Asus V-Series P5P43 - System Introduction

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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
Voltage selector .............................................................................. 1-7
1.4 Internal components
.................................................................... 1-8
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 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 ...............................................
2-16
2.5.3 Removing a DDR2 DIMM .............................................
2-16
2.6 Expansion slots
.......................................................................... 2-17
2.6.1 Installing an expansion card .........................................
2-17
2.6.2 Conguring an expansion card .....................................
2-17
2.6.3 PCI slots ........................................................................
2-20
2.6.4 PCI Express x1 slot .......................................................
2-20
2.6.5 PCI Express x16 slot .....................................................
2-20
2.7 Installing an optical drive
.......................................................... 2-21
2.8 Installing a hard disk drive
........................................................ 2-22
2.9 Installing the card reader
.......................................................... 2-24
2.10 Installingaoppydiskdrive
..................................................... 2-26
2.11 Re-connecting cables
................................................................ 2-27
2.12 Reinstalling the cover
................................................................ 2-28