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ASUS P/I-XP6NP5 User's Manual

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CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................ 1

How this manual is organized .......................................................... 1

Item Checklist .................................................................................. 1

II. FEATURES ................................................................. 2

Features of the ASUS Motherboard ................................................. 2

Parts of the ASUS Motherboard ...................................................... 3

III. INSTALLATION ....................................................... 4

Map of the ASUS Motherboard ....................................................... 4

Installation Steps .............................................................................. 6

1. Jumpers ........................................................................................ 6

2. System Memory (DRAM & SRAM) ........................................ 12

DRAM Memory Installation Procedures: .......................... 13

3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................. 15

4. Expansion Cards ....................................................................... 16

Expansion Card Installation Procedure: ............................. 16
Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards ................................. 16
Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards ........................... 17

5. External Connectors .................................................................. 19

Power Connection Procedures ................................................. 25

IV. BIOS SOFTWARE .................................................. 26

Support Software ........................................................................... 26

Flash Memory Writer Utility ......................................................... 26

Main Menu ......................................................................... 26
Advanced Features Menu ................................................... 27

Updating your Motherboard's BIOS ........................................ 28

6. BIOS Setup ............................................................................... 29

Load Defaults ..................................................................... 30

Standard CMOS Setup ............................................................. 30

Details of Standard CMOS Setup: ...................................... 31

BIOS Features Setup ................................................................ 34

Details of BIOS Features Setup .......................................... 34

Chipset Features Setup ............................................................. 37

Details of Chipset Features Setup ....................................... 37

Power Management Setup ........................................................ 40

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Summary of Contents for P I-XP6NP5

Page 1: ...R P I XP6NP5 Pentium Pro Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ... of use or data interruption of business or for indirect special incidental or consequential damages of any kind even if ASUS has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product ASUS may revise this manual from time to time without notice Products mentioned in this manual are mentioned for identification purposes only Product names appeari...

Page 3: ... com tw Gopher gopher asus com tw FTP ftp asus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL Marketing Info Address 721 Charcot Avenue San Jose CA 95131 USA Telephone 1 408 474 0567 Fax 1 408 474 0568 Email info usa asus com tw Technical Support BBS 1 408 474 0555 Email tsd usa asus com tw ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Marketing Info Address Harkort Str 25 40880 Ratingen BRD Germany Telephone 49 2102 445011 Fa...

Page 4: ...Expansion Cards 16 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 16 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 16 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 17 5 External Connectors 19 Power Connection Procedures 25 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 26 Support Software 26 Flash Memory Writer Utility 26 Main Menu 26 Advanced Features Menu 27 Updating your Motherboard s BIOS 28 6 BIOS Setup 29 Load Defaults 30 Standard CMOS Setup 30 Deta...

Page 5: ...Requirements 49 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 50 Notes 50 VI ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI Card 53 NCR SCSI BIOS and Drivers 53 The ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI Interface Card 54 Setting Up the ASUS PCI SC200 54 Setting the INT Assignment 55 Terminator Settings 55 SCSI ID Numbers 56 VII ASUS I A16C Audio Card 57 ASUS I A16C Audio Features 57 Unpacking and Handling Precautions 57 Layout and Connectors 58 C...

Page 6: ...cular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet ...

Page 7: ...tware Manual with ASUS I A16C bundle Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer The P I XP6NP5 motherboard with built in 2 serial 1 parallel PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse connectors 1 IDE ribbon cable 1 floppy ribbon cable Support drivers and utilities as follows view FILELIST TXT for details Flash Memory Writer utilit...

Page 8: ...M chips are needed ATX Power Connector Has a single easy to install connector for 3 3V 5V 12V and a new soft power control Versatile DRAM Memory Support Supports four 72 pin SIMMs of 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 256MB Supports both Fast Page Mode FPM Extended Data Output EDO and Burst Extended Data Output BEDO SIMM s ISA and PCI Expansion Slots Provides three 16 bit ...

Page 9: ... 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 BIOS now supports IDE CD ROM or SCSI bootup Optional IrDA Connector This motherboard supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface NCR SCSI BIOS This motherboard has firmware that supports the optional ASUS PCI SC200 SCSI controller cards Parts of the ASUS Motherboard II FEATURES Parts of Board Intel s 440FX PCIset s CPU ZIF Socket 8 PCI 5 or ASU...

Page 10: ...er Input for ATX Power Supply JP8 JP9 PCI Slot 4 CPU ZIF Socket 8 COM 2 Parallel Printer PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Key board COM 1 JP6 Reg ATX 3 3V BUS Freq 12V Fan Power JP14 Multi I O Enable Disable Secondary IDE Primary IDE Floppy Drives CR2032 3Volt Button Cell Battery MediaBus 2 0 Case Connector JP10 JP11 JP12 JP13 Freq Ratio CPU Voltage ID JP1 JP2 JP3 JP4 Universal Serial Bus Reserved JP17 ROM Program...

