Asus V-Series P5G31 - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

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Table of contents
Notices ......................................................................................................... vi
Safety information ..................................................................................... vii
About this guide ....................................................................................... viii
System package contents ........................................................................... x
Chapter 1: System Introduction
1.1 Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-2
1.2 Front panel ....................................................................................
1-2
1.3 Rear panel .....................................................................................
1-4
1.4 Internal components ....................................................................
1-7
Chapter 2: Basic Installation
2.1 Preparation ................................................................................... 2-2
2.2 Before you proceed .....................................................................
2-2
2.3 Removing the side cover and front panel assembly ................
2-3
2.4 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ...................................................
2-4
2.4.1 Overview .........................................................................
2-4
2.4.2 Installing the CPU ...........................................................
2-4
2.4.3 Installing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly ................
2-6
2.5 Installing a DIMM ..........................................................................
2-8
2.5.1 Memory congurations ....................................................
2-9
2.5.2 Installing a DDR2 DIMM ...............................................
2-13
2.5.3 Removing a DDR2 DIMM .............................................
2-13
2.6 Expansion slots ..........................................................................
2-14
2.6.1 Installing an expansion card .........................................
2-14
2.6.2 Conguring an expansion card .....................................
2-14
2.6.3 PCI slots ........................................................................
2-16
2.6.4 PCI Express x1 slot .......................................................
2-16
2.6.5 PCI Express x16 slot .....................................................
2-16
2.7 Installing an optical drive ..........................................................
2-17
2.8 Installing a hard disk drive ........................................................
2-18
2.9 Installing the card reader ..........................................................
2-20
2.10 Installingaoppydiskdrive .....................................................
2-22
2.11 Re-connecting cables ................................................................
2-23
2.12 Reinstalling the cover ................................................................
2-24