Table of contents

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

vi

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

vii

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

viii

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

x

Chapter 1: System Introduction

 

1.1

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

1-2

1.2

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

1-2

1.3

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

1-4

1.4

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

1-6

Chapter 2:Basic Installation

 

2.1

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

2-2

2.2

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

2-2

2.3

Removing the cover .............................................................

2-3

2.4

Detaching the drive frame....................................................

2-4

2.5

Installing system memory ....................................................

2-6

 

2.5.1

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

2-6

 

2.5.2

DIMM installation .....................................................

2-7

2.6

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

2-8

 

2.6.1

Expansion slot ........................................................

2-8

 

2.6.2

Expansion card installation .....................................

2-9

 

2.6.3

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

2-9

 

2.6.4

Standard interrupt assignments ...........................

2-10

 

2.6.5

IRQ assignments for this motherboard .................

2-10

2.7

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

2-11

2.8

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

2-13

2.9

Re-connecting cables .........................................................

2-15

 

2.9.1

LED cables ............................................................

2-15

 

2.9.2

UAEX module ........................................................

2-16

2.10

Replacing the cover ............................................................

2-17

2.11

Connecting external devices ..............................................

2-19

2.12

Power supply specifications ...............................................

2-20

 

2.12.1

Input Characteristics ............................................

2-20

 

2.12.2

Output Characteristics .........................................

2-20

 

2.12.3

Over-Voltage Protection (OVP) ............................

2-20

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