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

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Notices

 

 

Federal Communications Commission Statement............................

vii

 

Canadian Department of Communications Statement.....................

vii

 

REACH

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vii

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

viii

 

Electrical safety................................................................................

viii

 

Operation safety..............................................................................

viii

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

ix

 

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

ix

 

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

ix

 

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

x

 

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

x

Z9PE-D16 Series specifications summary................................................

xi

Z9PE-D16 Series specifications summary...............................................

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Chapter 1:Product introduction

 

1.1

Welcome!.......................................................................................

1-3

1.2

Package contents.........................................................................

1-3

1.3

Serial number label.......................................................................

1-4

1.4

Special features............................................................................

1-4

 

1.4.1

Product highlights............................................................

1-4

 

1.4.2

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

1-6

Chapter 2:Hardware information

 

2.1

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

2-3

2.2

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

2-4

 

2.2.1

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

2-4

 

2.2.2

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

2-4

 

2.2.3

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

2-5

 

2.2.4

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

2-6

2.3

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

2-8

 

2.3.1

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

2-8

2.4

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

2-13

 

2.4.1

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

2-13

 

2.4.2

Memory Configurations.................................................

2-13

2.5

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

2-16

 

2.5.1

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

2-16

 

2.5.2

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

2-16

 

2.5.3

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

2-17

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