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  • Page 1 P5SJ-A Mainboard User’s Manual...
  • Page 2 P5SJ-A User’s Manual Table Of Contents – II FCC & DOC Compliance FCC & DOC Compliance FCC & DOC Compliance FCC & DOC Compliance FCC & DOC Compliance Federal Communications Commission Statement Federal Communications Commission Statement Federal Communications Commission Statement...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual Table Of Contents – III 1: P5SJ-A Package & Product Information ..... 1.1 About This Manual ............... 1.1 Package Contents ............... 1.3 Mainboard Features ............1.4 Component Information ............. 1.6 Expansion Cards & Slots .............. 1.6 Memory Sockets & Modules ............1.7 CPU Socket &...
  • Page 4 P5SJ-A User’s Manual Table Of Contents – IV Installing A CPU Upgrade ........... 3.9 The Basic Procedure ..............3.9 Configuring External Clock Speed & Factor ........ 3.10 Configuring CPU Voltage ............. 3.10 CPU Jumper Tables & Illustrations ..........3.12 Adding An IDE Peripheral ............ 3.16 IDE Transfer Modes ..............

  • Page 5: 1: P5Sj-A Package & Product Information

    Component Information 1: P5SJ-A Package & Product Information This manual contains all the information you’ll need to use the P5SJ-A mainboard. Please take a moment to familiarize your- self with the design and organization of the manual. About This Manual This manual is divided into four sections: •...
  • Page 6 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 1: Package & Product Information – 1.2 The manual uses some icons to call your attention to impor- tant information. The icons appear in the sidebar and represent the following: • Important information • A recommendation or good idea •...

  • Page 7: Package Contents

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 1: Package & Product Information – 1.3 Package Contents The P5SJ–A mainboard package contains the following items, as noted in the Quick Installation Guide. We’ve listed them here again for your convenience. Please inspect the package contents and confirm that everything is there.

  • Page 8: Mainboard Features

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 1: Package & Product Information – 1.4 Mainboard Features This mainboard is a highly integrated Mini-ATX design that incorporates many features on the board. The mainboard includes the following features: • Socket 7 CPU socket supports Pentium and compatible CPUs up to 266MHz •...
  • Page 9 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 1: Package & Product Information – 1.5 P5SJ-A Mainboard Layout COM2 Printer COM1 KB/Mouse SIMM4 USB Port SIMM3 SIMM2 VGA Port SIMM1 ISA Slots 1 2 3 PCI Slots 4 3 2 1 Battery CPU Socket 7...

  • Page 10: Component Information

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 1: Package & Product Information – 1.6 Component Information This section is a brief description of the components on the mainboard that you might need to know about if you want to upgrade or change your system configuration. If your mainboard is already installed in a system, it isn’t necessary for you to re-...

  • Page 11: Memory Sockets & Modules

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 1: Package & Product Information – 1.7 Memory Sockets & Modules There are four memory module sockets on the mainboard. They use 72-pin SIMM memory modules. The sockets are paired into two ‘banks.’ This means you must install two modules at a time.
  • Page 12 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 1: Package & Product Information – 1.8...

  • Page 13: 2: Using Your Mainboard

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 2: Using Your Mainboard – 2.1 In This Section: System Controls Hardware Features Firmware & Software 2: Using Your Mainboard This section covers the following topics: • System Controls & Indicators • Hardware Features • Firmware & Software...
  • Page 14 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 2: Using Your Mainboard – 2.2 All of these case features connect to the mainboard via con- nector strip J7. Not all system cases have all of these features, so your system may not have all of them. The functions and op- tions for these are shown in the table on the next page.

  • Page 15: Cmos Setup Utility Controls

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 2: Using Your Mainboard – 2.3 CMOS Setup Utility Controls Two sections of the CMOS Setup Utility allow you to config- ure how some of your system’s features work. These are: • BIOS Features Setup • Power Management Setup The CMOS Setup Utility is a program that is permanently stored in the BIOS chip on the mainboard.
  • Page 16 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 2: Using Your Mainboard – 2.4 CMOS Setup Utility – BIOS Features Setup Boot Sequence – This section of the setup utility Controls the order in which allows you to configure some the system checks disk drives system features including Vi- for a boot disk.
  • Page 17 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 2: Using Your Mainboard – 2.5 CMOS Setup Utility – Power Management Setup You can use the Min Saving or This section of the setup utility Max Saving default modes or you can configure the power allows you to configure the...

