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....................................................................

1-7

Chapter 2:Basic Installation

 

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

Installing the CPU............................................................

2-4

 

2.4.2

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................................................

2-12

 

2.5.3

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

2-12

2.6

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

2-13

 

2.6.1

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

2-13

 

2.6.2

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

2-13

 

2.6.3

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

2-15

 

2.6.4

PCI Express x1 slot.......................................................

2-15

 

2.6.5

PCI Express x16 slot.....................................................

2-15

2.7

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

2-16

2.8

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

2-17

2.9

Installing the card reader...........................................................

2-19

2.10

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

2-21

2.11

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

2-22

2.12

Reinstalling the cover................................................................

2-23

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