Table of contents

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

vi

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

vi

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

vii

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

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Chapter 1: System I ntroducti on

1.1

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

1-2

1.2

Front panel............................................................................

1-2

1.3

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

1-4

1.4

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

1-7

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 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 DIMM ...................................................

2-11

 

2.5.3

Removing a DIMM..................................................

2-11

2.6

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

2-12

 

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

2-12

 

2.6.2 Configuring an expension card..............................

2-12

 

2.6.3

AGP slot ................................................................

2-14

 

2.6.4

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

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

Removing the bay covers ...................................................

2-22

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