  • Page 18: Hardware Features

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 2: Using Your Mainboard – 2.6 Hardware Features This section is a brief overview of information about the mainboard’s hardware features that connect to external devices. Onboard Ports There are five external ports on the mainboard. These are ports standard to most personal computers: •...
  • Page 19 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 2: Using Your Mainboard – 2.7 CMOS Setup Utility – Integrated Peripherals The screen illustration shows This section of the setup utility the settings when the Opti- configures the IDE and Floppy mum Settings are loaded. controllers and the settings for...

  • Page 20: Optional Hardware

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 2: Using Your Mainboard – 2.8 Optional Hardware There two feature connectors on the mainboard for optional ports. These require optional external port hardware. USB Ports The USB1 connector on the mainboard supports two Univer- sal Serial Bus ports. An optional external port bracket attaches to the onboard connector via an attached cable.

  • Page 21: Firmware & Software

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 2: Using Your Mainboard – 2.9 Firmware & Software The mainboard hardware is supported by both firmware and software components. Firmware is software that is stored on a chip on the board rather than on disk media.
  • Page 22 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 2: Using Your Mainboard – 2.10 CMOS Setup Utility – This is the main screen for the setup utility from which you access its various sections. The function and use of each section is covered in Section...

  • Page 23: Flashing The Bios

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 2: Using Your Mainboard – 2.11 Flashing The BIOS This mainboard uses the Award BIOS. The BIOS is stored on a programmable flash memory chip on the mainboard. Updates to the BIOS can be installed by installing a new BIOS file on the flash chip, which replaces the existing one.
  • Page 24 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 2: Using Your Mainboard – 2.12 Jumper Settings Mentioned In This Chapter Function Jumper Settings Clear CMOS JP16 Normal Clear Flash Boot JP20 Disable Block Enable Onboard JP23,24,25 Enable JP23:1-2, JP24:2-3, JP25:1-2 Disable JP23:2-3, JP24:1-2, JP25:2-3...

  • Page 25: 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.1 In This Section: Installing Expansion Cards Adding System Memory Installing A CPU Upgrade Adding An IDE Peripheral Adjusting Display Memory 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard This section explains how to install new hardware on your mainboard.

  • Page 26: Configuring Expansion Card Resources In Cmos Setup

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.2 PCI Cards & Slots With very few exceptions, any PCI expansion card you are likely to get will be Plug an Play compliant. If you are using an Operating System that supports PnP, such as Windows 95, you...
  • Page 27 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.3 CMOS Setup Utility – PnP/PCI Configuration If you install an Operating Sys- This is the default screen for tem that supports Plug and this section when Setup De- Play, such as Windows95, faults are loaded.
  • Page 28 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.4 CMOS Setup Utility – PnP/PCI Configuration When ‘Resources Controlled This screen shows an ex- By’ is set to ‘Manual’ you can ample of a manually config- individually configure the IRQ ured IRQ setting for a “Legacy’...

  • Page 29: Adding System Memory

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.5 Adding System Memory There are some requirements you must follow if you want to install system memory. The memory subsystem has four 72-pin SIMM sockets divided into two banks, SIMM1 & SIMM2 and SIMM3 &...

  • Page 30: Memory Configurations

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.6 Memory Configurations You can install any system memory combination as long as you follow the basic requirement of installing identical modules in both sockets of a bank, i.e.: • All modules must be 5 Volt •...
  • Page 31 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.7 SIMM4 SIMM3 SIMM2 SIMM1 Retaining Clips 5598...
  • Page 32 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.8 256MB on this mainboard. Installing Memory Modules To install a module, inset it into the socket at about a 45° angle and then push it up into the retaining clips so that it snaps in place and is at a 90°...

  • Page 33: Installing A Cpu Upgrade

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.9 Installing A CPU Upgrade If you are installing this mainboard it will not have a CPU installed unless your vendor installed one when you purchased the board. If the mainboard is installed in a system, there will already be a CPU installed.

  • Page 34: Configuring External Clock Speed & Factor

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.10 Configuring External Clock Speed & Factor To configure the board for a CPU’s internal clock speed, you have to set the external clock speed (sometimes referred to as the bus speed) and the clock factor so that the result is the internal clock speed of the CPU you are installing.
  • Page 35 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.11 CPU Settings Internal Clock External Clock Clock Factor Intel Pentium CPUs (Including MMX) 75MHz 50MHz x 1.5 90MHz 60MHz x 1.5 100MHz 66.6MHz x 1.5 120MHz 60MHz x 2.0 133MHz 66.6MHz x 2.0...

