Contents

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

iii

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

viii

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

ix

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

x

SABERTOOTH X58 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

“TUF ENGINE!” Power Design....................................................

1-3

 

1.3.3

“Ultimate COOL!” Thermal Solutions...........................................

1-3

 

1.3.4

“Safe & Stable!” Guardian Angel..................................................

1-3

 

1.3.5

ASUS exclusive features.............................................................

1-3

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

2-17

 

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 slot......................................................................................

2-20

 

2.5.5

PCI Express x16 / x1 slots.........................................................

2-20

 

2.5.6

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

2-20

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