Table Of Contents - Asus P5N-VM WS Manual

Contents
Contents ...................................................................................................... iii
Notices ........................................................................................................ vii
Safety information .................................................................................... viii
About this guide ......................................................................................... ix
P5N-VM WS specifications ....................................................................... 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
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) ................................................... 2-5
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
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 special features ................................................... 1-3
Hardware information
Motherboard layout ......................................................... 2-2
Layout contents ............................................................... 2-3
Placement direction ........................................................ 2-4
Screw holes .................................................................... 2-4
Installing the CPU ........................................................... 2-6
Installing the CPU heatsink and fan ................................ 2-9
Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan ......................... 2-10
Overview ........................................................................2-11
Memory configurations .................................................. 2-12
Installing a DIMM .......................................................... 2-16
Removing a DIMM ........................................................ 2-16
Installing an expansion card ......................................... 2-17
Configuring an expansion card ..................................... 2-17
Interrupt assignments ................................................... 2-18
PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot ............................................... 2-19
PCI Express x4 slot ....................................................... 2-19
PCI Express x1 slot ....................................................... 2-19
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