Asus A7V333 Contents, Chapter, 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 ............................................			1
2.1	Motherboard installation .........................................................		7
	2.1.1	Placement direction ...................................................	7
	2.1.2	Screw holes ...............................................................	7
2.2	Motherboard layout ................................................................		8
	2.2.1	Layout contents .........................................................	9
2.3	Before you proceed ...............................................................		11
2.4	Central Processing Unit (CPU) .............................................		12
	2.4.1	Overview ..................................................................	12
	2.4.2	Installing the CPU ....................................................	13
2.5	System memory ....................................................................		14
	2.5.1	Overview ..................................................................	14
	2.5.2	Memory configurations ............................................	15
	2.5.3	Installing a DIMM .....................................................	15
2.6	Expansion slots .....................................................................		16
	2.6.1 Installing an expansion card .....................................		16
	2.6.2 Configuring an expansion card ................................		16
	2.6.3	PCI slots ...................................................................	18
	2.6.4	AGP slot ...................................................................	18
2.7	Switches and jumpers ...........................................................		19
2.8	Connectors ...........................................................................		29

Chapter 3: Powering up ...........................................................		1
3.1	Starting up for the first time...................................................	45
3.2	Vocal POST Messages .........................................................	46

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