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The AK35 chassis kit is designed for easy configuration, flexibility, and high reliability. The chassis may be set up as standalone or rack-mount.

Flexible expansion

Inside the stylish front bezel secured by a lock, the front panel features easily accessible drives bays:

•a floppy drive bay

(floppy drive already installed)

•three 5.25-inch bays

(one occupied by a CD-ROM drive)

•six 3.5-inch hard disk drive bays with externally removable trays

On the rear panel are slots for seven full-length expansion cards, a slot for the motherboard rear panel I/O, and a bay for two redundant power supply modules or a standard power supply module.

A slot for an external SCSI interface is also available.

Front panel

Rear panel

Strategic interior

Inside the chassis, the SCSI backplane is installed and the appropriate cables routed. The drive and fan cages are strategically placed to ensure proper system ventilation and easy installation of components.

A plastic long-card support is provided to stabilize and hold long expansion cards in place.

The chassis supports an extended ATX form factor ASUS motherboards. See the motherboard dimension requirements on page 2-4.

Refer to the succeeding sections for a brief description of the basic components that are pre-installed in the chassis.

ASUS AK35 chassis kit

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