Table Of Contents - Asus M2R-FVM User Manual

Contents
Notices ............................................................................................... vii
Safety information .............................................................................viii
About this guide .................................................................................. ix
M2R-FVM specifications summary ....................................................... xi
Chapter 1:
1.1 Welcome! .............................................................................. 1-1
1.2 Package contents ................................................................. 1-1
1.3 Special features .................................................................... 1-2
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.4 Before you proceed .............................................................. 1-5
1.5 Motherboard overview .......................................................... 1-6
1.5.1
1.5.2
1.5.3
1.5.4
1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) .............................................. 1-9
1.6.1
1.6.2
1.7 System memory .................................................................. 1-14
1.7.1
1.7.2
1.7.3
1.7.4
1.8 Expansion slots ................................................................... 1-17
1.8.1
1.8.2
1.8.3
1.8.4
1.8.5
1.8.6
Product introduction
Product highlights ................................................... 1-2
Innovative ASUS features ...................................... 1-4
Placement direction ................................................ 1-6
Screw holes ............................................................. 1-6
Motherboard layout ................................................ 1-7
Layout contents ..................................................... 1-8
Installing the CPU .................................................... 1-9
Installing the heatsink and fan .............................. 1-11
Overview ............................................................... 1-14
Memory configurations ......................................... 1-15
Installing a DIMM ................................................... 1-16
Removing a DIMM .................................................. 1-16
Installing an expansion card .................................. 1-17
Configuring an expansion card .............................. 1-17
Interrupt assignments ........................................... 1-18
PCI slots ................................................................ 1-18
PCI Express x1 slot ............................................... 1-19
PCI Express x16 slot ............................................. 1-19
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