Contents

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

vii

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

viii

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

ix

N4L-VM DH 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 ............................................

1-5

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) ..............................................

2-6

 

2.3.1

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

2-6

 

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

2-8

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 ................................................................

2-18

 

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

2-18

 

2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slot .............................................

2-18

2.6

Jumpers

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2-21

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