Table Of Contents - Asus Z9PA-D8 User Manual

Contents
Notices ........................................................................................................ vii
Safety information .................................................................................... viii
About this guide .......................................................................................... x
Z9PA-D8 series specifications summary ................................................. xii
Chapter 1:
1.1 Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-3
1.2 Package contents ......................................................................... 1-3
1.3 Serial number label ...................................................................... 1-4
1.4 Special features ............................................................................ 1-4
1.4.1
1.4.2
Chapter 2:
2.1 Before you proceed ..................................................................... 2-3
2.2 Motherboard overview ................................................................. 2-4
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................... 2-8
2.3.1
2.4 System memory ......................................................................... 2-13
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.5 Expansion slots .......................................................................... 2-16
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.5.3
2.5.4
2.5.5
2.5.6
2.5.7
2.5.8
2.5.9
2.5.10
2.6 Onboard LEDs ............................................................................ 2-21
Product introduction
Product highlights ........................................................... 1-4
Innovative ASUS features ............................................... 1-6
Hardware information
Placement direction ........................................................ 2-4
Screw holes .................................................................... 2-4
Motherboard layout ......................................................... 2-5
Layout contents ............................................................... 2-7
Installing the CPU ........................................................... 2-8
Overview ....................................................................... 2-13
Memory Configurations ................................................. 2-13
Installing an expansion card ......................................... 2-16
Configuring an expansion card ..................................... 2-16
Interrupt assignments ................................................... 2-17
PCI Express x16 slot (x16 link) ..................................... 2-17
PCI Express x8 slot (x8 link) ......................................... 2-17
PCI Express x8 slot (x4 link) ......................................... 2-17
PIKE slots (Z9PA-D8 SKU only).................................... 2-18
Installing an ASUS PIKE RAID card ............................. 2-19
Installing ASMB6 management board ........................... 2-20
Installing the audio card ................................................ 2-20
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