ASUS a7n266-vmaa Manual Do Utilizador

Safeguards

Contents

About this guide .......................................................................................... iii

How this guide is organized ............................................................... iii
Conventions used in this guide .......................................................... iii

Safety information ...................................................................................... vi

FCC/CDC statements ................................................................................. vii

ASUS contact information ......................................................................... viii

Chapter 1: Product introduction ............................................. 1

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

1.1

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

1.2

Core Specifications ........................................................................... 2

1.3

Special Features ............................................................................... 3

1.4

Motherboard Components ................................................................. 4
1.4.1

Component Locations ......................................................... 5

Chapter 2: Hardware information ............................................ 7

2.1

Motherboard installation .................................................................... 7
2.1.1

Placement direction ............................................................. 7

2.1.2

Screw holes ......................................................................... 7

2.2

Layout contents ................................................................................. 9

2.3

Before you proceed ......................................................................... 10

2.4

Central Processing Unit (CPU) ........................................................ 11
2.4.1

Overview ........................................................................... 11

2.4.2

Installing the CPU .............................................................. 12

2.5

System memory .............................................................................. 13
2.5.1

Overview ........................................................................... 13

2.5.2

Memory configurations ...................................................... 14

2.5.3

Installing a DIMM ............................................................... 14

2.6

Expansion slots ............................................................................... 15
2.6.1

Installing an expansion card .............................................. 15

2.6.2

Configuring an expansion card .......................................... 16

2.6.3

PCI slots ............................................................................ 17

2.6.4

AGP slot ............................................................................ 18

2.7

Jumpers .......................................................................................... 19

2.8

Connectors ...................................................................................... 23

Chapter 3: Powering up ......................................................... 33

3.1

Starting up for the first time .............................................................. 33

3.2

Powering off the computer ............................................................... 34

Chapter 4: BIOS setup ........................................................... 35

4.1

Managing and Updating Your BIOS ................................................. 35