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P2V-B ® Pentium III / II / Celeron Motherboard USER’S MANUAL...
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Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing.
I. INTRODUCTION How this Manual is Organized ............7 Item Checklist ..................7 II. FEATURES Features of the ASUS P2V-B Motherboard ........8 The ASUS P2V-B Motherboard ..........11 III. HARDWARE SETUP Layout of the ASUS P2V-B Motherboard ........12 Installation Steps ................
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Intel LANDesk Client Manager ............75 ASUS PC Probe ................81 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) ..........84 VII. APPENDIX ASUS CIDB Chassis Intrusion Sensor Module ........ 87 ASUS S370 CPU Card ..............89 ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card ..........91 Glossary .................... 93...
Canadian Department of Communications Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana- dian Department of Communications. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
(1) Support CD with drivers and utilities (1) This Motherboard User’s manual ASUS IrDA-compliant module (optional) ASUS USB/MIR module (optional) ASUS CIDB chassis sensor module (optional) ASUS S370 CPU card (optional) ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 ethernet card (optional) ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
II. FEATURES Features of the ASUS P2V-B Motherboard The ASUS P2V-B is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants ad- vanced features processed by the fastest CPU. Specifications ® ® • Multi-Speed: Supports Intel Pentium III (450MHz and faster), Pentium (233MHz to 450MHz) and Celeron (266MHz and faster) processors.
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• PC’98 Compliant: Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS smart series of motherboards meet PC’98 compliancy. The new PC’98 requirements for sys- tems and components are based on the following high-level goals: Support for...
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Voltage Monitoring and Alert: System voltage levels are monitored to ensure stable voltage to critical motherboard components. Voltage specifications are more critical for future processors, so monitoring is necessary to ensure proper system configuration and management. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
II. FEATURES The ASUS P2V-B Motherboard Universal Retention AT Power ATX Power AGPset Module CPU Slot 1 3 DIMM Sockets Connectors AT Keyboard Serial Ports COM1 & COM2 USB/MIR Parallel Port Floppy Connector AGP Slot 3 PCI Slots Multi-I/O &...
34 ATX Power Supply Connector (20 pins) 22) PS/2 p. 34 AT Power Supply Connector (20 pins) The onboard hardware monitor uses the address 290H-297H so legacy ISA cards must not use this address otherwise conflicts will occur. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
300mA on the +5VSB lead and new BIOS support. The default is set to Disable because not all computers have the appropriate ATX power supply. Your computer will not function if you set this to Enable but do not have the appropri- ate ATX power supply. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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Normal Test (Default) P2V-B P2V-B CPU VCORE Voltage Selection WARNING! Using a higher voltage Test for VCORE or 3.66Volts for VIO may help when overclocking but may result in the shortening of your computer component’s life. It is strongly recommended that you leave these jumpers on their default settings.
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36.67MHz 37.33MHz 38.33MHz 40.0MHz 1 2 3 P2V-B P2V-B CPU Bus Frequency 133.00MHz Selection 44.33MHz 5. CPU to BUS Frequency Multiple (BF0, BF1, BF2, BF3) This option sets the frequency multiple between the Internal frequency of the CPU and the CPU’s External frequency. This must be set in conjunction with the CPU BUS Frequency.
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Overclocking your processor is not recommended. It may result in a slower speed. Voltage Regulator Output Selection (VID) is not needed for the Pentium III / II / Celeron processors because they send a VID signal directly to the onboard power con- troller. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
4 or 8 chips/side modules do not support ECC, only 5 or 9 chips/side modules support ECC. • Single-sided DIMMs come in 4, 8, 16, 32, 64,128MB; double-sided come in 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
Lock 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins P2V-B P2V-B 168-Pin DIMM Memory Sockets 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)
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(SECC/SECC2), or a Celeron™ processor packaged in a Single Edge Pro- cessor Package (SEPP). An ASUS S370 CPU card can allow Socket 370 processors to be used on the Slot 1 connector (See ASUS S370 CPU Card in APPENDIX for instructions on using this card).
SECC2/SEPP, with one pair of the heatsink clip legs going first through the corresponding heatsink holes, and then the other pair. (NOTE: The heatsink and SECC2/SEPP holes are slightly offset to ensure good locking grip between the two.) ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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5. Attach the Thermal Sensor Cable (optional): If you purchased an ASUS Smart Fan (ASUS S-P2FAN) with an integrated thermal sensor cable (ASUS P2T-Cable) or purchased separately the P2T-Cable, you can connect the thermal sensor cable to your motherboard’s thermal sensor connector.
