NOTE: This option uses one of the PCI slots.

 

 

USB

two front-panel and five back-panel USB 2.0–

 

compliant connectors

Audio

two connectors for line-in and line-out; two front-

 

panel connectors for headphones and microphone

 

 

System board connectors:

 

 

 

SATA

four 7-pin connectors

 

 

Floppy drive

34-pin connector

Serial

24-pin connector for optional second serial port card

 

 

Fan

5-pin connector

 

 

PCI 2.3

two 124-pin connectors

 

 

PCIe-x1

36-pin connector

 

 

PCIe-x16

164-pin connector

 

 

Internal USB

10-pin connector

 

 

Intrusion switch

3-pin connector

 

 

Speaker

5-pin connector

Memory modules

four 240-pin connector

 

 

Power 12V

4-pin connector

 

 

Power

24-pin connector

 

 

Battery

2-pin socket

 

 

Front panel

40-pin connector

 

 

 

 

Key Combinations

 

 

 

<Ctrl><Alt><Del>

in Microsoft® Windows® XP and Windows Vista®,

 

brings up the Windows Security window. If in MS-

 

DOS® mode, restarts (reboots) the computer.

 

 

<F2> or <Ctrl><Alt><Enter>

starts embedded system setup (during start-up only)

 

 

<F12> or <Ctrl><Alt><F8>

displays a boot device menu that allows the user to

 

enter a device for a single boot (during start-up only)

 

as well as options to run hard-drive and system

 

diagnostics

 

 

<Ctrl><n>

starts the RAID setup menu if RAID is turned on in the

 

system setup program

 

 

<Ctrl><Enter>

disables computer password at start-up (after correct

 

password is entered)

 

 

 

 

Controls and Lights

 

Power control

front of chassis - push button

 

 

Power light (within the power button)

green light — Blinking green indicates sleep mode;

 

solid green indicates power-on state.

 

amber light — Blinking amber indicates a problem

 

with an installed device; solid amber indicates an

 

internal power problem (see Power Problems).

Hard-drive access light

front panel - green

 

 

Link light (on front panel)

front panel - solid green light indicates network

 

connection

 

 

Link integrity light (on integrated network adapter)

rear panel - green light for 10-Mb operation; orange

 

light for 100-Mb operation; yellow light for a 1000-Mb

 

(1-Gb) operation

 

 

Activity light (on integrated network adapter)

rear panel - yellow blinking light

Diagnostic lights

front panel - four lights on the front panel. See

 

Diagnostic Lights.

 

 

Standby power light

AUX_PWR on the system board

 

 

 

 

Power

 

 

 

DC power supply:

 

Wattage

305 W

 

 

Heat dissipation

1040.7 BTU/hr maximum

 

 

Voltage

manual selection power supplies—90 to 135 V at

 

50/60 Hz; 180 to 265 V at 50/60 Hz

 

 

Backup battery

3-V CR2032 lithium coin cell

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