Table Of Contents - Asus P5VD1-X User Manual

Contents
Contents ........................................................................................................ iii
Notices ..........................................................................................................vi
Safety information ......................................................................................... vii
About this guide ........................................................................................... viii
Typography ....................................................................................................ix
P5VD1-X 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
2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ...................................................... 2-4
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.4 System memory ............................................................................. 2-9
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.5 Expansion slots ............................................................................ 2-13
2.5.1
2.5.2
2.5.3
2.5.4
2.5.5
2.5.6
2.6 Jumpers ....................................................................................... 2-18
2.7 Connectors ................................................................................... 2-20
Product highlights ........................................................... 1-2
Innovative ASUS features ............................................... 1-4
Placement direction ........................................................ 2-2
Screw holes .................................................................... 2-2
Motherboard layout ......................................................... 2-3
Installling the CPU .......................................................... 2-4
Installling the CPU heatsink and fan ............................... 2-7
Overview ......................................................................... 2-9
Memory Configurations ................................................... 2-9
Installing a DIMM .......................................................... 2-12
Removing a DIMM ........................................................ 2-12
Installing an expansion card ......................................... 2-13
Configuring an expansion card ..................................... 2-13
Interrupt assignments ................................................... 2-14
PCI slots ........................................................................ 2-15
AGP slot ........................................................................ 2-15
PCI Express x16 slot .................................... 2-15
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