Contents

Notices ......................................................................................................................

viii

Federal Communications Commission Statement.........................................

viii

Canadian Department of Communications Statement..................................

viii

REACH ......................................................................................................

viii

Safety information......................................................................................................

ix

Electrical safety................................................................................................

ix

Operation safety..............................................................................................

ix

Australia statement notice...............................................................................

x

How this guide is organized.............................................................................

xi

Where to find more information.......................................................................

xi

Z10PA-D8 Series specifications summary.............................................................

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction

1.1

Welcome!

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1-2

1.2

Package contents.......................................................................................

1-2

1.3

Serial number label.....................................................................................

1-3

1.4

Special features..........................................................................................

1-3

 

1.4.1

Product highlights........................................................................

1-3

 

1.4.2

Innovative ASUS features............................................................

1-4

Chapter 2: Hardware Information

2.1

Before you proceed....................................................................................

2-2

2.2

Motherboard overview...............................................................................

2-3

 

2.2.1

Placement direction.....................................................................

2-3

 

2.2.2

Screw holes.................................................................................

2-3

 

2.2.3

Motherboard layout......................................................................

2-4

 

2.2.4

Layout contents...........................................................................

2-6

2.3

Central Processing Unit (CPU)..................................................................

2-8

 

2.3.1

Installing the CPU........................................................................

2-8

2.4

System memory........................................................................................

2-13

 

2.4.1

Overview....................................................................................

2-13

 

2.4.2

Memory Configurations..............................................................

2-13

 

2.4.3

Installing a DIMM on a single clip DIMM socket........................

2-15

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