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Chapter 5 System Configuration
5.1 Introduction
This chapter explains what you need to do to assemble a complete system
after you have installed the motherboard in a system housing. This will
include installing or connecting internal devices, connecting external sys-
tem components. Once the system is assembled, you’ll need to check and
possibly configure the motherboard’s CMOS Setup Utility, install an
Operating System and install the support software supplied on the Power
Installer support CD-ROM disc.
5.2 Installing or Connecting Internal Peripherals
To complete the assembly of a working system you will need to at least
install an AGP video display card and connect whatever disk drives you
will use in the system. This section covers what you need to know on the
motherboard side to do this. You will also need to consult the documenta-
tion that comes with your internal system peripherals for additional
installation instructions and information. This section covers the mini-
mum components you will need to connect to the motherboard to create a
functioning system. You may plan to add other devices as well.
5.2.1 Connecting Internal Devices
To assemble a complete system capable of completing the installation of
this motherboard you will need to install and connect the following inter-
nal devices:
1.
Hard Disk Drive
2.
CD-ROM or other optical drive
3.
Floppy disk drive
The floppy disk drive is not strictly necessary, but is a standard system
component and is needed if you will create driver floppy disks from the
Power Installer. We assume here, in the absence of an alternative drive
controller that any hard disk or optical drives will be IDE devices con-
nected to the motherboard’s IDE channels.
5.2.2 Connecting IDE Devices
This motherboard supports two IDE channels, Primary and Secondary. It
has two IDE device connectors onboard which support IDE devices run-
ning in any data transfer mode up to ATA-100. Each IDE connector sup-
Summary of Contents for AIMB-540
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