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Reliable Ground .........................................................................................2-3
Removing the Protective Film .........................................................................2-4
2-4 Rack Mounting Instructions .............................................................................2-5
Separating the Sections of the Rack Rails .....................................................2-5
Installing the Inner Rail Extensions ................................................................2-6
Outer Rack Rails .............................................................................................2-7
2-5 Checking the Serverboard Setup ....................................................................2-9
2-6 Preparing to Power On .................................................................................2-10
Chapter 3 System Interface
3-1 Overview .........................................................................................................3-1
3-2 Control Panel Buttons .....................................................................................3-1
Power ..............................................................................................................3-1
UID ..................................................................................................................3-1
3-3 Control Panel LEDs ........................................................................................3-2
Overheat/Fan Fail ...........................................................................................3-2
NIC ..................................................................................................................3-2
3-4 SATA Drive Carrier LEDs ................................................................................3-2
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 Serverboard Setup
5-1 Handling the Serverboard ...............................................................................5-1
Precautions .....................................................................................................5-1
5-2 I/O Ports ..........................................................................................................5-2
Unpacking .......................................................................................................5-2
5-3 Processor and Heatsink Installation................................................................5-3
Installing LGA1366 Processors .......................................................................5-3
Installing a CPU Heatsink ...............................................................................5-5
Removing the Heatsink ...................................................................................5-6
5-4 Installing Memory ............................................................................................5-7
5-5 Adding PCI Cards ...........................................................................................5-9
5-6 Serverboard Details ...................................................................................... 5-10
Serverboard Quick Reference........................................................................5-11
5-7 Connector Defi nitions ....................................................................................5-12
5-8 Jumper Settings ............................................................................................ 5-16
5-9 Onboard Indicators ........................................................................................5-18