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Page 4: ...4 Expansion Cards 23 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 23 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 23 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 24 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 24 Accelerated Graphics Port 24 5 External Connectors 25 Power Connection Procedures 35 Support Software 36 Flash Memory Writer Utility 36 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 36 Main Menu 36 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS 38 6 BIOS S...

Page 5: ...S Smart Motherboard Support CD 59 Desktop Management Interface DMI 60 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 60 System Requirements 60 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 61 VI ASUS CIDB 63 The ASUS CIDB Chassis Sensor 63 Using the ASUS CIDB 63 Setting up the ASUS CIDB 64 ASUS CIDB Additional Considerations 64 VII ASUS LAN Card 65 ASUS PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card 65 Features 66 Softwa...

Page 6: ... 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 interfer ence 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 on a circuit differen...

Page 7: ...S CIDB Installation of theASUS CIDB Chassis Sensor optional VII ASUS L101 Card Installation of the ASUS LAN card optional APPENDIX Glossary of Terms Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 Bag of ...

Page 8: ...tra DMA 33 BM IDE Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels supports Ultra DMA 33 PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup and CD ROM drives Supports two drives of either 5 25 inch 360KB or 1 2MB or 3 5 inch 720KB 1 44MB or 2 88MB disk drives Supports Japanese F...

Page 9: ...the OS PCs can be ready around the clock yet satisfy all the energy saving standards To fully utilize the benefits ofACPI an OS that supports ACPI such as Windows 98 must be used PC 98 Compliant Both the BIOS and hardware levels of the ASUS Smart Series motherboards meet PC 98 compliancy The new PC 98 requirements for systems and components are based on the following high level goals Support for P...

Page 10: ...erheat This will prevent CPU damage from system over heat The CPU utilization will restore normal operations when temperature falls below a safe level Auto Fan Off The system fans will power off automatically even in sleep mode This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise and is an important feature in implementing silent PC systems Dual Function Power Button requires ATX power s...

Page 11: ... Parts 512KB 1MB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache CPU ZIF Socket 7 5 PCI Slots 2 ISA Slots 3 DIMM Sockets ATX Power Accelerated Graphics Port ALi Aladdin V AGPset Serial and Parallel Connectors PS 2 Mouse top and Keyboard USB Port ESS Audio optional Health Monitoring Chip optional Game MIDI Port optional ...

Page 12: ...Bottom USB 2 USB Board Power Input for ATX Power Supply CPU ZIF Socket 7 CPU Thermal Sensor Hardware Monitor Audio Chipset COM 1 COM 2 Line Out Parallel Port Line In Mic In AGP Slot Modem Connector PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 5 Programmable BIOS EEPROM ISA Slot 1 ISA Slot 2 Panel Connections PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 512KB 1MB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache Tag RAM Game Midi Port CD1 AUX BUS Frequency FS...

Page 13: ...versal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 Two 4 pin Female 9 PRIMARY SECOND IDE p 28 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 1 pins 10 IDELED p 28 IDE LEDActivity Light 2 pins 11 ATX p 29 ATX Motherboard Power Connector 20 pins 12 CHASIS p 29 Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead 4 1 pins 13 FAN p 30 PowerSupply Chassis CPUFanPowerLeads Three3pins 14 IR p 30 IrDA compliantInfraredModuleConnector 5 pins 15 MSG LED PANEL p 31 ...

Page 14: ...ansion Cards 5 Connect Ribbon Cables Cabinet Wires and Power Supply 6 Setup the BIOS Software 1 Jumpers WARNING Computer motherboards baseboards and components such as SCSI cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electricity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the ins...

Page 15: ...r sound cards P5A Keyboard Power Up Enable Disable DEFAULT R 1 2 3 1 2 3 WARNING Using a higher voltage may help when overclocking but may result in the shortening of your computer compo nents life Use default setting P5A Voltage Input Output Selection 3 6Volts VIO1 3 5Volts DEFAULT 3 2 1 R 3 2 1 P5A Audio Setting SGNT Enabled DEFAULT 3 2 1 R SREQ SOLOID Disabled SGNT 3 2 1 SREQ SOLOID This featur...

