Asus P5WDG2 WS PROFESSIONAL Computer Hardware User Manual


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Contents
Notices ................................................................................................vii
Safety information .............................................................................viii
About this guide .................................................................................. ix
P5WDG2 WS Professional/ P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP
specications summary ....................................................................... xi
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Welcome! .............................................................................. 1-1
1.2 Package contents .................................................................
1-1
1.3 Special features ....................................................................
1-2
1.3.1 Product highlights ...................................................
1-2
1.3.2 ASUS Intelligence (AI) features .............................
1-5
1.3.3 Innovative ASUS features ......................................
1-6
Chapter 2: Hardware information
2.1 Before you proceed .............................................................. 2-1
2.2 Motherboard overview ..........................................................
2-2
2.2.1 Placement direction ................................................
2-2
2.2.2 Screw holes .............................................................
2-2
2.2.3 ASUS Stack Cool 2 ..................................................
2-3
2.2.4 Motherboard layout ................................................
2-4
2.2.5 Layout contents .....................................................
2-5
2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ..............................................
2-7
2.3.1 Installing the CPU ....................................................
2-8
2.3.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan .......................
2-10
2.3.3 Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan ...................
2-12
2.4 System memory ..................................................................
2-14
2.4.1 Overview ...............................................................
2-14
2.4.2 Memory congurations .........................................
2-14
2.4.3 Installing a DIMM ...................................................
2-19
2.4.4 Removing a DIMM ..................................................
2-19
2.5 Expansion slots ...................................................................
2-20
2.5.1 Installing an expansion card ..................................
2-20
2.5.2 Conguring an expansion card ..............................
2-20
2.5.3 Interrupt assignments ...........................................
2-21
2.5.4 PCI Express x16 slots ............................................
2-22
2.5.5 PCI slots ................................................................
2-22
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