ASUS Z9PA-D8C Manuale Utente

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Contents

Notices ........................................................................................................ vii
Safety information .................................................................................... viii
About this guide .......................................................................................... x
Z9PA-D8 series specifications summary ................................................. xii

Product introduction

Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-3

Package contents ......................................................................... 1-3

Serial number label ...................................................................... 1-4

Special features ............................................................................ 1-4
1.4.1

Product highlights ........................................................... 1-4

Innovative ASUS features ............................................... 1-6

Hardware information

Before you proceed ..................................................................... 2-3

Motherboard overview ................................................................. 2-4
2.2.1

Placement direction ........................................................ 2-4

Screw holes .................................................................... 2-4

Motherboard layout ......................................................... 2-5

Layout contents ............................................................... 2-7

Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................... 2-8
2.3.1

Installing the CPU ........................................................... 2-8

System memory ......................................................................... 2-13
2.4.1

Overview ....................................................................... 2-13

Memory Configurations ................................................. 2-13

Expansion slots .......................................................................... 2-16
2.5.1

Installing an expansion card ......................................... 2-16

Configuring an expansion card ..................................... 2-16

Interrupt assignments ................................................... 2-17

PCI Express x16 slot (x16 link) ..................................... 2-17

PCI Express x8 slot (x8 link) ......................................... 2-17

PCI Express x8 slot (x4 link) ......................................... 2-17

PIKE slots (Z9PA-D8 SKU only).................................... 2-18

Installing an ASUS PIKE RAID card ............................. 2-19

Installing ASMB6 management board ........................... 2-20

2.5.10 Installing the audio card ................................................ 2-20

Onboard LEDs ............................................................................ 2-21