Table Of Contents - Asus P5KC Installation Manual

Contents
Notices ........................................................................................................ vii
Safety information .................................................................................... viii
About this guide ......................................................................................... ix
P5KC specifications summary .................................................................. xi
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-1
1.2 Package contents ......................................................................... 1-1
1.3 Special features ............................................................................ 1-2
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.3.3
Chapter 2: Hardware information
2.1 Before you proceed ..................................................................... 2-1
2.2 Motherboard overview ................................................................. 2-2
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................... 2-7
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.4 System memory ......................................................................... 2-14
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.5 Expansion slots .......................................................................... 2-21
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.5.3
2.5.4
2.5.5
2.5.6
2.5.7
Product highlights ........................................................... 1-2
ASUS AI Lifestyle features ............................................. 1-3
ASUS Special features ................................................... 1-5
Placement direction ........................................................ 2-2
Screw holes .................................................................... 2-2
ASUS Stack Cool 2 ......................................................... 2-3
Motherboard layout ......................................................... 2-4
Layout contents ............................................................... 2-5
Installing the CPU ........................................................... 2-8
Installing the CPU heatsink and fan .............................. 2-10
Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan ......................... 2-12
Overview ....................................................................... 2-14
Memory configurations .................................................. 2-15
Installing a DDR2/DDR3 DIMM ..................................... 2-20
Removing a DIMM ........................................................ 2-20
Installing an expansion card ......................................... 2-21
Configuring an expansion card ..................................... 2-21
Interrupt assignments ................................................... 2-22
PCI slots ........................................................................ 2-23
PCI Express x1 slot ....................................................... 2-23
Two PCI Express x16 slots ........................................... 2-23
AI Slot Detector ............................................................. 2-25
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