Table Of Contents - Asus P5Q EM - DO Motherboard - Micro ATX User Manual

Contents
Contents ...................................................................................................... iii
Notices ......................................................................................................... vi
Safety information ..................................................................................... vii
About this guide ....................................................................................... viii
P5Q-EM specifications summary ............................................................... x
Chapter 1:
1.1 Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-2
1.2 Package contents ......................................................................... 1-2
1.3 Special features ............................................................................ 1-3
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.3.3
1.4 Before you proceed ..................................................................... 1-9
1.5 Motherboard overview ............................................................... 1-10
1.5.1
1.5.2
1.5.3
1.5.4
1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................. 1-13
1.6.1
1.6.2
1.6.3
1.7 System memory ......................................................................... 1-19
1.7.1
1.7.2
1.7.3
1.7.4
1.8 Expansion slots .......................................................................... 1-25
1.8.1
1.8.2
1.8.3
1.8.4
1.8.5
1.8.6
1.9 Jumpers ...................................................................................... 1-28
Product introduction
Product highlights ........................................................... 1-3
ASUS unique features .................................................... 1-5
ASUS Intelligent Performance & Overclocking features . 1-7
Motherboard layout ....................................................... 1-10
Layout contents ..............................................................1-11
Placement direction ...................................................... 1-12
Screw holes .................................................................. 1-12
Installing the CPU ......................................................... 1-14
Installing the CPU heatsink and fan .............................. 1-17
Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan ......................... 1-18
Overview ....................................................................... 1-19
Memory configurations .................................................. 1-20
Installing a DIMM .......................................................... 1-24
Removing a DIMM ........................................................ 1-24
Installing an expansion card ......................................... 1-25
Configuring an expansion card ..................................... 1-25
Interrupt assignments ................................................... 1-26
PCI slot ......................................................................... 1-27
PCI Express x1 slots ..................................................... 1-27
PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot ............................................... 1-27
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