Asus A7S333, User Manual

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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 ............................................ 1
2.1 Motherboard installation ......................................................... 7
2.1.1
Placement direction ................................................... 7
2.1.2 Screw holes ............................................................... 7
2.2.1 Layout contents ......................................................... 9
2.3 Before you proceed ............................................................... 11
2.4 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ............................................. 12
2.4.1
Overview ..................................................................12
2.4.2 Installing the CPU .................................................... 13
2.5 System memory .................................................................... 14
2.5.1
Overview ..................................................................14
2.5.2 Memory configurations ............................................ 15
2.5.3 DDR333 DIMM Qualified Vendor List ....................... 15
2.5.4 Installing a DIMM ..................................................... 16
2.6 Expansion slots ..................................................................... 17
2.6.1
Installing an expansion card ..................................... 17
2.6.2 Configuring an expansion card ................................ 17
2.6.3 PCI slots ...................................................................19
2.6.4 AGP slot ...................................................................19
2.6.5 AMR slot (Optional) ................................................. 20
2.7 Switches and jumpers ........................................................... 21
2.8 Connectors ...........................................................................27