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Iii. installation, Asus p5a-vm user’s manual 33 – Asus P5A-VM User Manual

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ASUS P5A-VM User’s Manual

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III. INSTALLATION

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, which is a multi-master bus, that is, multiple chips can be connected

to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer.

SMBCLK

Ground

SMBDATA

+5V

1

P5A-VM SMBus Connector

R

01

25. Power Supply Temperature External Connector (2 pin PWR_TMP)

This connector allows you to connect a compatible heat sensor to monitor the
power supply temperature.

P5A-VM Power Supply Temperature External Connector

TRPWR

R

01