Chapter 7

Installing System Board Options

This chapter describes installation of the following options:

Extended Industry-Standard Architecture (EISA), Industry-Standard Architecture (ISA), and Periph- eral Component Interconnect (PCI) expansion cards

fan connector (FAN)

integrated SCSI port connector (SCSI)

keyboard (bottom) and mouse (top) connectors (KYBD/MOUSE)

serial port 1 (bottom) and serial port 2 (top) connectors (SERIAL)

parallel port connector (PARALLEL)

video

connector (JVGA)

battery socket (BATTERY)

EISA connectors (EISA1 [bottom], EISA2, and EISA3)

Dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs)

Microprocessor upgrade

This chapter also includes instructions for replacing the system battery, if necessary.

Use Figure 7-1 to locate the system board features.

front-panel connector

(PANEL)

power connector (POWER)

3-volt power connector (POWER3V)

microprocessor socket (PROCESSOR)

diskette controller connector (FLOPPY)

hard-disk drive access indicator connector (HDLED)

auxiliary fan connector (AUXFAN)

configuration jumpers

DIMM sockets (DIMM_A [bottom] DIMM_B, DIMM_C, and DIMM_D)

PCI connectors (PCI4 [bottom], PCI5, and PCI6)

server management connector (SVR_MGT)

Figure 7-1. System Board Features

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