@Xi Computer Corporation MTower, User Manual

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Table of Contents
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Removing Loose Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Accessing the Interior of Your Computer ......................................................................... 43
AMD Computers (white and blue case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Intel Computers (beige and green case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
NTower™ (beige case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
MTower™ (all-beige case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
NetRAIDer™ Case (all-beige case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Looking at the Inside of Your Computer........................................................................... 46
Installing and Removing RAM.......................................................................................... 48
Installing a Hard Drive ...................................................................................................... 49
Replacing the Microprocessor ........................................................................................... 50
Installing Expansion Cards ................................................................................................ 51
Installing a PnP Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Installing a Legacy Expansion Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Chapter 6, Troubleshooting
Computer Fails to Start the First Time .............................................................................. 56
Computer Fails to Restart in Normal Mode ...................................................................... 58
Monitor Fails to Work ....................................................................................................... 58
Monitor Flickers ................................................................................................................ 59
Keyboard Fails to Work .................................................................................................... 59
Mouse Fails to Work ......................................................................................................... 60
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Fails to Work............................................................................ 60
Cannot Play DVD Movies under Microsoft Windows 98................................................. 61