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

1-2

1.3

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

1-5

1.4

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

1-7

1.5

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

1-9

1.6

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

1-10

Chapter 2: Basi c I nstall ati on

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

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

2-13

2.7

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

2-14

 

2.7.1

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

2-14

 

2.7.2

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

2-15

2.8

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

2-17

2.9

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

2-20

2.10

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

2-21

2.11

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

2-24

2.12

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

2-26

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