Table Of Contents - Asus P5N7A-VM Hardware User Manual

Contents
Notices ......................................................................................................... vi
Safety information ..................................................................................... vii
About this guide ....................................................................................... viii
P5N7A-VM specifications summary ........................................................... x
Chapter 1:
1.1 Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-2
1.2 Package contents ......................................................................... 1-2
1.3 Special features ............................................................................ 1-2
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.3.3
1.3.4
1.4 Before you proceed ..................................................................... 1-8
1.5 Motherboard overview ................................................................. 1-9
1.5.1
1.5.2
1.5.3
1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................. 1-11
1.6.1
1.6.2
1.6.3
1.7 System memory ......................................................................... 1-18
1.7.1
1.7.2
1.7.3
1.7.4
1.8 Expansion slots .......................................................................... 1-24
1.8.1
1.8.2
1.8.3
1.8.4
1.8.5
1.8.6
1.9 Jumper ........................................................................................ 1-27
Product introduction
Product highlights ........................................................... 1-2
ASUS Special Features ................................................. 1-5
ASUS Stylish Features ................................................... 1-7
ASUS Intelligent Overclocking features .......................... 1-7
Placement direction ........................................................ 1-9
Screw holes .................................................................... 1-9
Motherboard layout ....................................................... 1-10
Installling the CPU .........................................................1-11
Installling the CPU heatsink and fan ............................. 1-14
Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan ......................... 1-16
Overview ....................................................................... 1-18
Memory configurations .................................................. 1-18
Installing a DIMM .......................................................... 1-23
Removing a DIMM ........................................................ 1-23
Installing an expansion card ......................................... 1-24
Configuring an expansion card ..................................... 1-24
Interrupt assignments ................................................... 1-25
PCI slots ........................................................................ 1-26
PCI Express x1 slot ....................................................... 1-26
PCI Express x16 slot ..................................................... 1-26
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