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Safeguards Contents About this guide iii How this guide is organized iii Conventions used in this guide iii Safety information vi FCC/CDC statements vii ASUS contact information viii Chapter 1: Product introduction 1 Welcome 1 1.1 Package contents 1 1.2 Core Specifications 2 1.3 Special Features 3 1.4 Motherboard Components 4 1.4.1 Component Locations 5 1.5 Value-added Solutions 6 Chapter 2: Hardware information 7 2.1 Motherboard installation 7 2.2 Motherboard layout 8 2.3 Before you proceed 10 2.4 Central Processing Unit (CPU 11 2.5 System memory 17 2.6 Expansion slots 21 2.7 Jumpers 24 2.8 Connectors 27 Chapter 3: Powering up 41 3.1 Starting up for the first time 41 3.2 Vocal POST Messages 42 3.3 Powering off the computer 44 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 45 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS 45 4.2 BIOS Setup program 50 4.3 Main menu 53 4.3.1 Primary & Secondary Master/Slave 54 iv

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iv
Safeguards
Contents
About this guide
..............................................................................
iii
How this guide is organized
....................................................
iii
Conventions used in this guide
...............................................
iii
Safety information
...........................................................................
vi
FCC/CDC statements
....................................................................
vii
ASUS contact information
.............................................................
viii
Chapter
1: Product introduction
.............................................
1
Welcome!
........................................................................................
1
1.1
Package contents
..................................................................
1
1.2
Core Specifications
................................................................
2
1.3
Special Features
....................................................................
3
1.4
Motherboard Components
......................................................
4
1.4.1
Component Locations
................................................
5
1.5
Value-added Solutions
...........................................................
6
Chapter
2: Hardware information
............................................
7
2.1
Motherboard installation
.........................................................
7
2.2
Motherboard layout
................................................................
8
2.3
Before you proceed
...............................................................
10
2.4
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
..............................................
11
2.5
System memory
....................................................................
17
2.6
Expansion slots
.....................................................................
21
2.7
Jumpers
................................................................................
24
2.8
Connectors
...........................................................................
27
Chapter
3: Powering up
.........................................................
41
3.1
Starting up for the first time
...................................................
41
3.2
Vocal POST Messages
.........................................................
42
3.3
Powering off the computer
....................................................
44
Chapter
4: BIOS setup
...........................................................
45
4.1
Managing and updating your BIOS
.......................................
45
4.2
BIOS Setup program
.............................................................
50
4.3
Main menu
............................................................................
53
4.3.1
Primary & Secondary Master/Slave
.........................
54