Page 16: ...Hz 33 3MHz CPU AGP PCI FS3 FS2 FS1 FS0 FS3 FS2 FS1 FS0 FS3 FS2 FS1 FS0 FS3 FS2 FS1 FS0 115MHz 77 6MHz 38 3MHz 1 2 3 120MHz 80MHz 40MHz CPU AGP PCI 110MHz 73MHz 36 6MHz CPU A AMD K6 III AMD K6 2 400 faster CPU B AMD K6 2 380 slower AMD K6 CPU C Intel Pentium P54C AMD K5 CPU D Intel Pentium P55C IBM Cyrix 6x86MX IBM Cyrix M II CPU E IBM Cyrix 6x86 IBM Cyrix 6x86L CPU F IDT WinChip 2 CPU BUS Frequenc...

Page 17: ... K5 100 100MHz C 1 5x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 90 90MHz C 1 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium P54C 166MHz C 2 5x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium P54C 150MHz C 2 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium P54C 133MHz C 2 0x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 Intel Pentium P54C 120MHz C 2 0x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 Intel Pentium P54C 100MHz C 1 5x 66MHz 2 3 ...

Page 18: ...r settings to be the same for two voltages of different power planes WARNING Because CPU designs change rapidly the table below is only in tended as a simple guideline and thus may not be true for your CPU Always refer to the CPU documentation for your CPU s voltage and then set the appro priate VID jumpers according to the illustration below Manufacturer CPU Type Single Plane Dual Plane VID3 VID2...

Page 19: ...ct DIMMs This is the memory of choice for best performance vs stability SDRAM chips are generally thinner with higher pin density than EDO Extended Data Output chips BIOS shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen Single sided DIMMs come in 16 32 64 128MB double sided come in 32 64 128 256MB 2 System Memory DIMM This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMMs Sockets are available for 3 3Volt...

Page 20: ...in density P5A 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets 88 Pins 60 Pins 20 Pins Lock R The DIMMs must be 3 3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered RFU Buffered Reserved 3 3V 5 0V The notches on the DIMM will shift between left center or right to identify the type ...

Page 21: ...correct orientation as shown Use the notched corner of the CPU with the white dot as your guide The white dot should point toward the end of the lever Notice that there is a blank area where one hole is missing from that corner of the square array of pin holes and a 1 printed on the motherboard next to that corner Because the CPU has a corner pin for three of the four corners the CPU will only fit...

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Page 23: ...r Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need to use an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclusively assigned to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use by parts of the system which leaves 6 free for expansion cards Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may need to use IRQs System IRQs are avail able to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus f...

Page 24: ... Since all the PCI slots on this motherboarduseanINTA besurethatthejumpersonyourPCIcardsaresettoINTA Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards Some ISAcards both legacy and PnP may also need to use a DMA Direct Memory Access channel DMA assignments for this motherboard are handled the same way as the IRQ assignment process described earlier You can select a DMA channel in the PCI and PnP configuration ...

Page 25: ...he first connector 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standardAT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards PS 2 Keyboard 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 d...

Page 26: ...nting 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 i...

Page 27: ...yed through the Line Out Mic allows microphones to be connected for inputing voice Mic Line In Line Out 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 7 Joystick Midi Connector 15 pin Female with optional onboard audio You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect Midi devices for playing or editing audio Joystick Midi 15 pin Female 8 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 Two 4 pin...

Page 28: ...insert ing in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged R Primary IDE Connector PIN 1 Secondary IDE Connector P5A IDE Connectors NOTE Orient the red markings on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1 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 install one ...

Page 29: ...east 720mAmp P5A ATX Power Connector 3 3 Volts 12 0 Volts Ground Power Supply On Ground Ground Ground 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts Power Good 12 0 Volts 3 3 Volts 3 3 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Standby R 12 Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead 4 1 pin CHASIS This lead is for a chassis intrusion monitor or sensor The sensor is triggered when a high level signal is sent to the...

Page 30: ...Utility or Intel LDCM Utility WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU 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 P5A 12Volt Cooling Fan Power CPU Fan Power GND Rotation 12V GND Rotation 12V R GND Rotation 12V Chassis Fan Power Power Supply Fan...

Page 31: ...status of the system s power 17 Reset Switch Lead RESET 2 pins This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting in order to prolong the life of the system s power supply 18 System Power LED Lead PWR LED 3 pins This 3 pin connector connects the system power LED which lights...

