Table Of Contents - Asus VISTA EDITION M2N-PLUS SLI User Manual

Contents
Notices ........................................................................................................ vii
Safety information .................................................................................... viii
About this guide ......................................................................................... ix
M2N-Plus SLI Vista Editionspecifications summary ............................... xi
Chapter 1:
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
1.3.4
Chapter 2:
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
2.4 System memory ......................................................................... 2-11
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.5 Expansion slots .......................................................................... 2-17
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.5.3
2.5.4
2.5.5
2.5.6
Product introduction
Product highlights ........................................................... 1-2
ASUS AI Lifestyle features .............................................. 1-4
ASUS Special features ................................................... 1-5
ASUS features and the supporting OS ........................... 1-6
Hardware information
Placement direction ........................................................ 2-2
Screw holes .................................................................... 2-2
Motherboard layout ......................................................... 2-3
Layout contents ............................................................... 2-4
Installing the CPU ........................................................... 2-6
Installing the heatsink and fan ........................................ 2-8
Overview ........................................................................2-11
Memory configurations ...................................................2-11
Installing a DIMM .......................................................... 2-13
Removing a DIMM ........................................................ 2-13
Installing an expansion card ......................................... 2-17
Configuring an expansion card ..................................... 2-17
Interrupt assignments ................................................... 2-18
PCI slots ........................................................................ 2-18
PCI Express x1 slots ..................................................... 2-18
PCI Express x16 slots ................................................... 2-19
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