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Advanced Hardware Setup. . . . . . . 29
Setting up your CrossFire video cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Setting up RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
About RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
RAID for performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
RAID for security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
RAID for both: performance and security . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Preparing your computer for RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Configuring RAID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Adding or replacing a RAID drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Overclocking the processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setting up multiple monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Upgrading Your Computer . . . . . . . 43
Preventing static electricity discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Opening the case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Removing the side panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Removing the front bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Closing the case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Adding or replacing memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Replacing the system battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Adding or replacing an optical disc drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Replacing the memory card reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Adding or replacing a hard drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Replacing the front fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Replacing the rear fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Replacing the power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Replacing the heat sink and processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Replacing the I/O board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Adding or replacing an expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Replacing the system board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Maintaining Your Computer. . . . . . 77
Setting up a maintenance schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
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Summary of Contents for FX6800
Page 1: ...REFERENCE GUIDE...
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Page 10: ...CHAPTER 1 About This Reference 4 8511858 book Page 4 Monday December 18 2006 10 51 AM...
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Page 82: ...CHAPTER 1 Upgrading Your Computer 76 8511858 book Page 76 Monday December 18 2006 10 51 AM...
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Page 144: ...Appendix A Legal Notices 138 8511858 book Page 138 Monday December 18 2006 10 51 AM...
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