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Contents Notices vii Safety information viii About this guide ix How this guide is organized ix Where to find more information ix Conventions used in this guide x Typography x P5NLI and P5NSLI/WiFi specifications summary xi Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome 1-2 1.2 Package contents 1-2 1.3 Special features 1-3 1.3.1 Product highlights 1-3 1.3.2 Innovative ASUS features 1-5 1.4 Before you proceed 1-7 1.5 Motherboard overview 1-8 1.5.1 Placement direction 1-8 1.5.2 Screw holes 1-8 1.5.3 Motherboard layout 1-9 1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU 1-10 1.6.1 Installing the CPU 1-10 1.6.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan 1-13 1.6.3 Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan 1-15 1.7 System memory 1-17 1.7.1 Overview 1-17 1.7.2 Memory configurations 1-17 1.7.3 Installing a DIMM 1-20 1.7.4 Removing a DIMM 1-20 1.8 Expansion slots 1-21 1.8.1 Installing an expansion card 1-21 1.8.2 Configuring an expansion card 1-21 1.8.3 Interrupt assignments 1-22 1.8.4 PCI slots 1-23 1.8.5 PCI Express x1 slot 1-23 iii

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Contents
Notices
................................................................................................
vii
Safety information
.............................................................................
viii
About this guide
..................................................................................
ix
How this guide is organized
.....................................................
ix
Where to find more information
..............................................
ix
Conventions used in this guide
.................................................
x
Typography
...............................................................................
x
P5NLI and P5NSLI/WiFi specifications summary
.................................
xi
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1
Welcome!
..............................................................................
1-2
1.2
Package contents
.................................................................
1-2
1.3
Special features
....................................................................
1-3
1.3.1
Product highlights
...................................................
1-3
1.3.2
Innovative ASUS features
.......................................
1-5
1.4
Before you proceed
..............................................................
1-7
1.5
Motherboard overview
..........................................................
1-8
1.5.1
Placement direction
................................................
1-8
1.5.2
Screw holes
.............................................................
1-8
1.5.3
Motherboard layout
................................................
1-9
1.6
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
............................................
1-10
1.6.1
Installing the CPU
..................................................
1-10
1.6.2
Installing the CPU heatsink and fan
.......................
1-13
1.6.3
Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan
...................
1-15
1.7
System memory
..................................................................
1-17
1.7.1
Overview
...............................................................
1-17
1.7.2
Memory configurations
.........................................
1-17
1.7.3
Installing a DIMM
...................................................
1-20
1.7.4
Removing a DIMM
..................................................
1-20
1.8
Expansion slots
...................................................................
1-21
1.8.1
Installing an expansion card
..................................
1-21
1.8.2
Configuring an expansion card
..............................
1-21
1.8.3
Interrupt assignments
...........................................
1-22
1.8.4
PCI slots
................................................................
1-23
1.8.5
PCI Express x1 slot
...............................................
1-23