Asus TS300-E4, User Manual

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Contents
2.7 Hard disk drives ............................................................................. 2-18
2.7.1 Installing a hot-swap SATA/SAS HDD ................................ 2-18
2.7.2 Installing an HDD dummy cover .......................................... 2-20
2.8 Expansion cards ............................................................................ 2-21
2.8.1 Installing an expansion card ................................................ 2-2 1
2.8.2 Removing an expansion card .............................................. 2-22
2.9 Cable connections ......................................................................... 2-23
2.9.1 Motherboard connections .................................................... 2-2 3
2.9.2 SATA backplane connections ............................................. 2-24
2.9.3 SAS backplane connections ............................................... 2-27
2.10 Removable components .............................................................. 2-29
2.10.1 Chassis fan ....................................................................... 2-2 9
2.10.2 HDD blower ....................................................................... 2-3 1
2.10.3 SATA/SAS backplane ........................................................ 2-34
2.10.4 Floppy disk drive ............................................................... 2-36
2.10.5 Front I/O board .................................................................. 2-38
2.10.6 Chassis footpads and roller wheels .................................. 2-40
2.10.7 Power supply unit .............................................................. 2-42
3.Chapter 3: Installation option
3.1 Preparing the system for rack mounting ....................................... 3-2
4.Chapter 4: Motherboard info
4.1 Motherboard layouts ........................................................................ 4-2
4.2 Jumpers ............................................................................................ 4-6
4.3 Switch .............................................................................................. 4-11
4.4 Connectors ..................................................................................... 4-12
4.4.1 Rear panel connectors ........................................................ 4-12
4.4.2 Internal connectors .............................................................. 4-1 3
5.Chapter 5: BIOS information
5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ................................................ 5-2
5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk ............................................. 5- 2
5.1.2 AFUDOS utility ...................................................................... 5-3
5.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ............................................. 5- 6
5.1.4 ASUS Update utility ............................................................... 5- 8
5.2 BIOS setup program ........................................................................ 5-9