ASUS S-P2FAN has an integrated thermal sensor located near the center of the CPU heat source. The sensor is optimized by ASUS to give the most accurate reading of the CPU tempera- ture, thus provides the best protection to your computer system.
The recommended heatsinks for the Slot 1 processors are those with three-pin fans, such as the ASUS Smart Fan, that can be connected to the motherboard’s CPU fan connector. These heatsinks, such as the Elan Vital Heatsink with Fan, dissipate heat more efficiently and with an optional hardware monitor, they can monitor the fan’s...
(to gain access, double-click the System icon under the Control Panel program). Ensure that no two devices share the same IRQs or your computer will experience problems when those two devices are in use at the same time. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) This motherboard provides an accelerated graphics port (AGP) slot to support a new generation of graphics cards with ultra-high memory bandwidth, such as an ASUS 3D hardware accelerator. P2V-B P2V-B Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
(Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta- tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged). Floppy Disk Drive Connector P2V-B Pin 1 P2V-B Floppy Disk Drive Connector ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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Connector USB/MIR P2V-B PIN 1 P2V-B Parallel Port Connector 4. Serial Ports (10-1 pin COM1/COM2) These connectors support the provided serial port ribbon cables with mounting bracket. Connect the ribbon cables to these connectors and mount the bracket to the case on an open slot. You can make available the serial port and choose the IRQ through “Onboard Serial Port”...
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PIN 1 P2V-B Primary IDE Connector P2V-B Primary / Secondary IDE Connectors 6. IDE Activity LED Connector (2-pin IDELED) This connector supplies power to the cabinet’s IDE activity LED. Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors will cause the LED to light up.
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8. Wake-On-LAN Connector (3-pin WOL_CON) This connector connects to a LAN card with a Wake-On-LAN output, such as the ASUS PCI-L101. The LAN card powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received from the network. IMPORTANT: This feature requires that the WAKE On LAN Power Up Con-...
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*Requires an ATX power supply, optional ATX to AT AT power connector adapter and a momentary switch. Reset Switch System Speaker Power Switch* Keyboard Lock SMI Switch P2V-B Message LED Power LED P2V-B System Panel Connectors ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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1: USB +5 Volt 10: USB +5 Volt Optional USB/MIR P2V-B USB, PS/2 Mouse, IrDA Module Connector 17. IrDA-Compliant Infrared Module Connector (5-pin IR) This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature.
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“chassis signal” lead. This occurs when a panel switch or light detector is triggered. This function requires the optional ASUS CIDB Chassis Intrusion Photo Sensor Module (see APPENDIX) to be installed.
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I 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. P2V-B P2V-B SMBus Connector ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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+12.0 Volts +5.0 Volts P2V-B P2V-B ATX Power Supply Connector 22. AT Power Supply Connector (12-pin PS/2) This connector connects to a standard 5 Volt power supply. To connect the leads from the power supply, ensure first that the power supply is not plugged. Most power supplies provide two plugs (P8 and P9), each containing six wires, two of which are black.
Shut down the computer?. The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down. NOTE: The message “You can now safely turn off your computer” will not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
To save your current BIOS, type [1] at the Main Menu and then press <Enter>. The Save Current BIOS To File screen appears. Type a filename and the path, for example, A:\XXX-XX.XXX and then press <Enter>. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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BIOS update, press Y to start the update. The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM. When the pro- gramming is finished, Flashed Successfully will be displayed. Follow the onscreen instruc- tions to continue. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
Updating BIOS Procedures (only when necessary) 1. Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet (WWW or FTP) or a BBS (Bulletin Board Service) (see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details) and save to the disk you created earlier.
