Table Of Contents - Asus P5WDG2 WS Professional User Manual

Contents
Notices ................................................................................................vii
Safety information .............................................................................viii
About this guide .................................................................................. ix
P5WDG2 WS Professional/ P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP
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 ................................................................... 2-20
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.5.3
2.5.4
2.5.5
Product highlights ................................................... 1-2
ASUS Intelligence (AI) features ............................. 1-5
Innovative ASUS features ...................................... 1-6
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 ......................................... 2-14
Installing a DIMM ................................................... 2-19
Removing a DIMM .................................................. 2-19
Installing an expansion card .................................. 2-20
Configuring an expansion card .............................. 2-20
Interrupt assignments ........................................... 2-21
PCI Express x16 slots ............................................ 2-22
PCI slots ................................................................ 2-22
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