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1.1 Welcome! Thank you for choosing the ASUS G1-P5G43! The ASUS G1-P5G43 is an all-in-one barebone system with a versatile home entertainment feature. The system comes in a stylish casing and powered by the ASUS motherboard that supports the Intel® Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Duo / Pentium® Dual-Core processors in the 775-land package. The system supports up to 16 GB of system memory using DDR2-1066/800/667 DIMMs. High-resolution graphics via integrated graphics controller or PCI Express x16 slot, Serial ATA, USB 2.0, and 8-channel audio feature the system and take you ahead in the world of power computing. 1.2 Front panel The front panel includes the optical drive bays, hard disk drive bay, power button, and I/O ports. 1. Power button 1 4 56 2. Optical drive bay cover 7 3. 5.25-inch drive bay cover 2 4. MemoryStick®/Memory Stick Pro™ card slot 3 5. Secure Digital™/ Multimedia Card slot 8 9 10 2 3 6. Card reader LED 7. CompactFlash®/ Microdrive™ card slot 8. Headphone port 9. Microphone port 10. USB 2.0 ports 1-2 Chapter 1: System introduction

Section	Page
Notices	6
Safety information	6
About this guide	7
System package contents	9
System introduction	11
1.1 Welcome!	12
1.2 Front panel	12
1.3 Rear panel	13
1.4 Internal components	16
Basic installation	17
2.1 Preparation	18
2.2 Before you proceed	18
2.3 Removing the side cover and front panel assembly	19
2.4 Central Processing Unit (CPU)	20
2.4.1 Overview	20
2.4.2 Installing CPU	20
2.4.3 Installing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly	22
2.5 Installing a DIMM	24
2.5.1 Overview	24
2.5.2 Memory configurations	25
2.5.3 Installing a DDR2 DIMM	31
2.5.4 Removing a DDR2 DIMM	31
2.6 Expansion slots	32
2.6.1 PCI slots	32
2.6.2 PCI Express x1 slot	32
2.6.3 PCI Express x16 slot	32
2.6.4 Installing an expansion card	33
2.6.5 Configuring an expansion card	33
2.7 Installing storage drives	34
2.7.1 Installing an optical drive	34
2.7.2 Installing a hard disk drive	34
2.8 Reinstalling the front panel assembly and side cover	35
Starting up	37
3.1 Installing an operating system	38
3.2 Powering up	38
3.3 Support DVD information	38
3.3.1 Running the support DVD	39
3.3.2 Utilities menu	40
3.3.3 ASUS Contact information	41
3.3.4 Other information	41
Motherboard info	43
4.1 Introduction	44
4.2 Motherboard layout	44
4.3 Jumpers	45
4.3 Connectors	47
BIOS setup	55
5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS	56
5.1.1 ASUS Update utility	56
5.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility	57
5.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS	58
5.2 BIOS setup program	59
5.2.1 BIOS menu screen	60
5.2.2 Menu bar	60
5.2.3 Navigation keys	61
5.2.4 Menu items	61
5.2.5 Submenu items	61
5.2.7 Pop-up window	61
5.2.8 Scroll bar	61
5.2.9 General help	61
5.3 Main menu	62
5.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xx]	62
5.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]	62
5.3.3 SATA 1-6	62
5.3.4 Storage Configuration	63
5.3.5 System Information	64
5.4 Advanced menu	65
5.4.1 CPU Configuration	65
5.4.2 Chipset	66
5.4.3 Onboard Devices Configuration	67
5.4.4 USB Configuration	68
5.4.5 PCI PnP	69
5.5 Power menu	70
5.5.1 Suspend Mode [Auto]	70
5.5.2 ACPI 2.0 Support [Disabled]	70
5.5.3 ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]	70
5.5.4 APM Configuration	71
5.5.5 Hardware Monitor	71
5.6 Boot menu	73
5.6.1 Boot Device Priority	73
5.6.2 Boot Settings Configuration	73
5.6.3 Security	74
5.7 Tools menu	76
5.7.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2	76
5.7.2 AI NET 2	76