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Iii. installation – Asus P5A User Manual

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ASUS P5A User’s Manual

III. INSTALLATION

3. Parallel Port Connector (25-pin Female)

You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through “Onboard Parallel
Port” in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE.
NOTE: Serial printers must be connected to the serial port.

Parallel (Printer) Port (25-pin Female)

4. Serial Port COM1 and COM2 Connectors (Two 9-pin Male)

The two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices. See
“Onboard Serial Port” in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE.

COM 1

COM 2

Serial Ports (9-pin Male)

5. 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 removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta-
tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged).

PIN 1

P5A Floppy Disk Drive Connector

NOTE: Orient the red markings on the
floppy ribbon cable to

PIN 1

R

Connectors

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