Asus P5Q Deluxe User Manual

2-6 Chapter 2: Hardware information
2.3.1 Installing the CPU
To install a CPU:
1. Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.
Before installing the CPU, make sure that the cam box is facing towards you
and the load lever is on your left.
To prevent damage to the socket
pins, do not remove the PnP cap
unless you are installing a CPU.
2. Press the load lever with your
thumb (A), then move it to the left
(B) until it is released from the
retention tab.
A
B
Load lever
Retention tab
3. Lift the load lever in the direction of
the arrow to a 135º angle.
4. Lift the load plate with your thumb
and forenger to a 100º angle (4A),
then push the PnP cap from the
load plate window to remove (4B).
Load plate
PnP cap
4A
4B
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Asus P5Q Deluxe Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel P45
Socket	LGA 775
Memory Type	DDR2
Memory Slots	4 x DIMM
Max Memory	16 GB
Form Factor	ATX
PCI Express x16	2
PCI Express x1	3
PCI Slots	2
SATA Ports	6 x SATA 3Gb/s
IDE Ports	1 x ATA133
Max. LAN Speed	10/100/1000 Mbps
Audio Chipset	ADI AD2000B
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
USB Ports	12 x USB 2.0
Audio Channels	8-channel
CPU Type	Core 2 Quad / Core 2 Duo / Pentium / Celeron
Back Panel Ports	eSATA, USB, LAN, Audio
Memory Speed	1200/1066/800/667 MHz
eSATA Ports	2 x eSATA 3Gb/s