Asus P4S8X Chapter, Chapter 4: BIOS setup, Chapter 3: Powering up, 1: Product introduction, Chapter 2: Hardware information

Contents
About this guide ..............................................................................		iii
	How this guide is organized ....................................................	iii
	Conventions used in this guide ...............................................	iii
Safety information ...........................................................................		vi
FCC/CDC statements ....................................................................		vii
ASUS contact information .............................................................		viii
Chapter	1: Product introduction .............................................	1
Welcome! ........................................................................................		1
1.1	Package contents ..................................................................	1
1.2	Core Specifications ................................................................	2
1.3	Special Features ....................................................................	3
1.4	Motherboard Components ......................................................	4
	1.4.1 Component Locations ................................................	5
1.5	Value-added Solutions ...........................................................	6
Chapter 2: Hardware information ............................................		7
2.1	Motherboard installation .........................................................	7
2.2	Motherboard layout ................................................................	8
2.3	Before you proceed ...............................................................	10
2.4	Central Processing Unit (CPU) ..............................................	11
2.5	System memory ....................................................................	17
2.6	Expansion slots .....................................................................	21
2.7	Jumpers ................................................................................	24
2.8	Connectors ...........................................................................	27
Chapter 3: Powering up .........................................................		41
3.1	Starting up for the first time ...................................................	41
3.2	Vocal POST Messages .........................................................	42
3.3	Powering off the computer....................................................	44
Chapter 4: BIOS setup ...........................................................		45
4.1	Managing and updating your BIOS .......................................	45
4.2	BIOS Setup program .............................................................	50
4.3	Main menu ............................................................................	53
	4.3.1 Primary & Secondary Master/Slave .........................	54

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