ASUS P5LD2-V Manuel D’Utilisation

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Contents

Notices ................................................................................................ vi
Safety information ............................................................................. vii
About this guide ............................................................................... viii
Typography ......................................................................................... ix
P5LD2-V specifications summary ........................................................ x

Chapter 1: Product introduction

1.1

Welcome! .............................................................................. 1-1

1.2

Package contents ................................................................. 1-1

1.3

Special features .................................................................... 1-2
1.3.1

Product highlights ................................................... 1-2

1.3.2

ASUS AI Life features ............................................. 1-5

Chapter 2: Hardware information

2.1

Before you proceed .............................................................. 2-1

2.2

Motherboard overview .......................................................... 2-2
2.2.1

Placement direction ................................................ 2-2

2.2.2

Screw holes ............................................................ 2-2

2.2.3

ASUS Stack Cool 2 ................................................. 2-3

2.2.4

Motherboard layout ................................................ 2-4

2.2.5

Layout contents ..................................................... 2-5

2.3

Central Processing Unit (CPU) .............................................. 2-7
2.3.1

Installing the CPU .................................................... 2-7

2.3.2

Installing the CPU heatsink and fan ...................... 2-10

2.3.3

Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan .................. 2-12

2.4

System memory ................................................................. 2-14
2.4.1

Overview ............................................................... 2-14

2.4.2

Memory configurations ......................................... 2-14

2.4.3

Installing a DIMM ................................................... 2-17

2.4.4

Removing a DIMM ................................................. 2-17

2.5

Expansion slots ................................................................... 2-18
2.5.1

Installing an expansion card .................................. 2-18

2.5.2

Configuring an expansion card .............................. 2-18

2.5.3

Interrupt assignments .......................................... 2-19

2.5.4

PCI slots ................................................................ 2-20

2.5.5

PCI Express x1 slots ............................................. 2-20

2.5.6

PCI Express x16 slot ............................................. 2-20