Table Of Contents - Asus Motherboard P5PL2-E User Manual

Contents
Notices ................................................................................................ vi
Safety information ..............................................................................vii
About this guide .................................................................................viii
P5PL2-E specifications summary.......................................................... x
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
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
2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) .............................................. 2-6
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.4 System memory .................................................................. 2-13
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.5 Expansion slots ................................................................... 2-16
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.5.3
2.5.4
2.5.5
2.5.6
2.6 Jumpers .............................................................................. 2-19
Product highlights ................................................... 1-2
Innovative ASUS features ....................................... 1-3
Placement direction ................................................ 2-2
Screw holes ............................................................. 2-2
Motherboard layout ................................................ 2-3
Layout contents ..................................................... 2-4
Installing the CPU .................................................... 2-6
Installing the CPU heatsink and fan ......................... 2-9
Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan ................... 2-11
Overview ............................................................... 2-13
Memory configurations ......................................... 2-13
Installing a DIMM ................................................... 2-15
Removing a DIMM .................................................. 2-15
Installing an expansion card .................................. 2-16
Configuring an expansion card .............................. 2-16
Interrupt assignments ........................................... 2-17
PCI slots ................................................................ 2-18
PCI Express x16 slot ............................................. 2-18
PCI Express x1 slots .............................................. 2-18
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