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P/I-AP55TV User Manual - Page 2
... on the board itself. Manual revisions are released for each board design represented by the digit before and after the period of the manual revision number. Manual updates are represented by the third digit in the manual revision number. For updated BIOS, drivers, or product release information you may visit ASUS' home page at: http://www.asus.com.tw/
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... Unit (CPU 15 4. Expansion Cards 16 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 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...
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VI. Microsoft Windows 95 53
Video Driver Installation 53 Video Driver Installation 54 Video Driver Installation 55 Video Driver Installation 56
Software MPEG & Video Player 57 Windows 95 Display Settings 58
VII. Microsoft Windows 3.x 59
Video Driver Installation 59 Video Driver Installation 60 Software MPEG & Video Player 61
ATI Desktop Control Panel 62 ATI Desktop Features 62...
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... Instructions on setting up the motherboard. BIOS software setup information. BIOS supported Desktop Management Interface ATI VGA Drivers and Utilities
Item Checklist
Please check that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing items, please contact your retailer.
√ The ASUS P/I-AP55TV motherboard
√ 1 IDE ribbon cable
√ 1 floppy ribbon cable
√ Support...
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.... 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 PNPAND
PCI SETUP) 9. Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card.
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... the PCI and PNP configuration section of the BIOS Setup utility.
IMPORTANT: Choose "Yes" for those IRQ's and DMA's you wish to reserve for Legacy (Non-PnP) ISA expansion cards in "IRQ xx Used By ISA" and "DMA x Used By ISA" of the PNP and PCI Setup in the BIOS SOFTWARE section, otherwise conflicts may occur.
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IV. BIOS SOFTWARE
Support Software
IV. BIOS (Flash Memory Writer)
FILELIST.TXT - View this file to see the files included in the support software.
PFLASH.EXE - This is the Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM chip on the motherboard. To determine the BIOS version, check the last four numbers of the code displayed on the ...
P/I-AP55TV User Manual - Page 35
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE
6. BIOS Setup
The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips: 5 Volt and 12 Volt. Either of these memory chips can be updated when BIOS upgrades are released. Use the Flash Memory Writer utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip as described in detail in this section.
All computer motherboards provide a Setup utility program for specifying the system ...
P/I-AP55TV User Manual - Page 46
... 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 activated by the BIOS Power Management. For DOS environments, you need to add DEVICE=C:\DOS\POWER.EXE in you CONFIG.SYS. For Windows 3.x and Windows 95, you need to install Windows with the...
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(Flash Memory Writer)
V. DESKTOP MANAGEMENT
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility
This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Configuration Utility to maintain the Management Information Format Database (MIFD). DMI is able to auto-detect and record information pertinent to a computer's system such as the CPU type, CPU speed, ...
P/I-AP55TV User Manual - Page 59
... Device windows appears. 7. Click Show all devices - Manufacturers and Models appears 8. Click (Standard display types) - Standard Display Adapter (VGA) is selected 9. Click OK button - Change Display Type windows appears. 10. Click Apply button - System Settings Change window appears 11. Click Yes button to restart your computer now - restart in normal mode.
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P/I-AP55TV User Manual - Page 62
... previous procedures, you may use the following steps:
1. Insert the ASUS installation CD (or double click on the CD drive in "My Computer" if CD already inserted)- ASUS Windows 95 Install Shell appears.
2. Click Install Windows 95 Display Driver - Display Properties and installation information appears.
3. Select the Settings tab and Continue from step 2 above.
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... OK button - Installation complete message will appear 4. Click Restart Windows button when finished
The setup program will give you "ATI Multimedia" in your Programs group and start button. The following icons will be available from the "Start" button once the driver has successfully been installed. Click ATI Player to bring up the ATI Player screen.
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... - Restart Windows appears 8. Click Restart now to complete installation - ATI Desktop group and icon will
appear upon restart - Install Shell Message appears:
Now installation process will continue. If you want to install Video for Windows, please keep your ASUS driver CD in CD-ROM drive.
9. Click OK - Follow the instructions for Software MPEG & Video Player.
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... driver is successfully installed !!" - press any key. 6. "Do you want to launch Windows 3.1 to continue installation now? (Y/N) 7. Install Shell Message appears:
Now installation process will continue. If you want to install Video for Windows, please keep your ASUS driver CD in CD-ROM drive. 8. Click OK - Follow the instructions for Software MPEG & Video Player.
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...MEMMAKER" under DOS to optimize your memory configuration.
6. Click Continue - ATI Setup: ATI VIDEO PLAYER appears with message 7. Click OK to start installation - Installation completed message appears. 8. Click OK to complete installation - Restart Windows? appears 9. Click Restart Windows button. 10. The Video Player icon will be added to the ATI Desktop menu.
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...if CD already inserted)- ASUS Windows NT Install Shell appears.
2. Click Install Windows NT Display Driver - Display Properties and installation information appears.
3. Select the Settings tab and Continue from step 2 above.
NOTE: Video for Windows, Direct Video, & Video Player is not available for any versions of Windows NT.
IX. Windows NT (Driver Installation)
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... After reboot the Invalid Display Settings window appears - Click OK 19. The Display Settings dialogue box appears - Select a desired display mode. For more detailed information about changing your display mode, click Help.
IX. Windows NT (Driver Installation)
NOTE: Video for Windows, Direct Video, & Video Player is not available for any versions of Windows NT.
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...board is present, it may indicate an I/O conflict, conflicts between the Extended Memory Manager (EMM) and the video ROM. Try removing all other boards from the system and booting from a plain DOS disk. Try excluding the video BIOS address (C0000-C7FFF) from the memory manager. Refer to the documentation furnished with the memory manager software for information.
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... 95 after changing the monitor type.
In Windows 95, display drivers can be installed via the "Add New Hardware" wizard. This is not recommended because when the Windows 95 mach64 enhanced display driver is installed via the "Add New Hardware" wizard the "Settings" page does not get installed into the mach64 display adapter property sheet.
Windows 95 property page problems While adjusting monitor...