Asus Sabertooth 55i User Manual
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Contents
Contents ...................................................................................................................... iii
Notices ...................................................................................................................... vii
Safety information .................................................................................................... viii
About this guide ......................................................................................................... ix
SABERTOOTH 55i specifications summary ............................................................ xi
Product highlights........................................................................1-2
“TUF ENGINE!” Power Design....................................................1-3
“Ultimate COOL!” Thermal Solutions ..........................................1-3
“Safe & Stable!” Guardian Angel .................................................1-4
ASUS exclusive features.............................................................1-4
Motherboard layout .....................................................................2-2
Layout contents ...........................................................................2-3
Placement direction.....................................................................2-4
Screw holes.................................................................................2-4
Installing the CPU .......................................................................2-5
Installing the CPU heatsink and fan ............................................2-8
Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan........................................2-9
Overview ...................................................................................2-10
Memory configurations .............................................................. 2-11
Installing a DIMM ......................................................................2-17
Removing a DIMM ....................................................................2-17
Installing an expansion card......................................................2-18
Configuring an expansion card .................................................2-18
Interrupt assignments................................................................2-19
PCI slots ....................................................................................2-20
PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots (2.5GT/s) ...........................................2-20
PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots .........................................................2-20