Contents

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

vii

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

viii

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

ix

P5LD2 SE specifications summary.......................................................

xi

Chapter 1: Product i ntroducti on

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 AI Lifestyle features .....................................

1-5

 

1.3.3

Innovative ASUS features........................................

1-5

Chapter 2: H ardware i nformati on

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

2-5

2.3

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

2-7

 

2.3.1

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

2-8

 

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

2-10

 

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

2-12

2.4

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

2-14

 

2.4.1

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

2-14

 

2.4.2

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

2-14

 

2.4.3

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

2-17

 

2.4.4

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

2-17

2.5

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

2-18

 

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

2-18

 

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

2-18

 

2.5.3

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

2-19

 

2.5.4

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

2-20

 

2.5.5 PCI Express x16 slot..............................................

2-20

 

2.5.6 PCI Express x1 slot................................................

2-20

2.6

Jumpers

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2-21

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