ASUS E3360 User Manual

E3360

First Edition

August 2007

Xonar D2X

Audio Card

Quick Installation Guide

English

1.1 Installation requirements

To ensure a successful installation of the Xonar D2X audio card, your computer must
meet the following requirements:

• One PCI Express 1.0 (or higher) compatible slot for the audio card

• One available 4-pin power cable from PC’s power supply unit

• Microsoft® Windows® Vista/XP(32/64bit)/MCE2005

• Intel® Pentium® 4 1.4GHz or AMD Athlon 1400 CPU or faster CPU

• > 256 MB DRAM system memory

• > 60 MB available HDD space for driver installation package; > 200MB space
available for Ableton Live and > 320MB for Cakewalk package

• CD-ROM drive (or DVD-ROM drive) for software installation

• High-quality headphones, powered analog speakers, or digital speakers with
Dolby Digital or DTS decoders to enjoy the Ultra-High Fidelity sounds of the
card

Before the installation, check your ASUS Xonar D2X audio card package for the
following items:

• ASUS Xonar D2X audio card

• ASUS Xonar D2X support CD

• Ableton™ Live Lite software CD

• Cakewalk™ Production Plus Pack CD
(Sonar LE, Dimension LE, and Project5 LE)

• PowerDVD 7.0 software DVD player CD

• Additional MIDI bracket and adaptor cable x1

• S/PDIF TOSLINK optical adaptors x2

• S/PDIF TOSLINK optical cable x1

• 3.5mm-to-RCA cables for 8-channel output x4

• Dolby Demo CD

• Quick Installation Guide

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ASUS Xonar D2X Quick Installation Guide

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To install the Xonar D2X audio card:

1. Touch the metal back or side panel of the computer to avoid static electricity.

2. Power OFF the computer, the monitor, and all other peripheral devices
connected to your computer.

3. Unplug the computer power cord from your computer and power outlet.

4. Remove the chassis cover.

5. Locate an empty PCIE slot on the motherboard.

6. Connect the power cable of the power supply to the power connector on the
audio card.

7. Align and insert the audio card into the PCIE slot until it seats in place. Make
sure the goldfingers are properly inserted to the slot.

8. Secure the bracket screw that holds the audio card in place. Refer to the
picture below for the bracket screw hole.

9. Put back the chassis cover.

10. Reconnect all cables.

11. Plug the power cord to the computer
and to a power outlet.

12. Power ON the computer.

the PCI Express high-quality audio
card requires additional power
from your computer. If the power
cable is not connected properly,
the audio card will not work at all.

English

When removing the power cable from the Xonar D2X audio card, make sure to
pull outward the 4-pin header first, then unplug it from the power connector as
the following pictures show. Do not forcefully remove the header from the power
connector; doing so may pull up the power connector from the audio card and
cause damage!

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