Table of contents

Notices.................................................................................................

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Safety information...............................................................................

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About this guide.................................................................................

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System package contents....................................................................

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Chapter 1: System I ntroducti on

1.1

Welcome!...............................................................................

1-2

1.2

Front panel ...........................................................................

1-2

1.3

Rear panel..............................................................................

1-4

1.4

Internal components..............................................................

1-7

Chapter 2: Basi c I nstall ati on

2.1

Preparation............................................................................

2-2

2.2

Before you proceed...............................................................

2-2

2.3

Removing the side cover and front panel assembly..............

2-3

2.4

Central Processing Unit (CPU)...............................................

2-4

 

2.4.1

Overview..................................................................

2-4

 

2.4.2

Installing CPU...........................................................

2-4

 

2.4.3 Installing the heatsink and fan.................................

2-6

2.5

Installing a DIMM....................................................................

2-8

 

2.5.1

Memory configurations............................................

2-8

 

2.5.2 Installing a DDR2 DIMM..........................................

2-10

 

2.5.3 Removing a DDR2 DIMM.........................................

2-10

2.6

Expansion slots....................................................................

2-11

 

2.6.1 Installing an expansion card...................................

2-11

 

2.6.2 Configuring an expansion card...............................

2-11

 

2.6.3 PCI Express x 1 slot...............................................

2-13

 

2.6.4

PCI slots.................................................................

2-13

 

2.6.5 PCI Express x 16 slot.............................................

2-13

2.7

Installing an optical drive.....................................................

2-14

2.8

Installing a hard disk drive...................................................

2-15

2.9

Installing a floppy disk drive................................................

2-18

2.10Removing the bay covers and reinstalling

the front panel assembly and side cover............................

2-19

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