Reset button on the system case. You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on again. But do so only if the first two methods fail. When you invoke Setup, the CMOS SETUP UTILITY main program screen will appear with the following options: ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
To set the date, highlight the “Date” field and then press either <Page Up>/<Page Down> or <+>/<–> to set the current date. Follow the month, day and year format. Valid values for month, day and year are: Month: (1 to 12), Day: (1 to 31), Year: (up to 2079). ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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IDE hard disks; set it to Large for drives over 528MB that do not support LBA. Large type of drive can only be used with MS-DOS and is very uncommon. Most IDE drives over 528MB support the LBA mode. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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If you are using a VGA or any higher resolution card, choose EGA/VGA. Halt On This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt. Choose from All Errors; No Errors; All,But Keyboard, All,But Diskette; and All,But Disk/Key. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
Be- cause of conflicts with new operating systems, for example, during installation of new software, you may have to set this to Disabled to prevent write errors. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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This allows the enabling or disabling of the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) system which utilizes internal hard disk drive monitor- ing technology. This feature is normally disabled because system resources used in this feature may decrease system performance. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
The default setting is System, where the system prompts for the User Password every time you start your system. The other option is Setup, where the system goes through its startup routine unless the Setup utility is called, when the system prompts for the Supervisor Password. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
50–60 PCI clocks without PCI delayed transaction. If PCI bus masters cannot use the PCI bus, leave this on the default setting of Disabled for some PCI cards that are not PCI 2.1 compliant. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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DRAM array. EC-Only data errors are detected but not corrected. ECC allows detection of single-bit and multiple-bit errors and recovery of single-bit er- rors. (See section III for more information on DRAM memory modules.) ............................ ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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Because each IDE device may have a different Mode timing (0, 1, 2, 3, 4), it is necessary for these to be independent. The default setting of Auto will allow autodetection to ensure optimal performance ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
(under the Advanced tab). Video Off Option (Suspend -> Off ) This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management. The settings are Always On and Suspend -> Off. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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4 seconds. Suspend allows the button to have a dual function where pressing less than 4 seconds will place the system in sleep mode. Regardless of the setting, holding the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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NOTE: If any of the monitored items are out of range, an error message will appear: “Hardware Monitor found an error, enter POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP for details”. You will then be prompted to “Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter SETUP”. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
ICU, you must set the field for that IRQ to Yes. For example: If you install a legacy ISA card that requires IRQ 10, then set IRQ10 Used By ISA to Yes............................ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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USB devices, you may set this feature to Disabled to save an extra IRQ# for expansion cards. VGA BIOS Sequence (PCI/AGP) You can select the search order for your VGA card(s). PCI/AGP will detect PCI VGA cards before AGP, and AGP/PCI will detect AGP cards before PCI VGA. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
<Enter>. The system displays a confirmation message on the screen. 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. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
(2) Short the solder points, (3) Turn ON your computer, (4) Hold down <Delete> during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re-enter user preferences. Short solder points to Clear CMOS CLRTC P2V-B P2V-B Clear RTC RAM ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
The autodetection feature can only detect one set of parameters for a particular IDE hard drive. yyyySome IDE drives can use more than one set. This is not a problem if the drive is new and empty. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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If the auto-detected parameters do not match 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. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the modifications you specify during the current session. To exit without saving, highlight the “Exit Without Sav- ing” option on the main screen and then press <Enter>. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
Windows may load an older display driver that is incompatible with the onboard VGA chip. Always use the driver available on the ASUS Support CD or an appli- cable driver update from your ASUS vendor or from the ASUS web site.
Adobe Acrobat Reader: Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to view user’s manuals saved in PDF format, such as that of the ASUS PC Probe. Updated or other language versions of this motherboard's manual is available in PDF format at any of our web sites.
Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. NOTE: LDCM will not run if ASUS’ PC Probe utility is installed. To uninstall PC Probe, see section on Uninstalling Programs.
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V. SOFTWARE SETUP 7. Click here. 8. Click here. 10. Click here. 9. Click here. 11. Click here and then click Finish to restart. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. NOTE: LDCM will not run if ASUS’ PC Probe utility is installed. To uninstall PC Probe, see section on Uninstalling Programs.
Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. NOTE: ASUS PC Probe will not run if Intel’s LDCM utility is installed. To uninstall Intel’s LDCM utility, see section on Uninstalling Programs.
