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About this guide .............................................................................. iii
How this guide is organized .................................................... iii
Conventions used in this guide ............................................... iii
Safety information ........................................................................... vi
FCC/CDC statements .................................................................... vii
ASUS contact information ............................................................. viii
Chapter 1: Product introduction ............................................. 1
Welcome! ........................................................................................ 1
1.1 Package contents .................................................................. 1
1.2 Core Specifications ................................................................ 2
1.3 Special Features .................................................................... 3
1.4 Motherboard Components ...................................................... 4
1.4.1 Component Locations ................................................ 5
Chapter 2: Hardware information ............................................ 1
2.1 Motherboard installation ......................................................... 7
2.1.1 Placement direction ................................................... 7
2.1.2 Screw holes ............................................................... 7
2.2 Motherboard layout ................................................................ 8
2.2.1 Layout contents ......................................................... 9
2.3 Before you proceed ............................................................... 11
2.4 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ............................................. 12
2.4.1 Overview ..................................................................12
2.4.2 Installing the CPU .................................................... 13
2.5 System memory .................................................................... 14
2.5.1 Overview ..................................................................14
2.5.2 Memory configurations ............................................ 15
2.5.3 Installing a DIMM ..................................................... 15
2.6 Expansion slots .....................................................................16
2.6.1 Installing an expansion card ..................................... 16
2.6.2 Configuring an expansion card ................................ 16
2.6.3 PCI slots ...................................................................18
2.6.4 AGP slot ...................................................................18
2.7 Switches and jumpers ...........................................................19
2.8 Connectors ...........................................................................29
Chapter 3: Powering up ........................................................... 1
3.1 Starting up for the first time ................................................... 45
3.2 Vocal POST Messages .........................................................46