Contents

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

vii

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

viii

About this guide..................................................................................

ix

Typography...........................................................................................

x

M2N4-SLI specifications summary.......................................................

xi

Chapter 1: Product introduction

1.1

Welcome!...............................................................................

1-1

1.2

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

1-1

1.3

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

1-2

 

1.3.1

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

1-2

 

1.3.2

ASUS Special features.............................................

1-4

Chapter 2: Hardware information

2.1

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

2-1

2.2

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

2-2

 

2.2.1

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

2-2

 

2.2.2

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

2-2

 

2.2.3

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

2-3

 

2.2.4

Layout Contents......................................................

2-4

2.3

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

2-5

 

2.3.1

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

2-5

 

2.3.2 Installing the heatsink and fan.................................

2-7

2.4

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

2-10

 

2.4.1

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

2-10

 

2.4.2

Memory configurations..........................................

2-10

 

2.4.3

Installing a DIMM....................................................

2-15

 

2.4.4

Removing a DIMM...................................................

2-15

2.5

Expansion slots....................................................................

2-16

 

2.5.1 Installing an expansion card...................................

2-16

 

2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card...............................

2-16

 

2.5.3

Interrupt assignments...........................................

2-17

 

2.5.4

PCI slots.................................................................

2-17

 

2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slot................................................

2-18

 

2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots............................................

2-18

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