Page 32: ...1 LAN card see section VI ASUS LAN CARD IMPORTANT ThisfeaturerequiresthattheWAKEOnLANPowerUpControlis set to Enabled see Power Management Setup under IV BIOS SOFTWARE and that your system has anATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power P5A Wake On LAN Connector R 5V Standby PME Ground 22 MODEM Card Voice In Connector 4 pin MODEM This connector connects to a compatible modem card P5A Mo...

Page 33: ...o input from such sound sources as a TV tuner or MPEG card P5A Stereo Audio In Connector R Left Audio Channel Right Audio Channel Ground Ground AUX 24 Stereo Audio In Connector 4 pin CD1 This connector allows you to receive stereo audio input from an internal CD ROM drive P5A Stereo Audio In Connector R Left Audio Channel Right Audio Channel Ground Ground CD1 ...

Page 34: ... Management Bus is a specific implementation of an I2 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 supp...

Page 35: ...nitor LED may light up after the system s if it complies with green stan dards 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 set tings and connections ...

Page 36: ...ovided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents displayed on your system Flash Memory Writer Utility Main Menu 1 Save Current BIOS To File This option allows you to save a copy of the original motherboard BIOSincaseyouneedtoreinstall it Itisrecommendedthatyousave AFLASH EXEandtheBIOSfile to a bootable floppy disk IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Memory the memory chip ...

Page 37: ...om a new BIOS file See the next page for proce dures on downloading an updated BIOS file The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM When the program ming is finished Flashed Suc cessfully will be displayed To update your current BIOS type 2 at the Main Menu and then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears Type the filename of your new...

Page 38: ...W or FTP or a BBS Bulletin Board Service seeASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the A prompt type AFLASH and then press Enter 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press Enter See 2 Update BIOS In cluding Boot Block and ESCD on the previous page for more details and the rest of the steps WARNING If you e...

Page 39: ... are installing 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...

Page 40: ...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 the onboard CMOS battery weakens The preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the control keys Take note of these keys and their res...

Page 41: ...ard see section VI for instructions If you install other vendor s SCSI controller card refer to their respective documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers For IDE hard disk drive setup you can Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications Enter the specifications yourself manually by...

Page 42: ...sible with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Drive A Drive B None These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drivesAand B are 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field and then...

Page 43: ...tures Setup Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector This new antivirus solution is unlike native BIOS tools which offer limited virus protection typically by write protecting the partition table With this new solution your computer is protected against boot virus threats earlier in the boot cycle that is before they have a ch...

Page 44: ... writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors HDD MAX This field enhances hard disk performance by making multi sector transfers instead of one sector per transfer Most IDE drives except older versions can utilize this feature Selections are HDD MAX Disabled 2 4 8 16 and 32 HDD S M A R T capability Disabled This field enables or disables S M A R T Self Monit...

Page 45: ...r settings are 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec 250 This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second characters Four delay rate options are available 250 500 750 and 1000 Security Option System When you specify a Supervisor Password and or User Password explained later in this section the Security Option field determines when the system prompts for the password The...

Page 46: ...nabled Leave both on default setting I O Recovery Time 2 BUSCLK Timing for ISA cards Leave on default setting Graphics Aperture Size 64MB Memory mapped graphics data structures can reside in a GraphicsAperture Leave on default setting Frame Buffer Posted Write Enabled Enabling default this feature will increase the efficiency of the CPU to VGAframe buffer cycle Leave on default setting Force PCI_6...

Page 47: ...ult setting of 8MHz does not work with your operating system Onboard FDC Controller Enabled When enabled this field allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy drive connector instead of a separate controller card If you want to use a differ ent controller card to connect the floppy disk drives set this field to Disabled Onboard FDC Swap A B No Swap This field allows you to...

Page 48: ...SIR This motherboard supports IrDA compatible Serial Infrared SIR and Fast Infrared FIR communication modes The FIR mode has two options FIR HP and FIR IBM for computers or peripherals using HP and IBM s infrared transceivers re spectively When using either FIR option FIR DMA Select must be configured to reflect the DMA channel used by the port FIR DMA Select 1 This allows you to configure the DMA...

Page 49: ...puts the system into power saving mode after 40 min of system inactivity Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after 30 sec of system inactivity 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 DEVICE C DOS POWER EXE in you CONFIG...

