Asus P4S8X - Manual (Page 4)

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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
1.5 Value-added Solutions ........................................................... 6
Chapter 2: Hardware information ............................................ 7
2.1 Motherboard installation ......................................................... 7
2.2 Motherboard layout ................................................................ 8
2.3 Before you proceed ............................................................... 10
2.4 Central Processing Unit (CPU) .............................................. 11
2.5 System memory .................................................................... 17
2.6 Expansion slots ..................................................................... 21
2.7 Jumpers ................................................................................ 24
2.8 Connectors ...........................................................................27
Chapter 3: Powering up ......................................................... 41
3.1 Starting up for the first time ................................................... 41
3.2 Vocal POST Messages ......................................................... 42
3.3 Powering off the computer .................................................... 44
Chapter 4: BIOS setup ........................................................... 45
4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ....................................... 45
4.2 BIOS Setup program ............................................................. 50
4.3 Main menu ............................................................................53
4.3.1
Primary & Secondary Master/Slave ......................... 54