Asus P8H61 User Manual

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Contents
Safety information ....................................................................................... v
Chapter 1: Quick Start
1.1 Installing the CPU ........................................................................ 1-1
1.1.1 Intel LGA775 Socket ....................................................... 1-1
1.1.2 Intel LGA1366 Socket ..................................................... 1-3
1.1.3 Intel LGA1156 Socket ..................................................... 1-5
1.1.4 Intel LGA1155 Socket ..................................................... 1-7
1.1.5 AMD AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 Socket ..................................... 1-9
1.2 Installing the heatsink and fan .................................................. 1-11
1.3 Installing a DIMM ........................................................................ 1-13
1.4 Installing the motherboard ........................................................ 1-15
1.5 Installing the power supply unit ............................................... 1-16
1.6 Installing an expansion card ..................................................... 1-17
1.7 Installing disk drives .................................................................. 1-18
1.7.1 PATA optical disk drive .................................................. 1-18
1.7.2 SATA optical disk drive .................................................. 1-19
1.7.3 Floppy disk drive ........................................................... 1-20
1.7.4 PATA hard disk drive ..................................................... 1-21
1.7.5 SATA hard disk drive ..................................................... 1-23
1.8 Front panel cables ..................................................................... 1-24
1.9 Connecting the ATX power ........................................................ 1-25
1.10 Peripheral devices and accessories ........................................ 1-27
1.11 Startingupforthersttime ...................................................... 1-28
Chapter 2: Manage/update BIOS
2.1 AFUDOS utility ............................................................................. 2-1
2.2 Award BIOS Flash Utility ............................................................ 2-3
2.3 ASUS Update utility ..................................................................... 2-6
2.4 ASUS BIOS Updater ..................................................................... 2-9
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting
3.1 Troubleshooting for Motherboard DIY ....................................... 3-1
3.1.1 Basic troubleshooting ...................................................... 3-1
3.2 Other common troubles .............................................................. 3-3
3.2.1 No power ......................................................................... 3-4

Asus P8H61 Specifications

General

Form Factor	ATX
Chipset	Intel H61
CPU Socket	LGA 1155
Memory Type	DDR3
Memory Slots	2
Maximum Memory	16 GB
Expansion Slots	1 x PCIe 2.0 x16, 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1, 1 x PCI
Storage Interface	4 x SATA 3Gb/s
Audio	Realtek ALC887 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
LAN	Realtek 8111E
USB Ports	10 x USB 2.0