Asus P5GDC Deluxe User Manual

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Contents

Notices ............................................................................................... vii

Safety information ............................................................................ viii
Operation safety ............................................................................... viii
P5GDC Deluxe specifications summary ............................................... ix

Chapter 1:

Product introduction

1.1

Welcome! .............................................................................. 1-1

1.2

Package contents ................................................................. 1-1

1.3

Special features .................................................................... 1-2
1.3.1

Product highlights ................................................... 1-2

1.3.2

ASUS Proactive features ........................................ 1-4

1.3.3

Innovative ASUS features ....................................... 1-5

Chapter 2:

Hardware information

2.1

Before you proceed .............................................................. 2-1

2.2

Motherboard overview .......................................................... 2-2

2.2.1

Placement direction ................................................ 2-2

2.2.2

Screw holes ............................................................ 2-2

2.2.3

ASUS Stack Cool™ .................................................. 2-3

2.2.4

Motherboard layout ................................................ 2-4

2.2.5

Layout Contents ..................................................... 2-5

2.3

Central Processing Unit (CPU) .............................................. 2-7
2.3.1

Installing the CPU .................................................... 2-7

2.3.2

Installing the CPU heatsink and fan ...................... 2-10

2.4

System memory ................................................................. 2-13
2.4.1

Overview ............................................................... 2-13

2.4.2

Memory Configurations ......................................... 2-13

2.4.3

Installing a DDR DIMM ........................................... 2-19

2.4.4

Removing a DDR DIMM .......................................... 2-19

2.4.5

Installing a DDR2 DIMM ......................................... 2-20

2.4.6

Removing a DDR2 DIMM ........................................ 2-20

2.5

Expansion slots ................................................................... 2-21

2.5.1

Installing an expansion card .................................. 2-21

2.5.2

Configuring an expansion card .............................. 2-21

2.5.3

Interrupt assignments .......................................... 2-22

2.5.4

PCI slots ................................................................ 2-23