Contents

2.9

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

2-25

 

2.9.1

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

2-25

 

2.9.2

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

2-26

2.10

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

2-29

 

2.10.1

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

2-29

 

2.10.2

HDD fan ................................................................

2-31

 

2.10.3

SATA backplane ...................................................

2-34

 

2.10.4

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

2-36

 

2.10.5

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

2-38

 

2.10.6

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

2-40

 

2.10.7

Power suppy unit ..................................................

2-42

Chapter 3: Installation options

 

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

3-2

Removing the footpads or roller wheels ...............................

3-2

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

3-2

Attaching the rack rails ........................................................

3-2

Chapter 4: Motherboard info

 

4.1

Motherboard layout ..............................................................

4-2

4.2

Jumpers ................................................................................

4-4

4.3

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

4-7

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

Updating the BIOS ..................................................

5-3

5.1.3 Saving the current BIOS file....................................

5-5

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

5-6

5.1.5 ASUS EZ Flash utility ..............................................

5-8

5.1.6

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

5-9

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

5-12

5.2.1

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

5-13

5.2.2

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

5-13

5.2.3

Legend bar ...........................................................

5-14

5.2.4

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

5-14

5.2.5

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

5-14

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