Contents

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

vi

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

vii

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

viii

How this guide is organized ..................................................

viii

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

viii

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

ix

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

ix

P5CR-VM 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

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

2-9

 

2.3.3 Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan ..................

2-11

2.4

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

2-13

 

2.4.1

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

2-13

 

2.4.2

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

2-13

 

2.4.3

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

2-14

 

2.4.4

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

2-14

2.5

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

2-15

 

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

2-15

 

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

2-15

 

2.5.3

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

2-16

 

2.5.4 PCI Express x8 slot ...............................................

2-17

 

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

2-17

 

2.5.6

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

2-17

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