Asus A7N266-VM User Manual
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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 ............................................ 7
2.1
Motherboard installation .................................................................... 7
2.1.1
Placement direction ............................................................. 7
2.1.2
Screw holes ......................................................................... 7
2.2
Layout contents ................................................................................. 9
2.3
Before you proceed ......................................................................... 10
2.4
Central Processing Unit (CPU) ........................................................ 11
2.4.1
Overview ........................................................................... 11
2.4.2
Installing the CPU .............................................................. 12
2.5
System memory .............................................................................. 13
2.5.1
Overview ........................................................................... 13
2.5.2
Memory configurations ...................................................... 14
2.5.3
Installing a DIMM ............................................................... 14
2.6
Expansion slots ............................................................................... 15
2.6.1
Installing an expansion card .............................................. 15
2.6.2
Configuring an expansion card .......................................... 16
2.6.3
PCI slots ............................................................................ 17
2.6.4
AGP slot ............................................................................ 18
2.7
Jumpers .......................................................................................... 19
2.8
Connectors ...................................................................................... 23
Chapter 3: Powering up ......................................................... 33
3.1
Starting up for the first time .............................................................. 33
3.2
Powering off the computer ............................................................... 34
Chapter 4: BIOS setup ........................................................... 35
4.1
Managing and Updating Your BIOS ................................................. 35