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2.4
Hardware Setup
Installing the Hurricane-QM57 is very straightforward. First, unpack the board observing the usual electrostatic
discharge (ESD) precautions.
Caution
Before you touch the board, make sure that you have discharged yourself and your
gear towards a grounded terminal. Damages due to ESD are usually not immediately
visible and will only show up later as failures in the field.
Mount the cooling device.
Caution
Never operate the Hurricane-QM57 without suitable cooling devices. Failing this can
destroy the module.
Caution
Never connect or disconnect peripherals like hard drives while the board's power
supply is connected and switched on!
Connect the Hurricane-QM57 to a DisplayPort monitor. Connect USB keyboard or mouse, respectively. Connect a
hard drive with a SATA cable to start an operation system. Make sure that the pins match their counterparts
correctly and are not twisted! If you plan to use additional other peripherals, now is the time to connect them, too.
Connect a standard ATX power supply to the power connector and switch the power on.
Note The ampere values in chapter 1.3 are the minimum you should have for the standard
peripherals mentioned. If you want to use more and/or others, please plan your
power budget first! The system will not work if there is not enough supply current for
all your devices.
The display shows the BIOS messages. If you want to change the standard BIOS settings, press the <F2> key to
enter the BIOS menu. See chapter 4 for setup details.
If you need to load the BIOS default values, the jumper “CMOS” have to be plugged during startup. This forces the
BIOS to load the factory settings from Flash.
The Hurricane-QM57 boots from CD drives, USB floppy, USB stick, hard disk or network. Provided that any of
these is connected and contains a valid operating system image, the display then shows the boot screen of your
operating system.
Note Not all USB devices are suitable to boot the Hurricane-QM57. If there are problems,
please try to use another device from another manufacturer.
