Name: Asus M2N68
Brand: Asus
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Contents

Notices ......................................................................................................... vi

Safety information ..................................................................................... vii

About this guide ....................................................................................... viii

M2N68 specications summary ................................................................. x

Chapter 1: Product introduction

1.1 Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-2

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

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1.3 Special features ............................................................................

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1.3.1 Product highlights ...........................................................

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1.3.2 Innovative ASUS features ..............................................

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1.4 Before you proceed .....................................................................

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1.5 Motherboard overview .................................................................

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1.5.1 Motherboard layout .........................................................

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1.5.2 Placement direction ........................................................

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1.5.3 Screw holes ....................................................................

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1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ...................................................

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1.6.1 Installing the CPU ............................................................. 1-8

1.6.2 Installing the heatsink and fan

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1.7 System memory .........................................................................

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1.7.1 Overview .......................................................................

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1.7.2 Memory congurations ..................................................

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1.7.3 Installing a DIMM ..........................................................

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1.7.4 Removing a DIMM ........................................................

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1.8 Expansion slots ..........................................................................

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1.8.1 Installing an expansion card .........................................

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1.8.2 Conguring an expansion card .....................................

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1.8.3 PCI slots ........................................................................

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1.8.4 PCI Express x1 slot .......................................................

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1.8.5 PCI Express x16 slot .....................................................

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1.9 Jumpers ......................................................................................

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1.10 Connectors .................................................................................

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1.10.1 Rear panel connectors ..................................................

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1.10.2 Internal connectors .......................................................

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Asus M2N68 Specifications

General

ECC	Yes
Number of memory slots	4
Maximum internal memory	8 GB
Processor socket	Socket AM2
Processor manufacturer	AMD
USB 2.0 connectors	6
PS/2 ports quantity	2
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
LAN controller	Realtek RTL8211CL
Networking features	NVIDIA nForce Gigabit MAC
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit
RAID levels	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD