Asus K8N4-E DELUXE User Manual

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Contents

Notices ............................................................................................... vii
Safety information ............................................................................ viii

About this guide ................................................................................. ix
K8N4-E Deluxe specifications summary .............................................. xi

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 feature .......................................... 1-5

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

Motherboard layout ................................................ 2-3

2.2.4

Layout Contents ..................................................... 2-4

2.3

Central Processing Unit (CPU) .............................................. 2-6

2.4

System memory ................................................................... 2-8
2.4.1

Overview ................................................................. 2-8

2.4.2

Memory Configurations ........................................... 2-8

2.4.3

Installing a DDR DIMM ........................................... 2-12

2.4.4

Removing a DDR DIMM .......................................... 2-12

2.5

Expansion slots ................................................................... 2-13
2.5.1

Installing an expansion card .................................. 2-13

2.5.2

Configuring an expansion card .............................. 2-13

2.5.3

Interrupt assignments .......................................... 2-14

2.5.4

PCI slots ................................................................ 2-15

2.5.5

PCI Express x16 slot ............................................. 2-15

2.5.6

PCI Express x1 slot ............................................... 2-15