Table Of Contents - Asus P5GC-MR User Manual

Contents
Notices ......................................................................................................... vi
Safety information ..................................................................................... vii
About this guide ....................................................................................... viii
P5GC-MR 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) ................................................... 2-7
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.4 System memory ......................................................................... 2-14
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 highlights ........................................................... 1-2
Innovative ASUS features ............................................... 1-4
Placement direction ........................................................ 2-2
Screw holes .................................................................... 2-2
Motherboard layout ......................................................... 2-3
Layout contents ............................................................... 2-5
Installing the CPU ........................................................... 2-7
Installing the CPU heatsink and fan .............................. 2-10
Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan ......................... 2-12
Overview ....................................................................... 2-14
Memory configurations .................................................. 2-14
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 x16 slot (x16 link) ..................................... 2-19
PCI Express x1 slot ...................................................... 2-19
PCI slots ........................................................................ 2-20
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