Page 11: ...bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots 5 PCI 5 MediaBus p 18 32 bit PCI Bus Slot and MediaBus 2 0 Connectors 1 PS2KB p 19 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin female 2 PS2MOUSE p 19 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin female 3 PRINTER p 19 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 4 COM1 COM2 p 19 Serial Port COM1 COM2 9 pin male 5 POWER p 20 Motherboard ATX Power Connector 20 pin Block 6 FLOPPY p 20 Floppy Drive Connector 34 p...

Page 12: ...will also be shown graphically such as to connect pins 1 2 and to connect pins 2 3 Jumpers with two pins will be shown as for short On and for open Off For manufacturing simplicity the jumpers may be sharing pins from other groups Use the diagrams in this manual instead of following the pin layout on the board Settings with two jumper numbers require that both jumpers be moved together To connect ...

Page 13: ... in order to use your own Multi I O card Multi I O JP14 Enable 1 2 Default Disable 2 3 Super Multi I O Enable Disable Enable I O Default Disable I O JP14 1 2 3 1 2 3 JP14 2 Flash ROM Boot Block Programming JP17 This sets the operation mode of the boot block area of the BIOS Flash ROM to allow programming in the Enabled position Programming JP17 Disabled 1 2 Default Enabled 2 3 Boot Block Programmi...

Page 14: ... disk information and passwords To clear the RTC data 1 Turn off the PC 2 Short this jumper 3 Power on the PC 4 Turn off the PC 5 Remove this jumper 6 Power on the PC 7 Hold down Delete during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences RTC RAM JP16 Operation 2 3 Default Clear Data 1 2 momentarily Real Time Clock RAM Operation or Clear Data Operation Default Clear Data JP16 JP16 1 2 3...

Page 15: ...ing this jumper and attaching a current meter to each pin WARNING You must unplug the power cord to your power supply to ensure that there is no power to your motherboard The RTC RAM containing BIOS setup information will be cleared by this ac tion You must enter BIOS to Load Setup Defaults and re enter any user information after removing and reapplying this jumper JP7 Battery Test Lead Operation ...

Page 16: ...ncy called the BUS Clock within the CPU These must be set together with the above jumpers CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection CPU BUS Frequency Ratio 2 0x 2 5x 3 0x 3 5x 4 0x CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection 60MHz JP8 JP9 66MHz JP8 JP9 2 0x JP10 JP11 JP12 JP13 2 5x JP10 JP11 JP12 JP13 3 0x JP10 JP11 JP12 JP13 3 5x JP10 JP11 JP12 JP13 4 0x JP10 JP11 JP12 JP13 Set the jumpers by the...

Page 17: ...7 2 6 2 5 2 4 2 3 2 2 2 1 JP1 VID 3 S S S S S S S S O O O O O O O JP2 VID 2 S S S S O O O O S S S S O O O JP3 VID 1 S S O O S S O O S S O O S S O JP4 VID 0 S O S O S O S O S O S O S O S Voltage ID 3 2 1 0 VID Support or Manual VID Support Default JP1 VID 3 JP2 VID 2 JP3 VID 1 JP4 VID 0 8 3 3Volt Power Source JP6 If the ATX power supply is equipped with 3 3V then choose ATX some sup ply If theATX p...

Page 18: ...g 8 chips and 36 bit SIMM e g 12 chips will work minus the ECC feature Install memory in any or all of the banks in any combination as follows Bank Memory Module Total Memory Bank 0 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB x2 SIMM Slots 1 2 72 pin FPM EDO BEDO SIMM Bank 1 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB x2 SIMM Slots 3 4 72 pin FPM EDO BEDO SIMM Total System Memory IMPORTANT Each bank must have the same size and type FPM ED...

Page 19: ...arting from a 45 degree angle making sure that all the contacts are aligned with the socket 3 With your finger tips rock the memory module into a vertical position so that it clicks into place Metal Clip Plastic Safety Tab This Side Only Mounting Hole 72 Pin DRAM in SIMM Socket 4 The plastic guides should go through the two Mounting Holes on the sides and the Metal Clips should snap on the other s...

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Page 21: ...all a CPU locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket s Lock then upwards to a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown Look to see that the pins are more dense on one half compared to the other half The picture is for reference only you should have a CPU fan that will cover the face of the CPU With the added weight o...

