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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 (external) ...........................................................
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 Installing the CPU ....................................................
2-4
2.4.2 Installing the CPU fan and heatsink .........................
2-6
2.5 Installing a DIMM ...................................................................
2-8
2.5.1 Memory congurations ...........................................
2-8
2.5.2 Installing a DDR2 DIMM .........................................
2-11
2.5.3 Removing a DDR2 DIMM ........................................
2-11
2.6 Expansion slots ...................................................................
2-12
2.6.1 Installing an expansion card ..................................
2-12
2.6.2 Conguring an expansion card ..............................
2-12
2.6.3 PCI Express x1 slot ...............................................
2-14
2.6.4 PCI slots ................................................................
2-14
2.6.5 PCI Express x16 slot .............................................
2-14
2.7 Installing an optical drive ....................................................
2-15
2.8 Installing a hard disk drive ..................................................
2-16
2.9 Installing the card reader ....................................................
2-18
2.10 Installing a oppy disk drive
................................................ 2-20
2.11 Re-connecting cables ..........................................................
2-21
2.12 Reinstalling the cover .........................................................
2-22