
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
LEGAL DISCLAIMER.................................................................................................... 4
COPYRIGHT NOTICE ................................................................................................... 4
TECHNICAL SUPPORT................................................................................................. 5
ABOUT THIS USER GUIDE .......................................................................................... 5
SAFETY INSTRUCTION ............................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER 1. GETTING STARTED ............................................................................ 7
1.1
C
ONGRATULATIONS
.................................................................................................. 7
1.2
U
NPACKING
............................................................................................................... 7
1.2.1 Quick Installation Guide................................................................................... 8
1.3
F
EATURES
H
IGHLIGHT
............................................................................................... 9
1.4
M
OTHERBOARD
S
PECIFICATION
.............................................................................. 10
1.5
M
OTHERBOARD
L
AYOUT
[
MAJOR COMPONENTS
] .................................................... 12
CHAPTER 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION ......................................................... 13
2.1
M
OUNTING THE MOTHERBOARD
.............................................................................. 13
2.2
I
NSTALLING THE PROCESSOR
................................................................................... 14
2.3
I
NSTALLING THE MEMORY
....................................................................................... 19
2.3.1 DIMM combination......................................................................................... 19
2.3.2 Installing DIMM modules ............................................................................... 21
2.4
J
UMPERS
C
ONFIGURATION
...................................................................................... 23
2.4.1 Clear CMOS header ....................................................................................... 23
2.4.2 PCI-X Slot Clock Select Jumper ..................................................................... 24
2.4.3 PCI-X-ZCR Slot Clock Select Jumper............................................................. 25
2.4.4 On-Board VGA Select Jumper Setting:........................................................... 26
2.4.5 On-Board SCSI Select Jumper Setting: .......................................................... 27
2.5
P
OWER
S
UPPLY
....................................................................................................... 28
2.5.1 ATX 24-pin power connector .......................................................................... 28
2.5.2 ATX 8-pin power connector ............................................................................ 29
2.6
C
ABLES
&
C
ONNECTORS
......................................................................................... 30
2.6.1 IDE and SATA connectors .............................................................................. 30
2.6.2 Front Panel Connectors.................................................................................. 31
2.6.3 Speaker Connectors ........................................................................................ 33
2.6.4 Rear Panel I/O ports....................................................................................... 34
2.6.5 Back Panel LAN LED ..................................................................................... 35
2.6.6 Front USB Connector ..................................................................................... 36
CHAPTER 3. BIOS SETUP.......................................................................................... 37
3.1
ENTERING
BIOS
SETUP ..................................................................................... 37
3.2
U
SING
S
ETUP
........................................................................................................... 38
3.3
T
ROUBLESHOOTING
................................................................................................. 39
3.4
M
AIN
M
ENU
:........................................................................................................... 40
3.5
A
DVANCED
M
ENU
:.................................................................................................. 41
3.5.1 Chipset Feature Sub Menu.............................................................................. 42
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