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Contents
Notices
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vii
FCC Radio Frequency (RF) Exposure Caution Statement
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vii
Declaration of Conformity (R&TTE directive 1999/5/EC)
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viii
CE Marking
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viii
Wireless Operation Channel for Different Domains
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ix
France Restricted Wireless Frequency Bands
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ix
IC Radiation Exposure Statement for Canada
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x
Safety information
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xi
About this guide
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xiii
Crosshair V Formula speciļ¬cations summary
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xv
ROG ThunderBolt speciļ¬cations summary
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Chapter 1:
Product introduction
1.1
Welcome!
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1-1
1.2
Package contents
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1-1
1.3
Special features
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1-2
1.3.1
Product highlights
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1-2
1.3.2
ROG ThunderBolt LAN/Audio Combo
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1-3
1.3.3
ROG Intelligent Performance & Overclocking features... 1-4
1.3.4
ASUS special features
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1-7
Chapter 2:
Hardware information
2.1
Before you proceed
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2-1
2.2
Motherboard overview
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2-2
2.2.1
Motherboard layout
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2-2
2.2.2
Layout contents
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2-3
2.2.3
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
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2-4
2.2.4
System memory
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2-5
2.2.5
Expansion slots
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2-11
2.2.6
Onboard LEDs
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2-14
2.2.7
Jumpers
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2-18
2.2.8
Internal connectors
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2-19
2.2.9
Onboard switches
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2-28
2.2.10
ProbeIt
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2-31
2.3
Building your computer system
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2-32
2.3.1
Additional tools and components to build a PC system 2-32