  • Page 36: Cpu Jumper Tables & Illustrations

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.12 CPU Jumper Tables & Illustrations The next few pages show the CPU jumper settings. The set- tings are listed in the tables as follows: • Where two pins are shorted (connected) by a jumper cap on a three-or-more-pin jumper the shorted pins are listed, e.g.
  • Page 37 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.13 CPU Jumper Settings Function Jumper Settings External JP12–JP15 50MHz 12:2-3, 13:2-3, 15:2-3 Speed 55MHz 12:2-3, 13:2-3, 15:1-2 60MHz 12:2-3, 13:1-2, 15:2-3 66.6MHz 12:1-2, 13:2-3, 15:2-3 75MHz 12:2-3, 13:1-2, 15:1-2 83.3MHz 12:1-2, 13:2-3, 15:1-2 *The 2-3 setting for JP14 sets the PCI bus clock to 32MHz for all speeds.
  • Page 38 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.14 JP12, 13, 15: External Clock Speed JP18: Internal Clock Factor JP15 JP12 50MHz 1.5x 2.0x 55MHz 2.5x 60MHz 3.0x 66.6MHz 3.5x 75MHz 4.0x 83.3MHz JP6: CPU I/O Voltage (Vio) STD 3.3V...

  • Page 39: Jumper Locations

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.15 JP22 JP18 5598 JP12- JP15 Jumper Locations The illustration above shows the location of the CPU jump- ers shown on these pages. JP22: CPU Core Voltage (Vcore) 2.14V 2.94V 3.54V 2.54V 3.24V...

  • Page 40: Adding An Ide Peripheral

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.16 Adding An IDE Peripheral This section covers some aspects of installing internal IDE pe- ripheral devices as they relate to the mainboard. The onboard Enhanced IDE controller supports up to four devices, two per IDE channel.
  • Page 41 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.17 CMOS Setup Utility – Integrated Peripherals You can also set the transfer The illustration above shows mode for each device manu- the Setup Defaults settings for ally, although we recom- this screen. You can install IDE...

  • Page 42: Installing Ide Devices

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.18 Installing IDE Devices The mainboard’s Enhanced IDE controller supports four de- vices in two channels, IDE1 and IDE2. These are called the Pri- mary and Secondary IDE channels. Each channel supports two devices, the first device is called the Master device and the second the Slave device.

  • Page 43: Adjusting Display Memory

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: 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.
  • Page 44 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.20 CMOS Setup Utility – ChipSet Features Setup The VGA Shared Memory Size line sets the size of the dis- play memory. The display memory is drawn from the total system memory. The options are 1, 2, 3 or 4MB.

  • Page 45: 4: P5Sj-A Reference Information

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.1 In This Section: Jumper Summary Connector Summary CPU Information Memory Configurations CMOS Setup Utility 4: P5SJ–A Reference Information This section is a summary of the P5SJ–A’s specifications and settings. It includes the following: •...
  • Page 46 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.2 P5SJ-A Mainboard Layout COM2 Printer COM1 KB/Mouse SIMM4 USB Port SIMM3 VGA Port SIMM2 JP22 SIMM1 JP24 ISA Slots 1 2 3 JP25 JP23 JP16 JP18 PCI Slots 4 3 2 1...

  • Page 47: Jumper Configuration Summary

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.3 Jumper Configuration Summary This section lists the jumper setting options for this mainboard. The settings are listed as follows: • The two pins shorted by a jumper cap on a three-or-more-pin jumper, e.g. 1-2 •...
  • Page 48 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.4 CPU Jumper Settings Function Jumper Settings External JP12–JP15 50MHz 12:2-3, 13:2-3, 15:2-3 Speed 55MHz 12:2-3, 13:2-3, 15:1-2 60MHz 12:2-3, 13:1-2, 15:2-3 66.6MHz 12:1-2, 13:2-3, 15:2-3 75MHz 12:2-3, 13:1-2, 15:1-2 83.3MHz 12:1-2, 13:2-3, 15:1-2 *The 2-3 setting for JP14 sets the PCI bus clock to 32MHz for all speeds.
  • Page 49 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.5 JP12, 13, 15: External Clock Speed JP18: Internal Clock Factor JP15 JP12 50MHz 1.5x 2.0x 55MHz 2.5x 60MHz 3.0x 66.6MHz 3.5x 75MHz 4.0x 83.3MHz JP6: CPU I/O Voltage (Vio) STD 3.3V VRE 3.52V...
  • Page 50 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.6 JP22: CPU Core Voltage (Vcore) 2.14V 2.94V 3.54V 3.24V 2.54V 2.84V 3.34V JP16: Clear CMOS JP20: Flash ROM Boot Block Programmable Boot Block Normal Clear Protect JP23, 24, 25: Onboard VGA Disable...
  • Page 51 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.7 Other Jumper Settings Function Jumper Settings Clear CMOS JP16 Normal Clear* * With the power turned off, put cap on jumper for a moment and then remove to clear current CMOS settings...

