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P5KPL-AM speciﬁcations summary

CPU

LGA775 socket for Intel® Core™2 Quad/ Core™2

Extreme / Core™2 Duo / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 /

Celeron® E1000 Series and Celeron® 400 Series

Processors

Compatible with Intel® 05B / 05A / 06 processors

Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology ready

Support Intel

®

EIST technology

* Refer to www.asus.com for Intel CPU support list

Chipset

Northbridge: Intel

®

G31

Southbridge: Intel

®

ICH7

Front side bus

1600(O.C.) / 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz

Memory

Dual channel memory architecture

2 x 240-pin DIMM sockets supports unbuffered non-ECC

4GB 1066(O.C.)/800/667 MHz DDR2 memory modules

* When you install a total memory of 4GB capacity or more,

Windows 32-bit operating system may only recognize

less than 3GB. Hence, a total installed memory of less

than 3GB is recommended.

Expansion slots

1 x PCI Express x16 slot

1 x PCI Express x1 slot

2 x PCI slots

VGA

Integrated Gfx (Intel GMA3100) in North bridge supports

-

Maximum resolution: 2048 x 1536 x 32 bpp,

-

Horizontal: 127.5 KHz, Vertical: 75Hz

Storage

Southbridge Intel

®

ICH7 supports:

-

1 x UltraDMA 100 / 66 / 33 hard disk drives

-

4 x SATA 3 Gb/s ports

LAN

Realtek

®

RTL8102EL, 10/100

Audio

VIA

®

VT 1708B, 8-channel High Deﬁnition Audio

CODEC

USB

Max. 8 x USB2.0 ports (4 ports at mid-board, 4 ports at

back panel

ASUS features

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

ASUS Q-Fan

ASUS EZ Flash 2

ASUS MyLogo 2

ASUS C.P.R.

Section	Page
Notices	6
About this guide	7
Safety information	7
P5KPL-AM specifications summary	9
1.1 Welcome!	11
1.2 Package contents	11
1.3 Special features	11
1.3.1 Product highlights	11
1.3.2 Innovative ASUS features	13
1.4 Before you proceed	14
1.5 Motherboard overview	15
1.5.1 Placement direction	15
1.5.2 Screw holes	15
1.5.3 Motherboard layout	16
1.5.4 Layout contents	16
1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU)	17
1.6.1 Installing the CPU	17
1.6.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan	20
1.6.3 Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan	21
1.7 System memory	22
1.7.1 Overview	22
1.7.2 Memory configurations	23
1.7.3 Installing a DIMM	27
1.7.4 Removing a DIMM	27
1.8 Expansion slots	28
1.8.1 Installing an expansion card	28
1.8.2 Configuring an expansion card	28
1.8.3 PCI slots	28
1.8.4 PCI Express x1 slots	28
1.8.5 PCI Express x16 slot	28
1.9 Jumpers	29
1.10 Connectors	30
1.10.1 Rear panel connectors	30
1.10.2 Internal connectors	31
1.11 Software support	39
1.11.1 Installing an operating system	39
1.11.2 Support DVD information	39
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS	41
2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk	41
2.1.2 ASUS Update utility	42
2.1.3 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility	43
2.1.4 AFUDOS utility	44
2.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility	45
2.2 BIOS setup program	46
2.2.1 BIOS menu screen	47
2.2.2 Menu bar	47
2.2.3 Navigation keys	47
2.2.4 Menu items	48
2.2.5 Submenu items	48
2.2.6 Configuration fields	48
2.2.7 Pop-up window	48
2.2.8 Scroll bar	48
2.2.9 General help	48
2.3 Main menu	49
2.3.1 System Time	49
2.3.2 System Date	49
2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A	49
2.3.4 Primary, Third and Fourth IDE Master/Slave	49
2.3.5 IDE Configuration	50
2.3.6 System Information	50
2.4 Advanced menu	51
2.4.1 JumperFree Configuration	51
2.4.2 USB Configuration	52
2.4.3 CPU Configuration	53
2.4.4 Chipset	54
2.4.5 Onboard Devices Configuration	55
2.4.6 PCI PnP	55
2.5 Power menu	56
2.5.1 Suspend Mode	56
2.5.2 ACPI 2.0 Support	56
2.5.3 ACPI APIC Support	56
2.5.4 APM Configuration	57
2.5.5 Hardware Monitor	57
2.6 Boot menu	58
2.6.1 Boot Device Priority	58
2.6.2 Boot Settings Configuration	59
2.6.3 Security	59
2.7 Tools menu	60
2.7.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2	60
2.7.2 AI NET2	60

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