Table of contents

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

vi

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

vii

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

viii

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

x

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

1-6

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

2-3

2.4

Removing the front panel cover ...........................................

2-4

2.5

Removing the storage drive assembly..................................

2-4

2.6

Removing the CPU fan and heatsink .....................................

2-5

2.7

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

2-6

 

2.7.1

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

2-6

 

2.7.2

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

2-6

 

2.7.3 Installing the heatsink and fan ................................

2-8

2.8

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

2-8

 

2.8.1

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

2-8

 

2.8.2 Installing a DDR2 DIMM .........................................

2-11

 

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

2-11

2.9

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

2-12

 

2.9.1

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

2-12

 

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

2-12

2.10

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

2-14

2.11

Reinstalling the storage drive assembly .............................

2-15

2.12

Installing the foot stand .....................................................

2-16

2.13

Reinstalling the front panel cover and the cover................

2-16

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