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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 - Introduction to nForce Motherboards
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1-1 Motherboard Features
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1-1.1 Special Features of the Motherboard
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1-2
Specifications
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1-3 Layout Diagram and Jumper Settings
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1-3.1 Jumpers, Connectors, Headers, and Sockets
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CHAPTER 2 - Hardware Installation
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2-1 Hardware Installation Steps
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2-2 Checking The Motherboard Jumper Settings
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Clearing the CMOS RAM
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Keyboard Power On Function
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2-3 Installing The CPU
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Glossary of Terms
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2-3-2 About AMD Athlon64 939-pin CPUs
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2-4 Installing Memory
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Memory Installation Diagrams
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2-5 Expansion Cards
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2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation
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2-5-2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Cards
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2-5-3 Interrupt Request Table
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2-5-4 PCI-Express Slots
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Diagram of PCI-Express Slot Locations and Functions
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Table of Standard IRQ Assignments
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2-5-5 SLI Bridge Installation For NVIDIA SLI Cards (SLI Version Only)
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2-6 Connectors and Headers
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2-6-1
Connector
Locations
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2-7 Starting Up Your Computer
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Beep Code Table
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CHAPTER 3 - BIOS
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3-0
Introducting
BIOS
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3-1 Entering BIOS Setup
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CHAPTER 4 - DRIVER INSTALLATION
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4-0 Driver Installation
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4-1 RAID Installation
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APPENDIX 1 - POST CODES
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Quick Debug POST Codes
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Boot Block POST Codes
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APPENDIX 2 - TRADEMARKS AND NOTICES
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Copyrights, Trademarks, and Notices
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FCC Compliance Statement
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APPENDIX 3 - WARRANTY INFORMATION
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APPENDIX 4 - CONTACTING SUPPORT AND OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
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APPENDIX 5 - TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS
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