CD-ROM drives. Ultra DMA/33 almost doubles the maximum transfer speed of the ATA-3 standard and improves data integrity. 3b. Select the IDE devices that 3a. Click here and then click you want DMA mode to be Next. enabled then click here. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
This driver is not neces- 7. Click here and then sary for PCI cards in Windows 98, which in- click Finish to restart. stalls its default driver. See section on P2V-B Support CD for other information. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
4. Click here. 6. Insert a floppy disk and then click here. 5. Click Express Install and then click here. 7. Once the Emergency Clean Disk is created, click here. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
1. Double-click here to open the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box. 2. Select the program you wish to remove and click here. 3. Click here. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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Windows registry. From this point on, when you run Client Manager or open the Select Computer dialog box, Client Manager checks to see if these computers (listed in the registry) are available and healthy. Main Client Manager Window ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
Opens the File Transfer dialog box Tools | Transfer Files Tools | Reboot Reboots the computer Tools | DMI Explorer Opens the DMI Explorer Opens the Set Access Rights dialog box Tools | Set Access Rights ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
Removes a computer from the list of discovered computers Wakes up a sleeping computer Shows all discovered computers Shows only available computers Shows only unhealthy computers Shows a simple list view Shows a detailed list view ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
You may need to change your list view to display all computers. 2. Click the Wake Up Computer button on the toolbar to wake up the selected computer(s) or press <Alt>+<W>. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
System information is not stored in this same database, that information is not avail- able for a computer with a status of Unavailable. Remember that some items may not be current if the properties have changed while the computer was off the net- work. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
Warning, or Critical) is not known. Normal (Mobile) A computer that includes support for mobile PC fea- tures, such as mobile battery. Mobile computers display the same array of health icons (above) used for non- mobile computers. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
Monitor” or “Hide”. You can select whether you want the splash screen to show the next time it opens. Click ASUS PC Probe from the Start button to run the utility if you exit the utility or did not set it to “Run when Windows Starts.”...
VI. SOFTWARE REFERENCE Using the ASUS PC Probe Fan Rotation Status Analog view of PC’s fan rotation Digital view of PC’s fan rotation PC’s Fan warning threshold adjustment PC Temperature Status Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Analog view of PC’s temperature Digital view of PC’s temperature...
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PC Probe Task Bar Icon Right clicking the PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to turn on, off, or exit ASUS PC Probe. The icon appears dimmed when off or un- available.
VI. SOFTWARE REFERENCE Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Con- figuration 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, and internal/external frequencies, and memory size.
VI. SOFTWARE REFERENCE Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility NOTE: The following screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents on your system. Edit DMI (or delete) Use the (left-right) cursors to move the top menu items and the (up-down) cursor to move between the left hand menu items.
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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. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
VII. APPENDIX ASUS CIDB Chassis Intrusion Sensor Module The optional ASUS CIDB is a module for providing audio alarm and logging when there is an intrusion into the chassis of a computer system. The module detects a chas- sis intrusion by either light striking its photo sensor or by contact when its switch connectors are shorted by chassis-mounted momentary toggle switches.
VII. APPENDIX Setting up the ASUS CIDB Enable Disable CR2032 3V JP1: Enable/Disable Lithium Cell the Photo Sensor Buzzer best range +5 volt standby (sensitive) 0 (not sensitive) from power supply CON: Sensitivity adjustment for the photo sensor, (0) is least sensitive...
The following picture shows the ASUS S370 CPU card with a plastic retainer at- tached to the edge. The retainer is used to hold the ASUS S370 CPU card in place using the motherboard’s Slot 1 retention mechanism.
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VII. APPENDIX Setting up the ASUS S370 CPU Voltage Screw Hole Screw Hole Brown Lever ASUS S370 Jumper Settings Setting the CPU voltage is not necessary for current socket 370 processors. If re- quired, your socket 370 processor should have its voltage requirement printed on its surface or documentation.
Motherboard type Other If you are using the ASUS PCI-L101 on an ASUS 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-...
A: To enable Wake-On-LAN function, your system requires Ethernet LAN adapter card that can activate Wake-On-LAN function, a client with Wake-On-LAN capa- bility, and software such as LDCM Rev. 3.10 or up that can trigger wake-up frame. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
PIO (Programmable I/O) IDE requires that the CPU be involved in IDE access and waiting for mechanical events. Bus master IDE transfers data to/from the memory without interrupting the CPU. Bus master IDE driver and bus master IDE hard disk drives are required to support bus master IDE mode. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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33 IDE devices can achieve up to 33MB/Sec transfer. LPT Port (Line Printer Port) Logical device name reserved by DOS for the computer parallel ports. Each LPT port is configured to use a different IRQ and address assignment. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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High speed parallel interface defined by the X3T9.2 committee of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for connecting many peripheral devices. System Disk A system disk contains the core file of an operating system and is used to boot up the operating system. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...
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With USB, the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated. ASUS P2V-B User’s Manual...