Using your mainboard, Hardware settings, Jumpers and caps – Asus P/I-AP55T User Manual

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P/I-AP55T User's Manual

Using Your Mainboard

In addition to the operating instructions in your system manual,

there are a few additional things specific to the mainboard you will
need to know. These have to do with the hardware settings on the
mainboard and the system configuration record.

Hardware Settings

There are a number of hardware settings on the board. They

specify configuration options for various features. The settings are

made using something called a 'jumper'. A jumper is a set of two or
more metal pins in a plastic base attached to the mainboard. A plas

tic jumper 'cap' with a metal plate inside fits over two pins to create
an electrical contact between them. The contact establishes a hard
ware setting.

Some jumpers have two pins, others have three or more. The

jumpers are sometimes combined into sets called jumper 'blocks',

where all the jumpers in the block must be set together to establish a

hardware setting. The next figures show how this looks.

Jumpers and caps

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Jumper cap 3*pin jumper 2-pin jumper Jumper block

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