Table Of Contents - Asus P5GC User Manual

Contents
Notices. . ........................................................................................................ vi
Safety.information...................................................................................... vii
About.this.guide........................................................................................ viii
P5GC specifications summary.................................................................... x
Chapter.1:.Product.introduction.
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:.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
2.3.3
2.4. System.memory.......................................................................... 2-13
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
2.6. Jumpers....................................................................................... 2-20
Product highlights ........................................................... 1-2
Innovative ASUS features ............................................... 1-4
Placement direction ........................................................ 2-2
Screw holes .................................................................... 2-2
Motherboard layout ......................................................... 2-3
Layout contents ............................................................... 2-4
Installing the CPU ........................................................... 2-6
Installing the CPU heatsink and fan ................................ 2-9
Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan ..........................2-11
Overview ....................................................................... 2-13
Memory configurations .................................................. 2-13
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 slots ........................................................................ 2-19
PCI Express x16 slot ..................................................... 2-19
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