2 FS1 FS3 COM1 P ARALLEL PORT ALi Aladdin V M1541 AGPset VGA DIMM Socket 2 (64/72-bit, 168-pin module) DIMM Socket[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 13 III. INST ALLA TION Contents III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers 1) INT_EN p. 14 VGA Interrupt Selection (Enable/Disable) 2) VGAEN p. 14 VGA Setting (Enable/Disable) 3) KBPWR p. 15 Keyboard Power (W ake) Up (Enable/Disable) 4) VIO0/VIO1 p. 15 V oltage Input/Output Selection 5) OVER_FQ p. 15 Overclock Frequency Setting 6) FS0[...]

14 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Jumper Settings 1. VGA Interrupt Selection (INT_EN) / 2. VGA Setting (VGAEN) INT_EN allows you to set the VGA interrupt method. The default disables the chipset’ s internal interrupt routing. Some TV tuners or MPEG cards may require the interrupt be assigned by the onboard chipset, in which case[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 15 III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers 4. V oltage Input/Output Selection (VIO0, VIO1) / 5. Over clock Fr equency Setting (OVER_FQ) VIO0/VIO1 allow you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM, chipset, AGP , and the CPU’ s I/O buffer . When enabled, OVER_FQ allows you to in- crease the voltage supplied [...]

16 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers III. INST ALLA TION 6 CPU External (BUS) Fr equency Selection (FS0, FS1, FS2, FS3) 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 BUS Clock ). The BUS Clock times the BUS Ratio eq[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 17 III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers III. INST ALLA TION Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of your CPU as follows: (BUS Freq.) (Freq. Mult.) CPU Model Freq. Mult. BUS F . FS3 FS2 FS1 FS0 BF2 BF1 BF0 AMD-K6-III/450 450MHz A-4.5x 100MHz [2-3] [1-2] [1-2] [1-2] [2-3] [2-3] [2-3] AMD-K6-III/400 400MHz A-4.0x 100MHz [2-3] [1-2[...]

18 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual Manufacturer CPU T ype Single Plane Dual Plane VID3 VID2 VID1 VID0 AMD (.25micron) K6-III/400,450 ---- 2.4V(Dual) [1-2] [2-3] [1-2] [1-2] K6-2/450,475 AMD (.25micron) K6-2/266,300,333 ---- 2.2V(Dual) [1-2] [1-2] [2-3] [1-2] 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.[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 19 III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers III. INST ALLA TION 9. Real T ime Clock (R TC) RAM (R TCCLR) The CMOS RAM is powered by an onboard button cell battery . T o clear the R TC data, (1) Turn of f your computer , (2) Short solder points momentarily using a small metallic object, (3) T urn on your computer , (4) Hold down <[...]

20 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION System Memory III. INST ALLA TION Install memory in any combination as follows: DIMM Location 168-pin DIMM T otal 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 [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 21 III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION System Memory DIMM Memory Installation Procedures: Insert the module(s) as shown. Because the number of pins are dif ferent 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 DIMM[...]

22 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual P5A-VM ZIF Socket 7 Blank Lever Lock 1 R 01 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 [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 23 III. INST ALLA TION Expansion Cards III. INST ALLA TION 4. Expansion Cards W ARNING! 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 Proced[...]

24 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Expansion Cards III. INST ALLA TION T o 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 f[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 25 III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 5. External Connectors IMPOR T ANT : Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe to Pin 1 on the connectors. Pin 1 is usually on the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and CD-ROM drives, but may be on the opposite side on floppy disk [...]

26 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION 3. Parallel Port Connector (25-pin Female) Y ou can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through “Onboard Parallel Port” in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTW ARE. NOTE : Serial printers must be connected to the serial port. Parallel (Printer) Port (25-pin Female) 4. Serial Port C[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 27 III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 5. Monitor (VGA) Output Connector (15-pin Female) This connector is for output to a VGA-compatible device. VGA Monitor (15-pin Female) 6. Floppy drive connector (FLOPPY , 34-1 pin block ) This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connect- [...]

28 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 8. Joystick/Midi Connector (15-pin Female) (with optional onboard audio) Y ou 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) 9. Universal Serial BUS Ports 1[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 29 III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 1 1. Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead (4-1 pin CHASIS) This requires an external detection mechanism such as a chassis intrusion moni- tor/sensor or microswitch. The sensor is triggered when a high level signal is sent to the CHASIS lead. This occurs when the side panel [...]

30 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 12. A TX Power Supply Connector (A TX, 20-pin block) This connector connects to a A TX power supply . The plug from the power supply will only insert in one orientation because of the dif ferent hole sizes. Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 31 III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 14 A TX Power Switch/Soft Power Switch Lead (PWR, 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 se[...]

