beautypg.com

Iii. installation – Asus P5A User Manual

Page 34

background image

34

ASUS P5A User’s Manual

III. INSTALLATION

Connectors

III. INST

ALLA

TION

25. 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.

R

P5A SMBus Connector

SMBCLK

Ground

SMBDATA

+5V

1

26. Power Supply Temperature External Connector (2 pin TRPWR)

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

R

P5A Power Supply Temperature External Connector

TRPWR