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Features Contents Notices v Safety information vi About this guide vii ASUS contact information viii P4P800-MX specifications summary ix Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome 1-2 1.2 Package contents 1-2 1.3 Special features 1-2 1.4 Motherboard components 1-4 1.5 Motherboard layout 1-8 1.6 Before you proceed 1-9 1.7.1 Placement direction 1-10 1.7.2 Screw holes 1-10 1.7 Motherboard installation 1-10 1.8 Central Processing Unit (CPU 1-11 1.8.1 Overview 1-11 1.8.2 Installing the CPU 1-12 1.9 System memory 1-13 1.9.1 Memory configurations 1-13 1.9.2 Installing a DIMM 1-15 1.10 Expansion slots 1-16 1.10.1 Standard interrupt assignments 1-16 1.10.2 IRQ assignments for this motherboard 1-16 1.10.3 PCI slots 1-17 1.11 Jumpers 1-18 1.12 Connectors 1-20 Chapter 2: BIOS information 2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS 2-2 2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 2-2 2.1.2 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS 2-2 2.1.3 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS 2-3 2.1.4 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2 ....... 2-4 2.2 BIOS Setup program 2-6 2.2.1 BIOS menu screen 2-7 2.2.2 Menu bar 2-7 2.2.3 Navigation keys 2-7 2.2.4 Menu items 2-8 iii

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iii
Features
Contents
Notices
............................................................................................
v
Safety information
..........................................................................
vi
About this guide
.............................................................................
vii
ASUS contact information
............................................................
viii
P4P800-MX specifications summary
..............................................
ix
Chapter
1:
Product introduction
1.1
Welcome!
...........................................................................
1-2
1.2
Package contents
...............................................................
1-2
1.3
Special features
..................................................................
1-2
1.4
Motherboard components
..................................................
1-4
1.5
Motherboard layout
............................................................
1-8
1.6
Before you proceed
............................................................
1-9
1.7.1
Placement direction
.............................................
1-10
1.7.2
Screw holes
.........................................................
1-10
1.7
Motherboard installation
...................................................
1-10
1.8
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
..........................................
1-11
1.8.1
Overview
...............................................................
1-11
1.8.2
Installing the CPU
................................................
1-12
1.9
System memory
...............................................................
1-13
1.9.1
Memory configurations
........................................
1-13
1.9.2
Installing a DIMM
.................................................
1-15
1.10
Expansion slots
................................................................
1-16
1.10.1
Standard interrupt assignments
...........................
1-16
1.10.2
IRQ assignments for this motherboard
................
1-16
1.10.3
PCI slots
..............................................................
1-17
1.11 Jumpers
............................................................................
1-18
1.12 Connectors
.......................................................................
1-20
Chapter
2:
BIOS information
2.1
Managing and updating your BIOS
....................................
2-2
2.1.1
Creating a bootable floppy disk
.............................
2-2
2.1.2
Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS
......................
2-2
2.1.3
Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS
............
2-3
2.1.4
Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2
.......
2-4
2.2
BIOS Setup program
..........................................................
2-6
2.2.1
BIOS menu screen
................................................
2-7
2.2.2
Menu bar
................................................................
2-7
2.2.3
Navigation keys
.....................................................
2-7
2.2.4
Menu items
............................................................
2-8