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)............................................................

1-3

1.4

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

1-4

1.5

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 cover..............................................................

2-3

2.4

Lifting the power supply.......................................................

2-4

2.5

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

2-4

 

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

2-4

 

2.5.2

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

2-5

 

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

2-7

2.6

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

2-8

 

2.6.1

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

2-9

 

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 hard disk drive (HDD)........................................

2-17

2.10

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

2-19

2.11

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

2-21

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