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 (external) ..........................................................

1-2

1.3

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

1-4

1.4

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

1-5

1.5

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

1-7

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

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

2-4

2.5

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

2-5

 

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

2-5

 

2.5.2

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

2-6

 

2.5.3 Reinstalling the CPU fan and heatsink assembly.....

2-9

2.6

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

2-10

 

2.6.1

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

2-10

 

2.6.2

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

2-12

2.7

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

2-13

 

2.7.1

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

2-13

 

2.7.2

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

2-14

 

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

2-15

2.8

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

2-16

2.9

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

2-19

2.10

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

2-20

2.11

Reinstalling the power supply unit......................................

2-22

2.12

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

2-24

2.13

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

2-25

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