HDD ........................................................................................................ 3-2
Power ...................................................................................................... 3-3
Chapter 4: System Safety
4-1 Electrical Safety Precautions ........................................................................... 4-1
4-2 General Safety Precautions ............................................................................. 4-2
4-3 ESD Precautions ............................................................................................ 4-3
4-4 Operating Precautions .................................................................................... 4-4
Chapter 5: Advanced Motherboard Setup
5-1 Handling the Motherboard ............................................................................... 5-1
5-2 Motherboard Installation .................................................................................. 5-2
5-3 Connecting Cables .......................................................................................... 5-3
Connecting Data Cables ........................................................................... 5-3
Connecting Power Cables ......................................................................... 5-3
Connecting the Control Panel ................................................................... 5-3
5-4 I/O Ports ........................................................................................................... 5-4
5-5 Installing the Processor ................................................................................... 5-5
5-6 Installing Memory ............................................................................................. 5-8
5-7 Adding PCI Cards ............................................................................................ 5-9
5-8 Motherboard Details ...................................................................................... 5-10
P8SCT Layout ......................................................................................... 5-10
P8SCT Quick Reference ......................................................................... 5-11
5-9 Connector Defi nitions .................................................................................... 5-12
Power Supply Connectors .................................................................... 5-12
PWR_ON Connnector ............................................................................. 5-12
Reset Connector ................................................................................... 5-12
Overheat LED (OH) ................................................................................. 5-13
NIC2 (JLAN2) LED .................................................................................. 5-13
NIC1 (JLAN2) LED .................................................................................. 5-13
IDE/SATA LED ......................................................................................... 5-13
Power On LED ........................................................................................ 5-14
NMI Button .............................................................................................. 5-14
Fan Headers ............................................................................................ 5-14
ATX PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Ports ........................................... 5-14
Chassis Intrusion ..................................................................................... 5-15
Universal Serial Bus (USB) ..................................................................... 5-15
Wake-On-LAN ......................................................................................... 5-15
JLAN1/2 (Ethernet Ports) ........................................................................ 5-15

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