32 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 21. W ake-on-LAN Activity Connector (3-pin WOLCON) The WOLCON connector allows the system to power up when there is a wakeup packet or signal is received from the network through the ASUS PCI-L101 LAN card (see section VI. ASUS LAN CARD ). IMPOR T ANT : This feature [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 33 III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 24 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 I 2 C bus, wh[...]

34 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 26. CPU Cooling Fan Connectors (F AN, 3 pins) These connectors support 3-pin cooling fans of 500mA (6W) or less with a mini- mum of 3,500RPM. Orientate the fans so that the heatsink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heatsink(s) instead of the expansion slot[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 35 III. INST ALLA TION Power Connections III. INST ALLA TION 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 sy[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 36 IV . BIOS Flash Memory Writer IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Support Software AFLASH.EXE: This is the Flash Memory W riter utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM chip on the motherboard. T o determine the BIOS version of your motherboard, check the last four numbers of the code [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 37 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Flash Memory Writer When prompted to confirm the BIOS update, press Y to start the update. 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. S[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 38 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV. BIOS Flash Memory Writer Managing and Updating Y our Motherboard’s BIOS Upon First Use of the Computer System 1. Create a bootable system floppy disk by typing [FORMA T A:/S] from the DOS prompt without creating “AUT OEXEC.BA T” and “CONFIG.SYS” files. 2. Copy AFLASH.EXE to the just [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 39 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE 6. BIOS Setup IV . BIOS BIOS Setup The motherboard supports 5-volt programmable 2-Mbit Flash ROM chips. These memory chips can be updated when BIOS upgrades are released. Use the Flash Memory W riter utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip as de- scribed in detail in this section. [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 40 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Standard CMOS 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[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 41 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Standard CMOS Ti m e T o set the time, highlight the “T ime” field and then press either <Page Up>/<Page Down> or <+>/<–> to set the current time. Follow the hour , minute and second format. V alid values for hour , minute and second are: (Hour: (00 to 23), [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 42 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Standard CMOS Auto detection 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 cha[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 43 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS BIOS Features BIOS Features Setup BIOS Featur es 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 def[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 44 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS BIOS Features Quick Power On Self T est (Enabled) This field speeds up the Power-On Self T est (POST) routine by skipping retesting a second, third, and forth time. Setup default setting for this field is Enabled . A com- plete test of the system is done on each test. HDD Sequence SCSI/I[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 45 C8000 - CBFFF Shadow to DC000 - DFFFF 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 the memory available between 640KB and[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 46 Chipset Features IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Chipset Features 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 t[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 47 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Chipset Features IV . BIOS Chipset Features Memory Hole At 15M-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[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 48 Chipset Features IV . BIOS IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Chipset Features 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[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 49 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Power Management 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 . NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading. Details[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 50 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Power Management V ideo Off Method (DPMS OFF) This field defines the video off features. These options are available: DPMS OFF , DPMS Reduce ON , Blank Scr een , V/H SYNC+Blank , DPMS Standby , and DPMS Sus- pend . The DPMS (Display Power Management System) features allow the BIOS to con[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 51 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Power Management Power Management IV. BIOS W ake On LAN (Enabled) This allows you to remotely power up your system thorugh your network by sendng a wake-up frame or signal. W ith this feature, you can remotely upload/download data to/from systems during off-peak hours. Set to Enabled to use this f[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 52 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Plug & Play/PCI PNP and PCI Setup This “PNP and PCI Setup” option configures the PCI bus slots. All PCI bus slots on the system use INT A#, thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value. NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading. Details[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 53 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Load Setup Defaults IV . BIOS Plug & Play/PCI 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. A vailable options include: No/ICU and Ye s . The first option, the default setting, in[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 54 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Load Defaults 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. T o load these default settings, high- light[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 55 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Passwords 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 defau[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 56 Hard Disk Detect IV. BIOS IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE 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. Up to four IDE drives can be detected, with parameters for each listed inside the box. T o [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 57 Save IV. BIOS IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IMPOR T ANT : If your hard disk was already formatted on an older previous system, incorrect parameters may be detected. Y ou 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 dif f[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 58 V . SUPPOR T SOFTW ARE ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD (Included only with motherboards with onboard hardware monitoring) NOTE: The support CD contents are subject to change at any time without notice. T o begin using your support CD disc, just insert it into your CD-ROM drive and the support CD installation menu s[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 59 V . Support CD A. V ideo Driver .................................................................. 61 First T ime Installation ...................................................................... 61 Operating Systems ................................................................ 61 Install V ideo Driver and Utili[...]

