Contents

Contents

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FCC/CDC statements ......................................................................

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

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

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

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

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Conventions used in this guide ............................................

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

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ASUS contact information .............................................................

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Specifications summary .................................................................

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Chapter

1 - Motherboard Info ...................................................

1-1

1.1

Welcome ......................................................................

1-2

1.2

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

1-2

1.3

Introduction ..................................................................

1-3

1.4

Motherboard components ..........................................

1-3

1.5

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

1-6

1.6

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

1-7

1.7

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

1-7

1.8

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

1-8

1.9

Expansion Slots ...........................................................

1-9

1.9.1 Configuring an expansion card ..................................

1-9

1.9.2 Standard Interrupt Assignments ................................

1-9

1.10 Jumpers .......................................................................

1-10

1.11 Connectors .................................................................

1-11

Chapter 2 - BIOS Information .....................................................

2-1

2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ............................

2-2

2.1.1 Using ASUS EZ FLASH to update the BIOS ...................

2-2

2.1.2 Using ASUS AFLASH to update the BIOS ...................

2-4

 

Updating BIOS procedures ....................................

2-5

2.2 BIOS Setup Program ...................................................

2-7

2.2.1 BIOS menu bar ...........................................................

2-7

2.2.2 Legend bar ..................................................................

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