P5SD-B User’s Manual
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Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.19
IDE cables have three connectors on them, one at each end
and one in-between, closer to one of the ends. When you install
a device on the second channel, attach the lone end to the IDE2
connector on the mainboard. The two connectors that are closer
to each other are for connecting to IDE devices. The connector
on the end is for the Master device and the connector in the middle
is for the Slave device.
IDE Devices & CMOS Setup
When you install a new hard disk drive its parameters will be
automatically detected by the BIOS and entered in the Standard
CMOS Setup section of the CMOS Setup utility if you use the
Setup Defaults, which automatically detect any new hard disk
drive. All other devices do not use drive parameters and will not
show up in the device list on this page.
Installing an AGP Card
An AGP display card installs in the AGP slot on the main-
board and secures to the system case at the matching expansion
slot opening. Any AGP card will require Operating System sup-
port, which will be implemented in Windows 98 and later ver-
sions of Microsoft Windows.
Review the card documentation for any additional installa-
tion instructions.
Adjusting The AGP Memory Aperture
If you install an AGP display card, you may want to use some
portion of the system memory for the AGP cards 3D support
features. The AGP Memory Aperture line in the CMOS Setup
Utility’s Chipset Features Setup section sets the amount of
memory available to the AGP card. The default setting is 64MB,
but you can adjudt this from 4MB to 256MB. The memory aper-
ture is not dedicated to the AGP card. When the card is not using
it, the aperture memory is available to the system.
To decide what size aperture to use, consult you AGP card
documentation and the documentation for any 3D progarms you
plan to use.