60 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual E. Audio Software ............................................................. 83 Audio Rack Installation ................................................................... 83 Audio Rack Introduction ................................................................. 83 The Command Center ............................[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 61 A. V ideo Driver First T ime Installation A. V ideo Driver First T ime Installation When you start W indows for the first time after the installation of your motherboard, W indows 95/98 will detect the onboard video chip (either A TI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X or A TI 3D Rage IIC AGP , depending on your motherboard) and may [...]

62 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual Install V ideo Driver and Utility (Windows 95/98) Install V ideo Driver and Utility installs the video driver necessary for your card to have higher performance, resolutions, and special features. Y ou can also install the A TI Player–a software multimedia player which provides full-screen MPEG video playback with [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 63 Display Settings for Windows 95/98 T o change resolution, color , and other display properties, either right-click the W in- dows 95/98 desktop and then choose Properties , double-click the Display icon in the Control Panel, or right-click the A TI icon in the system tray . Adjustment Menu Y ou can adjust the screen [...]

64 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual Color This allows you to adjust the Gamma level for your monitor and color levels for Red, Green, and Blue. Y ou can save your settings by clicking Save As and typing in a file name. This allows you to recall previously saved settings. Click Defaults to restore all settings to their defaults. A. V ideo Driver Display[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 65 B. Other V ideo Drivers V ideo Driver Installation for Windows NT 4.0 IMPOR T ANT! • W indows NT 3.5x does not support AGP cards. • Before installing the ASUS display driver in W indows NT 4.0, make sure that you have installed the W indows NT 4.0 Service Pack version 3.0 (available on the Internet at http://www [...]

66 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual V ideo Driver Installation for IBM OS/2 The A TI OS/2 video driver is to be used for the English version of OS/2 only . T o install A TI video drivers for OS/2 or OS/2 W arp, use the INST ALL program. This program checks the system for possible conflicts, sets the monitor type, and installs the enhanced display drive[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 67 B. Other V ideo Drivers B . Other V ideo Drivers IBM OS/2 T o copy the driver files 1. Select Drivers Installation from the Main Menu. 2. Select IBM OS/2 from the list of applications. 3. Select Install for the correct version of OS/2. 4. Press <Enter> to select the default destination directory or specify a de[...]

68 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual B. Other V ideo Drivers Select System Information (optional) The program will check the system for possible conflicts with the device, and dis- play both the device and system configurations in the INFO BOX. In case of a conflict, it will issue a warning and suggest possible corrective actions. Y our onboard video de[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 69 B. Other V ideo Drivers VDIF Files (optional) VDIF files are VESA Display Information Format files. They contain all the neces- sary configuration parameters for getting optimal resolution and refresh rate opera- tion from the specified monitor . Consult your monitor manufacturer for availability of VDIF files. If yo[...]

70 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual Advanced Setup (optional) If you wish to fine tune its settings for your monitor and system type, select Ad- vanced Setup from the Main Menu. On-screen context sensitive help is displayed as you highlight each Advanced Menu item. W ARNING! The Advanced Configuration option allows you to use certain features that may [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 71 T roubleshooting System Lockup • If you are using a memory manager such as QEMM or 386MAX you need to modify the command line in the CONFIG.SYS file so that the address of the graphics device video BIOS, C000 - C7FF , is excluded. For example, add “EX- CLUDE = C000 - C7FF” to the command line. • Remove all un[...]

72 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual B. Other V ideo Drivers Memory apertur e test failur e or Diagnostics program locks or Reboots during aperture test If you receive an error message indicating that the memory aperture location is con- flicting with your system memory , restart the INST ALL program as follows: IN- ST ALL APMAP <Enter>. Now when [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 73 B. Other V ideo Drivers Driver / Player B . Other V ideo Drivers Windows 95 mach64 enhanced display driver The W indows 95 mach64 enhanced display driver is capable of using monitor tim- ing data contained within W indows 95. This data is selected by configuring a moni- tor type at W indows 95 installation time or vi[...]

74 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual B. Other V ideo Drivers B . Other V ideo Drivers Descriptions/Actions Other Problems & Actions My monitor is not capable of high resolution or refresh rate. It depends on the display characteristics of your monitor . Consult your monitor docu- mentation for the proper configuration. After installing the driver , [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 75 A TI Player A TI Player and contr ol panel (Win3.1x and W in95) If VIDEO drivers are installed, for playing video clips, the A TI Player icon will appear in the DeskT op. Double click on this icon to bring up the V ideo Screen as shown here: (Detailed button definitions are shown when holding the cursor over the indi[...]

