Table Of Contents - Asus P5NT - WS AiLifestyle Series Motherboard Installation Manual

Contents
Notices ................................................................................................vii
Safety information .............................................................................viii
About this guide .................................................................................. ix
How this guide is organized ..................................................... ix
Where to find more information .............................................. ix
Conventions used in this guide ................................................. x
Typography ............................................................................... x
P5NLI and P5NSLI/WiFi specifications summary ................................. xi
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 .............................................................. 1-7
1.5 Motherboard overview .......................................................... 1-8
1.5.1
1.5.2
1.5.3
1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ............................................ 1-10
1.6.1
1.6.2
1.6.3
1.7 System memory .................................................................. 1-17
1.7.1
1.7.2
1.7.3
1.7.4
1.8 Expansion slots ................................................................... 1-21
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 ................................................ 1-8
Screw holes ............................................................. 1-8
Motherboard layout ................................................ 1-9
Installing the CPU .................................................. 1-10
Installing the CPU heatsink and fan ....................... 1-13
Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan ................... 1-15
Overview ............................................................... 1-17
Memory configurations ......................................... 1-17
Installing a DIMM ................................................... 1-20
Removing a DIMM .................................................. 1-20
Installing an expansion card .................................. 1-21
Configuring an expansion card .............................. 1-21
Interrupt assignments ........................................... 1-22
PCI slots ................................................................ 1-23
PCI Express x1 slot ............................................... 1-23
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