Table Of Contents - Asus Motherboard A8V-X Product Manual

Contents
Notices ................................................................................................ vi
Safety information ............................................................................. vii
About this guide .................................................................................viii
How this guide is organized ....................................................viii
Where to find more information .............................................viii
Conventions used in this guide ................................................ ix
Typography ......................................................................................... ix
A8V-X specifications summary ............................................................. x
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Welcome! .............................................................................. 1-2
1.2 Package contents ................................................................. 1-2
1.3 Special features .................................................................... 1-3
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.4 Before you proceed .............................................................. 1-6
1.5 Motherboard overview .......................................................... 1-7
1.5.1
1.5.2
1.5.3
1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) .............................................. 1-9
1.6.1
1.6.2
1.6.3
1.7 System memory .................................................................. 1-13
1.7.1
1.7.2
1.7.3
1.7.4
1.8 Expansion slots ................................................................... 1-17
1.8.1
1.8.2
1.8.3
1.8.4
1.8.5
Product highlights ................................................... 1-3
Innovative ASUS features ....................................... 1-5
Placement direction ................................................ 1-7
Screw holes ............................................................. 1-7
Motherboard layout ................................................ 1-8
Overview ................................................................. 1-9
Installling the CPU ................................................... 1-9
Installing the heatsink and fan .............................. 1-11
Overview ............................................................... 1-13
Memory Configurations ......................................... 1-13
Installing a DIMM ................................................... 1-16
Removing a DIMM .................................................. 1-16
Installing an expansion card .................................. 1-17
Configuring an expansion card .............................. 1-17
Interrupt assignments ........................................... 1-18
PCI slots ................................................................ 1-19
PCI Express x16 slot ............................................. 1-19
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