Asus z9pa-u8 [3/188] Chapter 2 hardware information

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Contents

Notices ........................................................................................................ vii

Safety information .................................................................................... viii

About this guide .......................................................................................... x

Z9PA-U8 specications summary ............................................................ xii

Chapter 1: Product introduction

1.1 Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-3

1.2 Package contents .........................................................................

1-4

1.4.2 Innovative ASUS features ...............................................

1-6

Chapter 2: Hardware information

2.1 Before you proceed ..................................................................... 2-3

2.2 Motherboard overview .................................................................

2-4

2.2.1 Placement direction ........................................................

2-4

2.2.2 Screw holes ....................................................................

2-7

2.3.1 Installing the CPU ...........................................................

2-7

2.4 System memory .........................................................................

2-12

2.4.1 Overview .......................................................................

2-12

2.4.2 Memory Congurations .................................................

2-12

2.5 Expansion slots ..........................................................................

2-15

2.5.4 PCI Express x16 slot (x16 link) .....................................

2-15

2.5.5 PCI Express x8 slot (x8 link) .........................................

2-15

2.5.6 PIKE slot .......................................................................

2-16

2.5.7 Installing an ASUS PIKE RAID card .............................

2-17

2.5.8 Installing ASMB6 management board ...........................