Contents

2.9

Cable connections .....................................................................

2-23

 

2.9.1

Motherboard connections .............................................

2-23

 

2.9.2

SATA backplane connections .......................................

2-24

 

2.9.3

SCSI backplane connections ........................................

2-27

2.10

Removable components............................................................

2-30

 

2.10.1

Chassis fan ...................................................................

2-30

 

2.10.2

HDD blower...................................................................

2-32

 

2.10.3

SATA/SCSI backplane ..................................................

2-35

 

2.10.4

Floppy disk drive ...........................................................

2-37

 

2.10.5

Front I/O board..............................................................

2-39

 

2.10.6

Chassis footpads and roller wheels ..............................

2-41

 

2.10.7

Power supply unit..........................................................

2-43

Chapter 3:Installation option

 

Preparing the system for rack mounting................................................

3-2

Chapter 4:Motherboard info

 

4.1

Motherboard layouts....................................................................

4-2

4.2

Jumpers

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

4-5

4.3

Internal connectors....................................................................

4-10

Chapter 5:BIOS information

 

5.1

Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................

5-2

 

5.1.1

Creating a bootable floppy disk.......................................

5-2

 

5.1.2

AFUDOS utility................................................................

5-3

 

5.1.3

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ......................................

5-6

 

5.1.4

ASUS Update utility ........................................................

5-8

5.2

BIOS setup program ..................................................................

5-11

 

5.2.1

BIOS menu screen........................................................

5-12

 

5.2.2

Menu bar.......................................................................

5-12

 

5.2.3

Navigation keys.............................................................

5-12

 

5.2.4

Menu items ...................................................................

5-13

 

5.2.5

Sub-menu items............................................................

5-13

 

5.2.6

Configuration fields .......................................................

5-13

 

5.2.7

Pop-up window .............................................................

5-13

 

5.2.8

Scroll bar.......................................................................

5-13

 

5.2.9

General help .................................................................

5-13

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