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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 Intel LGA2011 Socket ..................................................... 1-9
1.1.6 AMD AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 Socket ................................... 1-13
1.1.7 AMD AM3+ Socket ........................................................ 1-15
1.2 Installing the heatsink and fan .................................................. 1-17
1.3 Installing a DIMM ........................................................................ 1-19
1.4 Installing the motherboard ........................................................ 1-21
1.5 Installing the power supply unit ............................................... 1-22
1.6 Installing an expansion card ..................................................... 1-23
1.7 Installing disk drives .................................................................. 1-24
1.7.1 PATA optical disk drive .................................................. 1-24
1.7.2 SATA optical disk drive .................................................. 1-25
1.7.3 Floppy disk drive ........................................................... 1-26
1.7.4 PATA hard disk drive ..................................................... 1-27
1.7.5 SATA hard disk drive ..................................................... 1-29
1.7.6 SAS hard disk drive ...................................................... 1-30
1.8 Front panel cables ..................................................................... 1-31
1.9 Connecting the ATX power ........................................................ 1-32
1.10 Peripheral devices and accessories ........................................ 1-34
1.11 Startingupforthersttime ...................................................... 1-35
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