Page 50: ...ture does not affect SCSI hard disks Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode Disable Thesefieldssettheperiodoftimeafterwhicheachofthesemodesactivate 1Min 2Min 3 Min 4 Min 8 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min or 1 Hour The default setting is Disable Power Up Control This section determines the ways the system can be controlled when it is started or restarted when modem activity is detected or when power to the c...

Page 51: ... and day by selecting By Date Fan Monitor xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the Chassis Fan Speed CPU Fan Speed and the Power Supply Fan Speed in Rotations Per Minute RPM These values refresh upon any key entries in the BIOS setup screen Set to Ignore if one of these are not used so that error messages will not be given Thermal Monitor xxxC xxxF The onboard hardware monitor is...

Page 52: ... for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use If onboard audio is selected PCI Slot 5 can only be used with a PCI slave device The other options are manual settings of NA 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These...

Page 53: ... you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card If a Symbios SCSI card is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI card is detected the onboard Symbios SCSI BIOS will be disabled Disabled will disable the ...

Page 54: ...en Press Y and then Enter to confirm Press N and then Enter 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 Def...

Page 55: ...that the password is case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press Enter The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically re verts to the main screen To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will promp...

Page 56: ...n hanced IDE support for four devices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports 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 i...

Page 57: ...the ones that should be used for your disk do not accept them Press N to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specified during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save Exit Setup option on the main screen type Y and t...

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Page 59: ...s in Adobe Acrobat PDF format BusMaster Installs the ALi BusMaster IDE driver for improved performance Install Audio Driver Displays instructions on installing the audio drivers for Windows 95 DOS and Windows 3 1 InstallAudio Utilities Optional Installs the ESS Audio Rack utilities Refer to the audio manual separate for more information Uninstall Audio Driver Uninstalls the audio adapter device dr...

Page 60: ...image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also allows 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...

Page 61: ...on and are not 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...

Page 62: ...SC 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 SOFTW ARE Using DMI Utility...

Page 63: ...Using the ASUS CIDB 1 You must have an ASUS motherboard with a chassis connector 2 Connect the CIDB directly to the chassis connector or use the provided extension cable and mount the CIDB to the chassis using a double sided foam adhesive tape CAUTION The CIDB component pins and metallic points must not come in contact with another metallic surface or else shorting will occur 3 Check the hardware ...

Page 64: ...efit these mother boards by providing a chassis switch which will operate even when the power is removed Pins 2 3 of the SW jumper can be used for a momentary toggle switch and the CIDB s battery will be used to send an intrusion signal to the motherboard s intrusion memory Setting up the ASUS CIDB Connectors VI ASUS CIDB VI ASUS CIDB CON Sensitivity adjustment for the photo sensor 0 is least sens...

Page 65: ...re using theASUS PCI L101 on anASUS motherboard leave the jumper on its defaut setting of ASUS If you are using another brand of motherboard set the jumper to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the motherboard s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth erboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED to displa...

Page 66: ... Novell Netware 3 x 4 x DOS OS 2 Client NDIS 2 01 Drivers Microsoft LAN Manager Microsoft Windows 3 11 IBM LAN Server NDIS 3 0 Drivers Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 3 11 Question and Answer Q What is Wake On LAN A The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on sys tems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature rem...

Page 67: ...sfers data between com puter components such as memory disks and the display adapter The BIOS in structions are built into the computer s read only memory BIOS parameters can be configured by the user through the BIOS Setup program The BIOS can be updated using the provided utility to copy a new BIOS file into the EEPROM Bit Binary Digit Represents the smallest unit of data used by the computer Ab...

Page 68: ...rams and software applications oper ate including Windows DOS is responsible for allocating system resources such as memory CPU time disk space and access to peripheral devices For this reason DOS constitutes the basic interface between you and your computer Hardware Hardware is a general term referring to the physical components of a computer sys tem including peripherals such as printers modems ...

Page 69: ...ity for data guard ing or striping for data distribution over several drives for increased performance A RAID card is required to setup a RAID system RAM Random Access Memory There are several different types of RAM such as DRAM Dynamic RAM EDO DRAM Extended Data Output DRAM SDRAM Synchronous DRAM ROM Read Only Memory ROM is nonvolatile memory used to store permanent programs called firmware used ...

Page 70: ...lay computer peripherals such as keyboard mouse joystick scanner printer and modem ISDN to be auto matically configured when they are attached physically without having to install drivers or reboot With USB the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated APPENDIX APPENDIX Glossary ...

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