76 ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual Playing Audio CDs (Only in window 95) Click the Audio CD button in the T ask contr ol panel to switch to Audio CD mode The Audio CD player has its own contr ol panel for controlling the audio CD playback. Y ou can use the Audio CD panel to play standard audio CDs. Advanced features such as Random play , Intro play , [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 77 Playing Media Files Click the MPEG Playback button in the T ask control panel to switch to play- back mode. The Control panel changes to the Playback panel. T o view/hide the Playback panel in Full Screen mode, pr ess F2. Y ou can use the Media Playback panel to play the following media files: • MPEG-1 digital audi[...]

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ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 79 D. Audio Driver D. Audio Driver First T ime Installation First T ime Installation When starting W indows 95/98/NT 4.0, the operating system will automatically de- tect the ESS Solo-1 PCI Audio Driver . For Windows 95 1. When the New Har dwar e Found screen prompts for a driver , select Driver fr om disk provided by h[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 80 First T ime Installation When starting W indows 95/98/NT 4.0, the operating system will detect that you have a new PCI Multimedia Device. Click Next when the Update Device W izar d screen appears. Click Browse to locate the audioW95 folder for W indows 95/98 or the audioNt40 folder for W indows NT on the ASUS Sup[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 81 D. Audio Driver For Windows NT 4.0 1. Run the W indows NT “Multimedia” program located in Control Panel . ( Start -> Settings -> Contr ol Panels -> Multimedia ) 2. Click the Devices tab. 3. Select Audio Devices under Multimedia Devices. 4. Click Add . 5. Select Unlisted or Updated Driver under List of Dr[...]

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ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 83 Audio Rack Installation Reinsert your CD or double click on your CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of the CD. Click Install Audio Utilities from the main menu. Audio Rack Introduction The Audio Rack 32 enables you to take advantage of your computer ’ [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 84 The Command Center Counters Component Icons (DA T , MIDI, CD) T ransport State Indicators T rack or File Names T ime Indexes Introduction The Command Center controls which parts of the Audio Rack 32 are displayed. Y ou can display or hide any part of the Audio Rack 32 you choose, customizing its ap- pearance to suit [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 85 The Miniature Mode Introduction The Miniature mode is designed to give you full control of the Audio Rack 32 while using a minimum of space. Y ou are able to ef fectively use the Audio Rack 32 and still have enough room on your desktop to run other applications. In the Miniature mode, you can play , pause, stop, and [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 86 The Audio Mixer Introduction The Audio Mixer has two modes: Playback mode and Record mode. Y ou can use these two modes to fully control which of your audio sources you are listening to or recording, how loud each of those sources are and how they are balanced. Each audio source has its own module with mute, balance [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 87 The Digital Audio Player Introduction The Digital Audio Player enables you to play , record, and compress sound as .W A V files. In addition, you can play .AUD files. The .W A V files use PCM, which is the W indows‘ audio file format. The.AUD format uses ESPCM‘ compression to pro- duce an audio file. Files are wr[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 88 The MIDI Player Introduction The MIDI Player enables you to play MIDI files with the .MID or .RMI file exten- sions. These MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) files can be produced by sequencer programs and then played back using the MIDI Player . Y ou can also mix MIDI files with other audio sources. Or you [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 89 The Compact Disk Player Introduction If you have a CD-ROM drive, you can play audio CDs. Check your hardware manual about setting up CD audio hardware and drivers. The Compact Disk Player uses intelligent CD playlist management: The Compact Disk Player maintains a record of each CD you play . It remembers the last pl[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 90 The Audio Recorder Introduction The Audio Recorder enables you to record, compress, store, and play back voice, music, and other sound. It provides settings for sound attributes such as mono/ste- reo, compression level, and sampling rate. Y ou can use it to embed sound objects in documents created in applications tha[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 91 Release Notes This information is provided for convenience only . Information here is subject to change without prior notice. V iew the installation CD for any updated information in Readme text files. The AudioRack also provides detailed online help (click the Help button on the “Command Center”) Disable Eject B[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 92 F . Software W avetable F . W avetable Installation Insert the ASUS Support CD into your CD- ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun menu or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM driver . This will bring up the main menu. Click Install Softwar e W ave T able . I[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 93 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 ’ [...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 94 G. DMI Utility Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility NOTE: The following screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents on your system. Edit DMI (or delete) Use the ←→ (left-right) cursors to move the top menu items and the ↑↓ (up-down) cursor to move between the left[...]

ASUS P5A-VM User’ s Manual 95 G. DMI Utility Using DMI Utility Save MIFD Y ou 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 Y ou can load the disk file to memory by [...]

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