Table of contents

Notices.................................................................................................

vi

Safety information...............................................................................

vii

About this guide.................................................................................

viii

System package contents....................................................................

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Chapter 1: System I ntroducti on

1.1

Welcome!...............................................................................

1-2

1.2

Front panel (external)...........................................................

1-2

1.3

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

1-4

1.4

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

1-7

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 side cover and front panel assembly..............

2-3

2.4

Central Processing Unit (CPU)...............................................

2-4

 

2.4.1

Overview..................................................................

2-4

 

2.4.2

Installing the CPU.....................................................

2-4

 

2.4.3 Installing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly.........

2-6

2.5

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

2-8

 

2.5.1

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

2-8

 

2.5.2 Installing a DDR2 DIMM..........................................

2-11

 

2.5.3 Removing a DDR2 DIMM.........................................

2-11

2.6

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

2-12

 

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

2-12

 

2.6.2 Configuring an expansion card...............................

2-12

 

2.6.3 PCI Express x1 slot................................................

2-14

 

2.6.4

PCI slots.................................................................

2-14

 

2.6.5 PCI Express x16 slot..............................................

2-14

2.7

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

2-15

2.8

Installing a hard disk drive...................................................

2-17

2.9

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

2-20

2.10

Re-connecting cables..........................................................

2-21

2.11

Reinstalling the cover..........................................................

2-22

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