Table of contents

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

vi

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

vii

Electrical safety ......................................................................

vii

Operation safety ....................................................................

vii

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

viii

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

x

Chapter 1: System Introduction

 

1.1

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

1-2

1.2

Front panel (external) ..........................................................

1-2

1.3

Front panel (internal) ...........................................................

1-5

1.4

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

1-6

1.5

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

1-8

1.6

LED panel .............................................................................

1-9

Chapter 2:

Basic installation

 

2.1

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

2-2

2.2

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

2-2

2.3

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

2-3

2.4

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

2-4

2.5

Removing the power supply unit ..........................................

2-5

2.6

Installing a CPU .....................................................................

2-6

 

2.6.1 Removing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly .......

2-6

 

2.6.2

CPU installation .......................................................

2-7

 

2.6.3 Re-installing the CPU fan and heatsink

 

 

 

assembly.................................................................

2-8

2.7

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

2-9

 

2.7.1

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

2-9

 

2.7.2

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

2-10

2.8

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

2-11

 

2.8.1

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

2-11

 

2.8.2

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

2-12

 

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

2-13

2.9

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

2-14

2.10

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

2-16

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