iii
Table of contents
Notices ......................................................................................................... vi
Safety information ..................................................................................... vii
About this guide ....................................................................................... viii
System package contents ........................................................................... x
Chapter 1:
System Introduction
1.1
Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-2
1.2
Front panel .................................................................................... 1-2
1.3
Rear panel ..................................................................................... 1-4
1.4
Internal components .................................................................... 1-7
Chapter 2:
Basic Installation
2.1
Preparation ................................................................................... 2-2
2.2
Before you proceed ..................................................................... 2-2
2.3
Removing the side cover and front panel assembly ................ 2-3
2.4
Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................... 2-4
2.4.1
Overview
.........................................................................
2-4
2.4.2
Installing the CPU
...........................................................
2-4
2.4.3
Installing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly
................
2-6
2.5
Installing a DIMM .......................................................................... 2-8
2.5.1
Memory configurations
....................................................
2-9
2.5.2
Installing a DDR2 DIMM
...............................................
2-13
2.5.3
Removing a DDR2 DIMM
.............................................
2-13
2.6
Expansion slots .......................................................................... 2-14
2.6.1
Installing an expansion card
.........................................
2-14
2.6.2
Configuring an expansion card
.....................................
2-14
2.6.3
PCI slots
........................................................................
2-16
2.6.4
PCI Express x1 slot
.......................................................
2-16
2.6.5
PCI Express x16 slot
.....................................................
2-16
2.7
Installing an optical drive .......................................................... 2-17
2.8
Installing a hard disk drive ........................................................ 2-18
2.9
Installing the card reader .......................................................... 2-20
2.10 Installing a floppy disk drive
..................................................... 2-22
2.11 Re-connecting cables ................................................................ 2-23
2.12 Reinstalling the cover ................................................................ 2-24
