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Contents
Notices ................................................................................................ vi
Safety information ..............................................................................vii
About this guide .................................................................................viii
Typography ......................................................................................... ix
KFN4-DRE specications summary ....................................................... x
Chapter 1: Product introduction
1.1 Welcome! .............................................................................. 1-1
1.2 Package contents .................................................................
1-1
1.3 Special features ....................................................................
1-2
1.3.1 Product highlights ...................................................
1-2
1.3.2 Innovative ASUS features .......................................
1-4
Chapter 2: Hardware information
2.1 Before you proceed .............................................................. 2-1
Onboard LEDs ....................................................................... 2-1
2.2 Motherboard overview ..........................................................
2-3
2.2.1 Placement direction ................................................
2-3
2.2.2 Screw holes .............................................................
2-3
2.2.3 Motherboard layout ................................................
2-4
2.2.4 Layout Contents .....................................................
2-5
2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ..............................................
2-7
2.3.1 Overview .................................................................
2-7
2.3.2 Installing the CPU ....................................................
2-7
2.3.3 Installing the heatsink ...........................................
2-10
2.4 System memory ..................................................................
2-11
2.4.1 Overview ...............................................................
2-11
2.4.2 Memory Congurations .........................................
2-12
2.4.3 Installing a DIMM ...................................................
2-13
2.4.4 Removing a DIMM ..................................................
2-13
2.5 Expansion slots ...................................................................
2-14
2.5.1 Installing an expansion card ..................................
2-14
2.5.2 Conguring an expansion card ..............................
2-14
2.5.3 Interrupt assignments ...........................................
2-15
2.5.4 PCI Express x16 slot .............................................
2-15
2.5.5 PCI slots ...............................................................
2-16
2.5.6 HTX slot ...............................................................
2-16
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