Asus A7N266-VM Contents, Chapter, Chapter 4: BIOS setup, Chapter 3: Powering up, 1: Product introduction, Chapter 2: Hardware information

Contents

About this guide ..........................................................................................	iii
How this guide is organized ...............................................................	iii
Conventions used in this guide ..........................................................	iii
Safety information ......................................................................................	vi
FCC/CDC statements .................................................................................	vii
ASUS contact information .........................................................................	viii

Chapter	1: Product introduction .............................................	1
Welcome! ....................................................................................................		1
1.1	Package contents ..............................................................................	1
1.2	Core Specifications ...........................................................................	2
1.3	Special Features ...............................................................................	3
1.4	Motherboard Components .................................................................	4
	1.4.1 Component Locations .........................................................	5

Chapter 2: Hardware information ............................................			7
2.1	Motherboard installation ....................................................................		7
	2.1.1	Placement direction .............................................................	7
	2.1.2	Screw holes .........................................................................	7
2.2	Layout contents .................................................................................		9
2.3	Before you proceed .........................................................................		10
2.4	Central Processing Unit (CPU) ........................................................		11
	2.4.1	Overview ...........................................................................	11
	2.4.2	Installing the CPU ..............................................................	12
2.5	System memory ..............................................................................		13
	2.5.1	Overview ...........................................................................	13
	2.5.2	Memory configurations ......................................................	14
	2.5.3	Installing a DIMM ...............................................................	14
2.6	Expansion slots ...............................................................................		15
	2.6.1 Installing an expansion card ..............................................		15
	2.6.2 Configuring an expansion card ..........................................		16
	2.6.3	PCI slots ............................................................................	17
	2.6.4	AGP slot ............................................................................	18
2.7	Jumpers	..........................................................................................	19
2.8	Connectors ......................................................................................		23

Chapter 3: Powering up .........................................................		33
3.1	Starting up for the first time ..............................................................	33
3.2	Powering off the computer ...............................................................	34
Chapter 4: BIOS setup ...........................................................		35
4.1	Managing and Updating Your BIOS .................................................	35

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