  • Page 52: Onboard Connectors

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.8 Onboard Connectors Name: Function Information IDE1: 1st IDE channel 40-pin connector connects to 2-device cable; End device is Primary Master, middle is Slave IDE2: 2nd IDE channel 40-pin connector connects to 2-device cable;...
  • Page 53 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.9 J7: Case Features Connector 1 – 3 4 – 5 6 – 8 9 – 10 11 – 12 13 – 16 17 – 18 19 – 20 Pin 1-3: Power On LED...

  • Page 54: Supported Cpus

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.10 Supported CPUs This mainboard can use CPUs from Intel, Cyrix, IBM and AMD. The board’s switching CPU power design and jumper con- figuration options allow the use of all Pentium class processors from all three vendors, including those with MMX features.

  • Page 55: Interpreting Cpu Markings

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.11 Interpreting CPU Markings If you are installing a CPU and you do not have the informa- tion needed to set the CPU jumper configuration you can usually get it from the makings on the CPU. The following information is a guide to reading the markings.
  • Page 56 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.12 Cyrix 6x86 CPU Markings P–Rating: 90+, 120+, 133+, 150+, 166+, 200+ 6x86 – P166+ GP CPU Model 6x86 Internal Clock Speed 133MHz 6x86L (Core Frequency) 3.52V (028) 100, 110, 120, 133, 150...

  • Page 57: System Memory Specifications

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.13 System Memory Specifications The memory subsystem has four SIMM sockets divided into two banks, SIM1 & SIM2 and SIM3 & SIM4. Install SIMM mod- ules in pairs using the same type and speed in each bank. This mainboard supports both Fast Page Mode (FPM) and EDO DRAM modules.

  • Page 58: Cmos Setup Utility Summary

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.14 CMOS Setup Utility Summary This section explains the entries in the CMOS Setup Utility program. This utility is permanently stored on the BIOS chip on the mainboard. It creates a record of the mainboard’s and some system configuration information and stores it in battery-sup- ported memory on the mainboard.
  • Page 59 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.15...

