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Summary of Contents for B2945

Page 1: ...form or by any means electronically mechanically optically without the prior written permission of this company Disclaimer AOpen makes no warranties or representations either expressed or implied with...

Page 2: ...pate heat from the machine You should pay attention to the position of the PC so that the ventilating holes will not be blocked Meanwhile don t put your PC on something not sturdy enough like rug or b...

Page 3: ...y rain 10 3 When power cords or power sockets are damaged 10 4 When the PC system falls to the ground and is damaged 10 5 When some problems cannot be solved even after you installed the system accord...

Page 4: ...ation When replacing battery use the battery which conforms to the manufacturer s specifications When disposing the batteries dispose the batteries to a recycle center which is designated by your loca...

Page 5: ...atures 8 1 2 3 Summary of General Input Output Ports 8 1 3 Front View 9 1 4 Rear View 9 1 5 Get Ready for Installation 10 1 6 Disassemble the System 12 1 6 1 Remove Top Cover 12 1 6 2 Remove Hard Driv...

Page 6: ...s Manual 05 A pack of screws 06 80 pin flat IDE cable 07 AOpen bonus pack CD 08 Riser Card 09 SATA Cable Option depending on the model selected Combo disc drive Software for burning CD Keyboard Mouse...

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Page 8: ...slim type flexible disc drive or a 7 in 1 card reader depending on the model selected Supports one PCI Express slot Supports ATA100 and SATA II drives Supports automatic power recovery function 1 2 2...

Page 9: ...ton w Power LED ODD ODD Eject Button HDD LED Voltage Slide Switch Power Cord Connector Gigabit LAN Thermal Hole D SUBs 6 pin 1394 Com port Riser Card option 1 x PCIe x16 1 x PCIe x1 Low Profile Standa...

Page 10: ...ing equipment air conditioners copy machines TV sets and wireless broadcasting stations or antennas Step 2 Open the components pack and count all parts in the pack Such information is available at the...

Page 11: ...own PC properly When you want to turn off the computer click the Start button at the left bottom of the PC screen in the operating system and then click Shut Down Because the system is delivered as a...

Page 12: ...e upper case by removing the three screws on the three sides of the rear panel Remove the screws fastening the top cover to the back panel of the system unit Pull out the top cover horizontally toward...

Page 13: ...13 Remove the link bar The link bar is used to add extra stability to the structure and the riser card Remove the two screws fastening the optical drive cage to the chassis Optical drive cage...

Page 14: ...14 Slide out the drive cage horizontally Tilt the front end of the drive cage slightly to release the optical cage from the chassis...

Page 15: ...on top of the hard disk drive cage when you replace the optical drive cage on top of the HDD drive cage 1 6 2 Remove Hard Drive The HDD drive cage is fastened to the chassis with one screw Remove the...

Page 16: ...hassis make sure the power supply has been installed 1 6 4 Install Memory Module If you have to install memory modules by yourself you have to remove the optical drive cage first because the on board...

Page 17: ...sis When you restore it back to the chassis you have to tilt the power supply the side with the fan slightly toward the rear panel This will make the installation easier Do not force the power supply...

Page 18: ...h care Do not touch the CPU pins with your fingers There are two small extruding points on two inner sides of the CPU socket which should fit with the two dents on two sides of the CPU The extruding p...

Page 19: ...8 bytes area normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset The Phoenix Award BIOS that installed in the flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS The BIOS provide...

Page 20: ...OS setup menu press Del when POST screen is shown on your video monitor If you would like to see the POST screen you may press Tab key Not long after activating the power you ll see the following scre...

Page 21: ...sing direction keys on the keyboard Move the cursor to the option item Load Setup defaults and press Enter Then the following dialogue screen will pop up to confirm the default BIOS values Please pres...

Page 22: ...nally move the cursor to Save Exit Setup and press Enter to save the parameters and exit BIOS setup At the same time type Y in the dialogue box and press Enter to exit Now everything is perfectly fini...

Page 23: ...ou can enter the BIOS setting page Once you get into BIOS setting page please select the Frequency voltage control to set up the Power Master You will have three modes to select what you want via BIOS...

Page 24: ...ry when the processor is in low loading Power Master will drop the clock frequency to reduce the noise from processor fan Performance Mode Once you enable this mode Power Master will detect your proce...

Page 25: ...ide you the quietest working environment you can choose this mode In this mode the processor clock frequency will be lower and the noise from processor fan might be very silent Normal Mode When you ch...

Page 26: ...nction is enabled When the JP1 JP2 JP3 JP4 and JP5 are not connected with a shorting cap the PCI Express interface is enabled When JP4 JP5 are connected with a shorting cap and JP1 JP2 and JP3 are not...

Page 27: ...27 Notes...

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