Contents

Contents......................................................................................................................

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

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

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

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P7P55D specifications summary..............................................................................

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Chapter 1:Product introduction

 

1.1

Welcome!

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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 Xtreme Design—Hybrid Processor...................................

1-3

 

1.3.3

ASUS Xtreme Design—Hybrid Phase.........................................

1-3

 

1.3.4

ASUS Xtreme Design—Hybrid OS..............................................

1-3

 

1.3.5

ASUS Exclusive Features............................................................

1-4

Chapter 2:Hardware information

 

2.1

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

2-1

2.2

Motherboard overview...............................................................................

2-2

 

2.2.1

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

2-2

 

2.2.2

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

2-3

 

2.2.3

Placement direction.....................................................................

2-4

 

2.2.4

Screw holes.................................................................................

2-4

2.3

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

2-5

 

2.3.1

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

2-5

 

2.3.2

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

2-8

 

2.3.3

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

2-9

2.4

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

2-10

 

2.4.1

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

2-10

 

2.4.2

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

2-11

 

2.4.3

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

2-19

 

2.4.4

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

2-19

2.5

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

2-20

 

2.5.1

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

2-20

 

2.5.2

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

2-20

 

2.5.3

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

2-21

 

2.5.4

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

2-22

 

2.5.5

PCI Express x1 slots..................................................................

2-22

 

2.5.6

PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots..........................................................

2-22

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