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Asus P/I-AP6N User Manual

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ASUS P/I-AP6N User's Manual

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CONTENTS

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