Table Of Contents - Asus A7N266-VM User Manual

Contents
About this guide .......................................................................................... iii
How this guide is organized ............................................................... iii
Conventions used in this guide .......................................................... iii
Safety information ...................................................................................... vi
FCC/CDC statements ................................................................................. vii
ASUS contact information ......................................................................... viii
Chapter 1: Product introduction ............................................. 1
Welcome! .................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Package contents .............................................................................. 1
1.2 Core Specifications ........................................................................... 2
1.3 Special Features ............................................................................... 3
1.4 Motherboard Components ................................................................. 4
1.4.1
Chapter 2: Hardware information ............................................ 7
2.1 Motherboard installation .................................................................... 7
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.2 Layout contents ................................................................................. 9
2.3 Before you proceed ......................................................................... 10
2.4 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ........................................................ 11
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.5 System memory .............................................................................. 13
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.5.3
2.6 Expansion slots ............................................................................... 15
2.6.1
2.6.2
2.6.3
2.6.4
2.7 Jumpers .......................................................................................... 19
2.8 Connectors ...................................................................................... 23
Chapter 3: Powering up ......................................................... 33
3.1 Starting up for the first time .............................................................. 33
3.2 Powering off the computer ............................................................... 34
Chapter 4: BIOS setup ........................................................... 35
4.1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS ................................................. 35
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Component Locations ......................................................... 5
Placement direction ............................................................. 7
Screw holes ......................................................................... 7
Overview ........................................................................... 11
Installing the CPU .............................................................. 12
Overview ........................................................................... 13
Memory configurations ...................................................... 14
Installing a DIMM ............................................................... 14
Installing an expansion card .............................................. 15
Configuring an expansion card .......................................... 16
PCI slots ............................................................................ 17
AGP slot ............................................................................ 18