Asus Mediabus Card - Asus P I-P65UP5 C-PKND User Manual

ASUS MediaBus Card

MediaBus allows a cost-efficient solution to a complete multimedia system. The
advantages of using one add-on card is to reduce the slot requirements and compat-
ibility problems in order to maximize the Plug and Play advantages. The add-on
card inserts into the shared PCI 5 / MediaBus 2.0 Slot.
IMPORTANT: PCI Slots 4 & 5 share the same IRQ. If using PCI cards on
both slots 4 & 5, make sure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that one
card does not need an IRQ assignment. Conflicts will arise on PCI Slots 4 & 5
that will make the system unstable.
NOTE: This baseboard uses MediaBus Rev. 2.0. The previous MediaBus cards
designed for MediaBus Rev. 1.2 will not fit into the MediaBus Rev 2.0 that is on
this baseboard.
The difference between Rev. 1.2 and Rev. 2.0 is that the later revision has 72 pins
instead of 68 pins so it does not have to use any PCI slot signals reserved for PCI
cards, therefore the baseboard's PCI Slot 5 can meet standard specifications. The
gap between the MediaBus extension and the PCI Slot 5 has been increased from
0.32" to 0.40" in order to prevent Rev. 1.2 MediaBus cards from being installed into
the new baseboards and vice versa.
The following are MediaBus cards designed for MediaBus 2.0 that can be used on
this baseboard:
• PCI-AS2940UW
• PCI-AV264CT-N
• PCI-AV264VT
• PCI-AV264GT
• PCI-AV264GT/Plus
The following are MediaBus cards designed for MediaBus 1.2 and therefore can-
not be used on this baseboard:
• PCI-AS7870
• PCI-AV264CT
• PCI-AV868
* All the above Audio features Creative Technology, Ltd.
* All the above Video features ATI, Inc. (AV868 Video features S3, Inc.)
* All the above SCSI features Adaptec, Inc.
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III. INSTALLATION
Ultra Fast/Wide SCSI & Audio MediaBus Card
PCI Audio & Video MediaBus Card
PCI Audio & Video MediaBus Card
PCI Audio & Video MediaBus Card
PCI Audio & Video MediaBus Card
Fast/Wide SCSI & Audio MediaBus Card
PCI Audio & Video MediaBus Card
PCI Audio & Video MediaBus Card
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