Antec III 500 user manual 5.25” DEVICE INSTALLATION, COOLING SYSTEM The Rear Exhaust TriCool fan

3.Slide and lock the drive tray back into the case.

4.Find a small 4-pin power connector on the power supply and connect it to the male 4-pin connector on the device.

There are 4 internal drive bays right under the external 3.5” drive bays for hard drives. Each comes with an individual drive tray which mounts through the open side panel of the case.

1.Squeeze the metal clips on each side of the tray and slide the tray out.

2.Mount your hard drive or other internal 3.5” device into the drive tray through the bottom silicone grommets with the special screws provided.

Note: DO NOT over-tighten. Over-tightening the screws will harm the vibration and noise reducing ability of the silicone grommets.

3.Slide and lock the tray back into the case.

4.Find a peripherial power molex connector on the power supply and connect it to the male 4-pin or SATA connector on the device.

5.Repeat the same procedure for the other devices as necessary.

Note: You can mount the drives with either the connectors facing you or away from you. If you mount them with the connectors facing away from you (into the case) you may wish to connect the data cables before sliding the drive into the locked position.

Note: Mounting the drives with the connectors facing you (towards the open side of the case) may make squeezing the release clips more difficult.

5.25” DEVICE INSTALLATION

There are three 5.25” drive bays. Each drive bay comes with a plastic cover with two drive rails attached behind the cover.

1.Remove the plastic drive bay cover and remove the drive rails from the cover. You may wish to open the bezel door to facilitate this.

2.Mount the drive rails onto the sides of the 5.25” device. Make sure the metal tabs are angled on the outside and facing towards the front of the device.

3.Slide the device into the drive bay until you hear a click.

4.Mount the other devices accordingly.

5.Connect a peripherial power connector from the power supply to the male connector on each of the devices.

COOLING SYSTEM

The Rear Exhaust TriCool™ fan

The Sonata III 500 comes with one 120mm TriCool fan preinstalled in the rear. This fan has a three-speed switch that lets you choose between quiet, perfor- mance, or maximum cooling. (See specifications below.) The fan is installed so that the air is blowing out of the case. Connect a large 4-pin connector from the power supply to the male 4-pin connector on the fan.

Note: The minimum voltage to start the fan is 5V. We recommend our users to set the fan speed to high if you choose to connect the fan to a fan control device or to the Fan-Only connector found on some Antec power supplies. A fan control device regulates the fan speed by varying the voltage to it. The voltage may start as low as 4.5 V to 5V. Connecting a TriCool set on Medium or Low to a fan-control de- vice may result in the fan not being able to start. The already lowered voltage from the fan control device will be further reduced by the TriCool circuitry below 5V.

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