Page 22: ...cessary jumpers on your expansion card 3 Remove your computer system s cover 4 Remove the bracket on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use 5 Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly 6 Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed in step 4 7 Replace the computer system s cover 8 Setup the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNP A...

Page 23: ...RQs are as signed automatically from those available If the system has both Legacy and PNP ISA cards installed IRQs are assigned to PNP cards from those not used by Legacy cards The PCI and PNP configuration of the BIOS setup utility can be used to indicate which IRQs are being used by Legacy cards For older Legacy cards that does not work with the BIOS you can contact your vendor for an ISA Confi...

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Page 25: ...ndard AT keyboards PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 Pin Female 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not de tected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Control in BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 Pin Female 3 Parallel Printer Connector 25 pin Female You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ...

Page 26: ...not connected to an outlet when making or removing connections Power supplies contain power reserves which can damage electrical components ATX Power Connector on Motherboard 3 3V 12 0V GND PS ON GND GND GND 5 0V 5 0V 5 0V PW 0K 12 0V 3 3V 3 3V GND 5 0V GND 5 0V GND 5VSB 6 Floppy Drive Connector 34 pin block This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connect ing the singl...

Page 27: ...vice or IDE CD ROM bootup see HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First Boot Sequence in the BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector You may...

Page 28: ... connector Suspend Switch in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE should be on the default setting of Enable 11 ATX Power Switch PWR SW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushing the button once will turn on the system and pushing another time will turn off the system The system power LED shows the status of the system s power This connection doe...

Page 29: ...ALLATION 14 Speaker Connector SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker System Case Connections 5V NC GND LOCK GND 5V SPKR Speaker Connector GND GND GND 5V Reset SW SMI Lead System Power LED ATX Power Switch System Power LED Keyboard Lock GND GND ...

Page 30: ...ks Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins CPU Fan Power Fan Stop GND 12V 12V GND Fan Stop Air Flow Air Flow 16 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector IR This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on s...

Page 31: ...ter the system s if it complies with Green standards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for a...

Page 32: ...ing bootup Larger num bers represent a newer BIOS file NOTE A binary BIOS file is no longer included with the support software Save the motherboard s BIOS file to a floppy diskette as soon as your system is operational See Flash Memory Writer Utility below Flash Memory Writer Utility IMPORTANT Flash Type may also be INTEL 28F001BXT If unknown is shown after Flash type then this ROM chip is not pro...

Page 33: ...Parameter Block This option erases the Plug and Play PnP configuration record 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the Boot Block the motherboard BIOS and the PnP ESCD Parameter Block from a new BIOS file NOTE Update BIOS Main Block from File and Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD requires that the system is running in real mode This utility will not operate if th...

Page 34: ...r the name of the BIOS file Type in the complete name of the file including the file name extension and then press the Enter key The utility then uploads the BIOS file from disk The following message will appear DO NOT TURN OFF THE SYSTEM IF THERE IS A PROBLEM If you encounter problems while downloading the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up J...

Page 35: ...g the motherboard reconfiguring your system or you receive a Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the com puter the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This ap pears during the Power On Self Test POST Press th...

Page 36: ...lock and error handling If the motherboard is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option anymore However if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of th...

Page 37: ...date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC BAT file For information on how to create this file please refer to the MS DOS manual Hard Disk Drives This field records the specifications for all non SCSI hard disk drives installed in your system The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices Each chan nel can supp...

Page 38: ... over 528MB that support Logical Block Addressing LBA to allow larger IDE hard disks set it to Large for drives over 528MB that do not sup port LBA Large type of drive can only be used with MS DOS and is very uncom mon Most IDE drives over 528MB support the LBA mode Auto detection of hard disks on bootup For each field Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master and Secondary Slave you can selec...

Page 39: ... arrow key Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is the Japanese standard floppy drive The standard stores 1 2MB in a 3 5 diskette This is normally disabled but you may choose from either Drive A Drive B Both and Disabled Video EGA VGA Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system The options are EGA VGA Mono for Hercules or MDA CGA 40 and CGA 80 If you are using a VGA or...

Page 40: ...t to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning Disabled This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against acci dental modifications Any attempt to write to them will cause the system to halt and display a warning message If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a bootable virus free floppy disk to reboot and inves...

Page 41: ... a SCSI hard disk drive Boot Sequence C A This field determines where the system looks first for an operating system Options are C CDROM A CDROM C A A C C A The setup default setting is to check first the hard disk and then the floppy drive that is C A Swap Floppy Drive Disabled When enabled the BIOS swaps floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B and Drive B becomes Drive A under D...