  • Page 60: Standard Cmos Setup

    P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.16 Menu Commands If you look at the lower portion of the screen illustration you’ll see a section that lists the control commands for this level of the program. You execute a command by pressing the key for that command.
  • Page 61 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.17 • Integrated Peripherals IDE channels and onboard port settings The other main menu items interact with these main sections: • Load BIOS Defaults Loads minimum settings from the BIOS ROM. • Load Optimum Settings Loads optimized settings from the BIOS ROM.
  • Page 62 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.18 Standard CMOS Setup To enter this section, highlight this menu item in the main menu and press the Enter key. The screen above will appear. Menu Commands If you look at the lower portion of the screen illustration you’ll see a section that lists the control commands for this level of the program.
  • Page 63 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.19 Select Item You can use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move around the screen and select a menu item. An item is highlighted when it is selected. Change Color You can change the program color scheme by pressing Shift +...
  • Page 64 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.20 Large Hard Disk Modes The last of the drive parameter entries – Mode – has four op- tions, Normal, LBA, Large and Auto. The Mode settings are for IDE hard disks only.
  • Page 65 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.21 Highlight the listing after each drive name and select the ap- propriate entry. Floppy 3Mode Support 3Mode is a Japanese 3.5-inch floppy disk drive specification. If this type of drive is installed you should enable this feature.
  • Page 66 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.22 BIOS Features Setup To enter this section of the Setup program, highlight this menu item in the main menu and press the Enter key. The following screen will appear. Menu Commands If you look at the lower portion of the screen illustration you’ll see a section that lists the control commands for this level of the program.
  • Page 67 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.23 Help This displays information about the highlighted item when you press the F10 key. Select Item You can use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move around the screen and select a menu item. An item is highlighted when it is selected.
  • Page 68 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.24 Virus Warning This protects the primary hard disk’s boot sector and partition table from infection. Any attempt to write to them will halt the system and produce a warning message. If this happens, you can either allow the system to continue or stop it and boot from a virus-free bootable floppy disk.
  • Page 69 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.25 Swap Floppy Drive This switches the floppy drive assignments so that drive A is treated as drive B: and drive B: as drive A: under DOS. The de- fault setting is Disabled.
  • Page 70 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.26 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop If your video display card has an MPEG card attached to the feature connector, the display may invert to black on white while booting. If this happens with your system configuration, enable this feature to correct the problem.
  • Page 71 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.27 Chipset Features Setup To enter this section of the Setup program, highlight this menu item in the main menu and press the Enter key. The following screen will appear. Menu Commands The menu commands for this screen are the same as for the BIOS Features Setup screen.
  • Page 72 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.28 Memory Hole At 15M–16M Some special add-on cards require a 1MB address space be- tween 15 and 16MB. The documentation for this type of card should tell you if it needs this. The default setting is Disabled.
  • Page 73 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.29 Power Management Setup To enter this section of the Setup program, highlight this menu item in the main menu and press the Enter key. The fol- lowing screen will appear. Menu Commands The menu commands for this screen are the same as for the BIOS Features Setup screen.
  • Page 74 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.30 What Power Management Does Power management lets you set up your computer to save electricity when it is not actively in use by putting the system into progressively greater power saving modes. In the power man-...
  • Page 75 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.31 Video Off Method This governs monitor power saving by controlling how power management blanks the monitor screen. The default setting blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning and re- quires a monitor with “green”...
  • Page 76 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.32 Doze Mode This sets the period of system inactivity after which the sys- tem goes into Doze mode, the most limited power saving state. The settings range from 1 minute to 1 hour and can be set manu- ally when power management is in User Define mode.
  • Page 77 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.33 The system automatically resumes from any power saving mode when there is system activity such as keyboard activity or an IRQ wake-up event like mouse movement or a modem ring. ACPI SW Settings The two ACPI lines control how the system Suspend switch interacts with power management.
  • Page 78 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.34 PNP/PCI Configuration To enter this section of the Setup program, highlight this menu item in the main menu and press the Enter key. The following screen will appear. Menu Commands The menu commands for this screen are the same as for the...
  • Page 79 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.35 Resources Controlled By When this line is set to Auto the BIOS will automatically con- figure IRQ and DMA resources. This is the recommended set- ting. If you set this line to Manual, the screen changes as shown above and allows manual configuration.
  • Page 80 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.36 PCI Actived By The default setting is ‘Level’. The other setting is ‘Edge’. This entry affects all the PCI slots. Use the default setting. PCI IDE IRQ Map To Most of PCI IDE cards are non-PCI compliant. This line de- fines the IRQ Routing to make them work properly.
  • Page 81 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.37 Load BIOS Defaults To invoke this command highlight it in the main menu and press Enter. A message will appear asking if you want to load the BIOS defaults. Press the Y key and then the Enter key. The BIOS default settings will load.
  • Page 82 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.38 Integrated Peripherals This section sets the IDE transfer mode for all IDE channels. It also configures the other onboard ports. Menu Commands The menu commands for this screen are the same as for the...
  • Page 83 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.39 IDE HDD Block Mode Enables hard disk drive block transfer mode . The setting op- tions are: Enabled (default) Disabled On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE Enables or Disables the Primary or Secondary PCI controllers.
  • Page 84 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.40 Onboard Serial Port 1/2 Sets the I/O address for serial ports 1/2. 3F8/IRQ4 (default of Onboard serial Port 1) 2F8/IRQ3(default of Onboard serial Port 2) 3E8/IRQ4 2E8/IRQ3 Disabled UART 2 Mode Sets mode for the second serial port UART. If you select an IR module type, the second serial port will not be available.
  • Page 85 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.41 Onboard Parallel Mode Selects the parallel port mode. The setting options are: SPP (default) ECP/EPP EPP/SPP If you set this option to ‘SPP’ or ‘EPP/SPP’, the ‘ECP Mode Use DMA’ option will not appear on the screen. If you set this option to ‘SPP’...
  • Page 86 P5SJ-A User’s Manual 4: Reference Information – 4.42 Password Setting To invoke this command highlight it in the main menu and press Enter. A message will appear prompting you to enter a pass- word. Type in a password. The password is case sensitive, and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters.

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