Contents

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

vi

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

vii

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

viii

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

ix

NCCH-DR Series specifications summary .............................................

x

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

Innovative ASUS 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 CPU heatsink weight support .................................

2-3

 

2.2.4

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

2-9

 

2.2.5

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

2-11

2.3

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

2-13

 

2.3.1

Installling the CPU .................................................

2-13

 

2.3.2 Installing the CPU heatsink(s)...............................

2-15

2.4

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

2-16

 

2.4.1

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

2-16

 

2.4.2

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

2-16

 

2.4.3

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

2-18

 

2.4.4

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

2-18

2.5

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

2-19

 

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

2-19

 

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

2-19

 

2.5.3

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

2-20

 

2.5.4

PCI/PCI-X slots ......................................................

2-20

2.6.

Jumpers

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

2-21

2.7

Connectors .........................................................................

2-26

 

2.7.1

Rear panel connectors ..........................................

2-26

 

2.7.2

Internal connectors...............................................

2-27

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