Contents

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

10

Chapter 1: System introduction

1.1

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

12

1.2

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

12

1.3

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

15

1.4

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

17

1.5

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

20

1.6

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

21

Chapter 2: Basic installation

2.1

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

24

2.2

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

24

2.3

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

25

2.4

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

26

2.5

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

27

 

2.5.1

Removing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly ....

27

 

2.5.2

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

28

 

2.5.3

Re-installing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly ..

29

2.6

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

30

 

2.6.1

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

30

 

2.6.2

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

31

2.7

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

32

 

2.7.1

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

32

 

2.7.2

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

33

 

2.7.3

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

34

2.8

Installing a second optical drive ..........................................

35

2.9

Installing a hard disk drive (HDD)........................................

37

2.10

Re-installing the power supply unit......................................

39

2.11

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

41

2.12

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

42

Chapter 3: Starting up

3.1

Installing an operating system .............................................

46

3.2

Powering up ........................................................................

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