Table Of Contents - Asus P5P800-VM 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
P5P800-VM specifications summary .................................................... x
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Welcome! .............................................................................. 1-2
1.2 Package contents ................................................................. 1-2
1.3 Special features .................................................................... 1-2
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 .................................................................. 1-16
1.7.1
1.7.2
1.7.3
1.7.4
1.7.5
1.8 Expansion slots ................................................................... 1-20
1.8.1
1.8.2
1.8.3
1.8.4
1.8.5
Product highlights ................................................... 1-2
Innovative ASUS features ....................................... 1-4
Placement direction ................................................ 1-7
Screw holes ............................................................. 1-7
Motherboard layout ................................................ 1-8
Installing the CPU .................................................... 1-9
Installing the CPU heatsink and fan ....................... 1-12
Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan ................... 1-14
Overview ............................................................... 1-16
Memory configurations ......................................... 1-16
DDR Qualified Vendors List ................................... 1-17
Installing a DIMM ................................................... 1-19
Removing a DIMM .................................................. 1-19
Installing an expansion card .................................. 1-20
Configuring an expansion card .............................. 1-20
Interrupt assignments ........................................... 1-21
PCI slots ................................................................ 1-22
AGP slot ................................................................ 1-22
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