Asus Dual Socket 370 Motherboard, TR-DLS manual 4

CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................			7
1.1	How This Manual Is Organized ..................................................		7
1.2	Item Checklist .............................................................................		7
2. FEATURES ........................................................................................			8
2.1	ASUS TR-DLS Motherboard .....................................................		8
	2.1.1	Specifications ..................................................................	8
	2.1.2	Performance ...................................................................	10
	2.1.3	Intelligence ....................................................................	11
2.2	TR-DLS Motherboard Components .........................................		12
	2.2.1 Component Locations .....................................................		13
3. HARDWARE SETUP ......................................................................			14
3.1	TR-DLS Motherboard Layout ..................................................		14
3.2	Layout Contents ........................................................................		15
3.3	Hardware Setup Procedure .......................................................		17
3.4	Motherboard Settings ................................................................		18
	3.4.1	Switches .........................................................................	18
	3.4.2	Jumpers ..........................................................................	21
3.5	System Memory ........................................................................		23
	3.5.1	Memory Configurations ................................................	23
	3.5.2	Memory Installation ......................................................	24
3.6	Central Processing Unit (CPU) .................................................		25
	3.6.1 Installing the CPU and Terminator ................................		26
3.7	Expansion Cards .......................................................................		27
	3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure .........................		27
	3.7.2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards ............................		28
3.8	Connectors ................................................................................		29
	3.8.1	External Connectors ......................................................	29
	3.8.2	Internal Connectors .......................................................	31
3.9	Starting Up the First Time ........................................................		40
4. BIOS SETUP .....................................................................................			41
4.1	Managing and Updating Your BIOS .........................................		41
	4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System .......................		41
	4.1.2	Updating BIOS Procedures ...........................................	43
4.2	BIOS Setup Program ................................................................		45
	4.2.1	BIOS Menu Bar .............................................................	46
	4.2.2	Legend Bar ....................................................................	46

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