Asus A7V333 User Manual
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Safeguards
Contents
About this guide .............................................................................. iii
How this guide is organized .................................................... iii
Conventions used in this guide ............................................... iii
Safety information ........................................................................... vi
FCC/CDC statements .................................................................... vii
ASUS contact information ............................................................. viii
Chapter 1: Product introduction ............................................. 1
Welcome! ........................................................................................ 1
1.1
Package contents .................................................................. 1
1.2
Core Specifications ................................................................ 2
1.3
Special Features .................................................................... 3
1.4
Motherboard Components ...................................................... 4
1.4.1
Component Locations ................................................ 5
Chapter 2: Hardware information ............................................ 1
2.1
Motherboard installation ......................................................... 7
2.1.1
Placement direction ................................................... 7
2.1.2
Screw holes ............................................................... 7
2.2
Motherboard layout ................................................................ 8
2.2.1
Layout contents ......................................................... 9
2.3
Before you proceed ............................................................... 11
2.4
Central Processing Unit (CPU) ............................................. 12
2.4.1
Overview ..................................................................12
2.4.2
Installing the CPU .................................................... 13
2.5
System memory .................................................................... 14
2.5.1
Overview ..................................................................14
2.5.2
Memory configurations ............................................ 15
2.5.3
Installing a DIMM ..................................................... 15
2.6
Expansion slots ..................................................................... 16
2.6.1
Installing an expansion card ..................................... 16
2.6.2
Configuring an expansion card ................................ 16
2.6.3
PCI slots ...................................................................18
2.6.4
AGP slot ...................................................................18
2.7
Switches and jumpers ........................................................... 19
2.8
Connectors ...........................................................................29
Chapter 3: Powering up ........................................................... 1
3.1
Starting up for the first time ................................................... 45
3.2
Vocal POST Messages .........................................................46