ASUS NCLV-D Manuale Utente

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Contents

Notices ................................................................................................ vi
Safety information ............................................................................. vii
About this guide ............................................................................... viii

How this guide is organized .................................................. viii
Where to find more information ............................................ viii
Conventions used in this guide ............................................... ix

Typography ......................................................................................... ix
NCLV-D Series specifications summary ............................................... x

Chapter 1: P

Chapter 1: Product introduction

roduct 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

Innovative ASUS features ....................................... 1-4

Chapter 2:

Chapter 2: Hardware information

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

CPU heatsink weight support ................................. 2-3

2.2.4

Motherboard layout ................................................ 2-9

2.2.5

Layout contents ................................................... 2-12

2.3

Central Processing Unit (CPU) ............................................ 2-14
2.3.1

Installling the CPU ................................................. 2-14

2.3.2

Installing the CPU heatsink and fan ...................... 2-16

2.4

System memory ................................................................. 2-18
2.4.1

Overview ............................................................... 2-18

2.4.2

Memory configurations ......................................... 2-18

2.4.3

Installing a DIMM ................................................... 2-19

2.4.4

Removing a DIMM ................................................. 2-20

2.5

Expansion slots ................................................................... 2-20
2.5.1

Installing an expansion card .................................. 2-20

2.5.2

Configuring an expansion card .............................. 2-21

2.5.3

Interrupt assignments .......................................... 2-21

2.5.4

PCI Express x8 slot ............................................... 2-22

2.5.5

PCI/PCI-X slots ...................................................... 2-22

2.6

Jumpers .............................................................................. 2-23

2.7

Connectors ......................................................................... 2-29
2.7.1

Rear panel connectors .......................................... 2-29