Asus P4S800 P4S800 User Manual - Page 24

1.10 Expansion slots The motherboard has five PCI slots, one Accelerated Graphics Port slot and the ASUS proprietary Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) slot. To install and configure an expansion card: 1. Install an expansion card following the instructions that came with the chassis. 2. Turn on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. See Chapter 2 for BIOS information. 3. Install the drivers and/or software applications for the expansion card according to the card documentation. Install only 1.5V AGP cards on this motherboard! 1.10.1 Standard interrupt assignments IRQ Priority Standard Function 0 1 System Timer 1 2 Keyboard Controller 2 N/A Programmable Interrupt 3* 11 Communications Port (COM2) 4* 12 Communications Port (COM1) 5* 13 IRQ holder for PCI steering 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller 7* 15 Printer Port (LPT1) 8 3 System CMOS/Real Time Clock 9* 4 IRQ holder for PCI steering 10* 5 Advance AC'97 CODEC 11* 6 Standard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA) 12* 7 PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 8 Numeric Data Processor 14* 9 Primary IDE Channel 15* 10 Secondary IDE Channel * These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices. 1.10.2 IRQ assignments for this motherboard A B C D E F GH PCI slot 1 - shared - - - - - - PCI slot 2 - - shared - - - - - PCI slot 3 - - - shared - - - - PCI slot 4 shared PCI slot 5 - shared - - - - - - WiFi slot - shared - - - - - - AGP slot - shared - - - - - - Onboard USB 1.1/2.0 controller - - - - shared shared shared shared Onboard LAN - - - shared - - - - Onboard Audio - - shared - - - - - When using PCI cards on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments. Otherwise, conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups, making the system unstable and the card inoperable. 1-14 Chapter 1: Product introduction