Table of Contents
Congratulations..................................................................................................... 3
Parts NOT in the Kit ........................................................................................... 3
Hardware Installation ............................................................................................ 4
Preparing the Motherboard ................................................................................ 4
Installing the CPU .......................................................................................... 4
Installing the CPU Fan.................................................................................... 5
Installing System Memory (DIMMs) ................................................................ 5
Installing the Motherboard ................................................................................. 5
Installing the I/O Shield ................................................................................. 6
Securing the Motherboard into a System Case ................................................. 6
Connecting Cables ............................................................................................. 6
24-pin ATX Power (ATXPOWER).................................................................. 7
4-pin ATX 12V Power (ATX_CPU) ................................................................ 7
Connecting Serial ATA Cables ..................................................................... 7
Front Panel Header (F_PANEL) ................................................................... 8
Expansion Slots .......................................................................................... 8
Enter BIOS Setup .................................................................................................. 9
Verify/Change BIOS settings .............................................................................. 9
Installing Drivers and Software ............................................................................ 10
Windows XP/Vista/7 Driver Installation ............................................................. 10