Asus Z9PR-D16 User Manual

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Contents

Notices ........................................................................................................ vii
Safety information .................................................................................... viii
About this guide .......................................................................................... x
Z9PR-D16 specifications summary .......................................................... xii

Chapter 1:

Product introduction

1.1

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

1.2

Package contents ......................................................................... 1-3

1.3

Serial number label ...................................................................... 1-4

1.4

Special features ............................................................................ 1-4
1.4.1

Product highlights ........................................................... 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 .................................................................... 2-4

2.2.3

Motherboard layout ......................................................... 2-5

2.2.4

Layout contents ............................................................... 2-6

2.3

Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................... 2-8
2.3.1

Installing the CPU ........................................................... 2-8

2.3.2

Installing the CPU heatsink ........................................... 2-12

2.4

System memory ......................................................................... 2-14
2.4.1

Overview ....................................................................... 2-14

2.4.2

Memory Configurations ................................................. 2-14

2.5

Expansion slots .......................................................................... 2-17
2.5.1

Installing an expansion card ......................................... 2-17

2.5.2

Configuring an expansion card ..................................... 2-17

2.5.3

Interrupt assignments ................................................... 2-18

2.5.4

PCI Express x16 slot (x16 link) ..................................... 2-18

2.5.5

PCI Express x8 slot (x8 link) ......................................... 2-18

2.5.6

PIKE slots ..................................................................... 2-19

2.5.7

Installing an ASUS PIKE RAID card ............................. 2-20

2.6

Onboard LEDs ............................................................................ 2-21

2.7

Jumpers ...................................................................................... 2-23

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