Table Of Contents - Asus M2N-L User Manual

Contents
Notices ......................................................................................................... vi
Safety information ..................................................................................... vii
About this guide ....................................................................................... viii
M2N-L specifications summary .................................................................. x
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-1
1.2 Package contents ......................................................................... 1-1
1.3 Serial number label ...................................................................... 1-1
1.4 Special features ............................................................................ 1-2
1.4.1
1.4.2
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
2.4 System memory ......................................................................... 2-11
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.5 Expansion slots .......................................................................... 2-13
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.5.3
2.5.4
2.5.5
2.5.6
2.6 Jumpers ...................................................................................... 2-16
2.7 Connectors ................................................................................. 2-18
Product highlights ........................................................... 1-2
ASUS Special features ................................................... 1-3
Placement direction ........................................................ 2-2
Screw holes .................................................................... 2-2
Motherboard layout ......................................................... 2-4
Layout contents ............................................................... 2-5
Installing the CPU ........................................................... 2-6
Installing the heatsink and fan ........................................ 2-8
Overview ........................................................................2-11
Memory configurations ...................................................2-11
Installing a DIMM .......................................................... 2-12
Removing a DIMM ........................................................ 2-12
Installing an expansion card ......................................... 2-13
Configuring an expansion card ..................................... 2-13
Interrupt assignments ................................................... 2-14
PCI Express x16 slot ..................................................... 2-14
PCI Express x1 slot ....................................................... 2-15
PCI slot ......................................................................... 2-15
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