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Installation Flowchart (Basic Procedures)
Installation Tools
Screw driver / Screws / Tight cables / Installation guides
Installation Tips:
1. Some optical drives may need to take off the DVD tray cover in order to eject the tray
smoothly without blocking by the DVD flip down door.
2. Install the optical drive to the “A” position slot.
3. Use the special made hard drive noise reduction screws to install hard drive.
4. Do not perform cable management until your system is fully configured. This will make the
cable management a better smooth procedure.
5. Do not install optional upgrade video card / TV tuner card / sound card at once. Use
everything on board (video & sound) to configure system and install operation system. After
then, install the upgrades one by one and restart the system on every step to ensure
component compatibility and save times of troubleshooting when issue arises.
Step 1: Remove top cover and remove the optical drive bracket
1. Take off the 2 finger screws and move the top cover backward to take off. Put it aside on a
safety place.
2. Take off the two screws that hold the optical/hard drive bracket. Push a little backward then
raise it up. Note the arrow pointing is the front “F” facing.
Step 2: Install Motherboard and connect cables
(Reference only)
1. Follow motherboard user manual to connect cables, CPU, memory etc…
2. Install power supply
Step 3: Install Hard Drive and Optical Drive
1. Install Optical Drive. Lock the drive to the “A” position
2. Install hard drives. You can install up to 4 hard drives in this model. But, you have to follow
the exact sequence to install them. First, take the two slots that are next to the optical drive
first, then, use the two slots that are under the bracket. If you don’t follow, the bottom drives
will block the screw holes for the upper drive slots.
Open box
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Read installation guides
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Remove top cover
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Remove optical drive bracket
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Install
motherboard
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Install LCD Module if you have bought one
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Connect front interface cables
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Install
CPU & Cooler
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Install DIMM memory module
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Install hard drives & optical drive
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Install power
supply
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Connect power cables
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Lock optical drive bracket
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Replace top cover
