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ASUS K8U-X Motherboard
Contents
Notice ................................................................................................................ vi
Safety Information ............................................................................................ vii
Electrical safety ...................................................................................... vii
Operation safety ..................................................................................... vii
About This Guide .............................................................................................viii
Layout in this guide ................................................................................viii
Conventions used in this guide ..............................................................viii
Where to find more information ..............................................................viii
K8U-X specifications summary ......................................................................... ix
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Welcome! ..................................................................................................1-2
1.2 Package Contents .....................................................................................1-2
1.3 Special Features ......................................................................................1-2
1.3.1 Product highlights .........................................................................1-2
1.3.2 Unique ASUS features .................................................................1-4
1.4 Before You Proceed .................................................................................1-5
Onboard LED ........................................................................................1-5
1.5 Motherboard Overview ..............................................................................1-6
1.5.1 Motherboard layout ......................................................................1-6
1.5.2 Placement direction ......................................................................1-7
1.5.3 Screw holes ..................................................................................1-7
1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) .................................................................1-8
1.6.1 Overview ......................................................................................1-8
1.6.2 Installing the CPU ........................................................................1-9
1.7 System Memory .....................................................................................1-10
1.7.1 DIMM sockets location ...............................................................1-10
1.7.2 Memory configurations ..............................................................1-10
1.7.3 Installing a DIMM ......................................................................1-13
1.8 Expansion Slots ......................................................................................1-13
1.8.1 Standard interrupt assignments .................................................1-14
1.8.2 IRQ assignments for this motherboard .....................................1-14
1.8.3 PCI slots ....................................................................................1-15
1.8.4 AGP SlotDIMM sockets location ................................................1-15
