Contents

2.9

Cable connections ............................................................

2-30

 

2.9.1

Motherboard connections ....................................

2-30

 

2.9.2

SATA backplane connections...............................

2-31

 

2.9.3

SCSI backplane connections ...............................

2-34

2.10

Removable components...................................................

2-39

 

2.10.1

Chassis fan ..........................................................

2-39

 

2.10.2

HDD fan ...............................................................

2-41

 

2.10.3

SATA/SCSI backplane .........................................

2-44

 

2.10.4

Floppy disk drive ..................................................

2-46

 

2.10.5

Front I/O board ....................................................

2-48

 

2.10.6

Chassis footpads and roller wheels .....................

2-50

 

2.10.7

Power suppy modules .........................................

2-52

Chapter 3: Installation options

 

3.1

Installing a second SCSI drive cage...................................

3-2

3.2

Installing an IDE drive cage................................................

3-5

3.3

Upgrading to a dual or redundant power supply ................

3-7

3.4

Installing a power supply module .......................................

3-9

3.5

Mounting the system to a rack ..........................................

3-11

 

3.5.1

Remove the footpads or roller wheels ..................

3-11

 

3.5.2

Remove the top cover ...........................................

3-11

 

3.5.3

Attach the rack rails ..............................................

3-11

Chapter 4: Motherboard info

 

4.1

Motherboard layout ............................................................

4-2

4.2

Jumpers..............................................................................

4-4

4.3

Connectors .........................................................................

4-8

Chapter 5: BIOS setup

 

5.1

Managing and updating your BIOS ....................................

5-2

 

5.1.1

Creating a bootable floppy disk .............................

5-2

 

5.1.2

AwardBIOS Flash Utility ........................................

5-3

 

5.1.3

ASUS EZ Flash Utility ............................................

5-7

5.2

BIOS Setup program ..........................................................

5-8

 

5.2.1

BIOS menu screen ................................................

5-9

 

5.2.2

Menu bar ................................................................

5-9

 

5.2.3

Navigation keys .....................................................

5-9

 

5.2.4

General help ........................................................

5-10

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