Page 42: ...y when the Setup utility is called up You can specify a password by using the Supervisor Password or User Password option from the main screen as explained later in this section PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some display cards that are nonstandardVGAsuch as graphics accelerators or MPEG Video Cards may not show colors properly The setting Enabled should correct this problem Otherwise leave this o...

Page 43: ...sh Type Leave on default setting of RAS Only as this is the current standard CPU to PCI IDE Posting Leave on default setting of Enabled so that the CPU to PCI IDE posting cycles are treated as normal I O write transactions USWC Write Posting Leave on default setting of Enabled to allow USWC write posting during I O bridge access CPU to PCI Write Post The default setting of Enabled will increase th...

Page 44: ...ISA ex pansion cards that specifically require this setting This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB The default is Disabled DRAM and ECC If all your DRAM modules have parity chips e g 8 chips 4 parity chips they are considered 36bits This motherboard sums the memory per bank and therefore two modules will give 72bits and th...

Page 45: ...allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP allows bidi rectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the maximum data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode ECP DMA Select 3 This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port M...

Page 46: ...aving except that this time the system inac tivity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Defined allows you to set power saving options according to your preference IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode acti vated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add ...

Page 47: ...utomatically wakes up from any power saving mode when there is system activity such as when a key is pressed from the keyboard or when there is activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a pe riod of inactivity This time period is user configurable to 1 15 Mins or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives The D...

Page 48: ...s are manual settings of 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a Legacy non PnP ISA card Two options are available No ICU and Yes The first option the default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ ...

Page 49: ...u are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one Legacy ISA card in your system that requires to use this address range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 36K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM B...

Page 50: ...m Press the N key and then the Enter key to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults This Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup Defaults on the main s...

Page 51: ...at the password is case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press the Enter key The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically reverts to the main screen To implement the password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system w...

Page 52: ...orts Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller in the Chipset Features Setup screen When auto detection is completed the program automatically enters all entries you accepted on the field for that drive in the Standard CMOS Setup screen Skipped entries are ignor...

Page 53: ... accept them Press the N key to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save and Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specify during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save Exit Setup option on the main screen and then press the Enter key Exit Without Saving Se...

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Page 55: ...lows the system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP updat ing and will prevent th...

Page 56: ... available for editing The blue text Press ENTER for detail contains a second pop up menu is available use the plus minus keys to change the settings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left hand screen and save enter N to go back to left hand screen and not save If editing has not been made ESC...

Page 57: ...press ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved Load MIFD You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS V DMI Using DMI Utilit...

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Page 59: ...ers provide higher performance than the direct BIOS support To use these drivers you must install them into your system and add them to your system configuration files Driver support for SCSI devices used with SCO UNIX is also provided These drivers are included in the second SCO UNIX floppy disk Win dows 95 support is also available using the device drivers included within the Win dows software T...

Page 60: ... you can connect SCSI devices installed in your system case to the internal connector on the card You also have the additional option of connecting external SCSI devices to the external SCSI 2 connector on the card If you get the ASUS PCI SC200 later on as an option you will need to install it yourself The setup procedure is explained here Setting Up the ASUS PCI SC200 There are two jumper setting...

Page 61: ... the ASUS PCI SC200 with a fifty pin flat ribbon cable External devices connect to the external port with a SCSI 2 cable If there are more than one internal or external devices additional devices are connected with cables to form a daisy chain The SCSI chain must be terminated at both ends or the devices in the chain will not work properly Many SCSI devices use a set of terminating resistors to te...

Page 62: ...mination Required End Device SCSI Device 3 SCSI Device 4 SCSI Device 2 SCSI Device 1 Termination Required End Device No Termination Required JP5 Short SCSI ID Numbers All SCSI devices including the ASUS PCI SC200 interface card must have a SCSI identification number that is not in use by any other SCSI device There are eight possible ID numbers 0 through 7 The ASUS PCI SC200 has a fixed SCSI ID of...

Page 63: ...6C is easily damaged by static electric ity Observe the following precautions while unpacking and handling the board Before handling the board discharge static electricity form your body by touch ing an unpainted area of the system s metal chassis While installing the board ground yourself frequently to discharge any static electricity that may accu mulate in your body After removing the board for...

Page 64: ...onnected to the Audio In on the card you can only use the direct output located in the front panel of the CD ROM and adjust volume level by the knob CD Audio Connector Pin Definitions Sony Audio In Mitsumi Audio In Panasonic Audio In Pin Definition Pin Definition Pin Definition l Right Signal 1 Ground 1 Left Signal 2 Ground 2 Left Signal 2 Ground 3 Ground 3 Ground 3 Right Signal 4 Left Signal 4 Ri...

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